翻訳と辞書 |
Corn production in the United States : ウィキペディア英語版 | Corn production in the United States
Corn production (also maize production) plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The country is one of the worldwide corn leaders with of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. The US is ranked first in the world in corn production, and 20% of its annual yield is exported. ==Etymology== Corn primarily means maize in the United States〔 and Canada; this terminology started as a shortening of "Indian corn". Indian corn primarily means maize (the staple grain of indigenous Americans), but can refer more specifically to multicolored "flint corn" used for decoration. However, outside North America, Australia, and New Zealand ''corn'' means any cereal crop, its meaning varying geographically to refer to the local staple.〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corn production in the United States」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|