Chapter 11

The Agricultural Core

From the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic, the agricultural core makes up small-town rural America. The Agricultural core experiences more rainfall and the air is humid, much like Louisiana.

Louisiana and the Agricultural core benefit from the corn-soybean rotations down to 2 years from 3 & 4 year rotations. While the Agricultural core is the prime source for corn production, Louisiana yields 140 bushels per acre and the Agricultural core yields approximately 145 bushels per acre in 2010 according to the USDA. Soybean yields per acre in the Agricultural core were 42 per acre and 41 per acre in Louisiana in 2010.

Sources:
http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/crop0911.txt

http://georgiamagazine.com/anonymous/upload/Gardens0304_Soybeans.jpg
http://kansasgrains.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cornfield.jpg