1. Grain Oil and Specialty Field-Crop Production

2. Field Crops  450 million acres in the U.S. (20% of U.S. land)

3. Types of Field Crops  Grain  Oilseed  Specialty Crops  Seed Crops

4. GRAIN CROPS (7 major grain crops in the U.S.)  CORN MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!  Wheat *most important in the world)  Barley  Oats  Rye  Rice  Sorgham

5. Corn  40% of corn in the U.S. in grown in the Corn Belt (midwestern U.S.)  Iowa  Illinois  Nebraska  Minnesota  Indiana  Ohio

6. Corn (cont’d)  Originated in Central America  Less than 10 % is used for human consumption.  The rest is for feeding livestock, fuel, alcohol production  Major classifications of corn include, sweet corn, flour (or soft) corn, flint corn, and dent corn. Most of U.S. corn is Dent Corn.

7. Wheat  Most Important crop in the world  Second most abundant in the U.S.  Mostly grown for human consumption  States that produce  Kansas  Oklahoma  Texas  Montana

8. Barley  Used mostly for livestock feed  Also used for malting( production of beer and other alcoholic beverages)

9. Oats  Feeding Livestock  5% used for human consumption  Important in plasitics, pesticides, preservatives.

10. Rye  Grown in almost Every State  Least Economically important  Used as a  forage crop (animal feed)  COVER CROP. To prevent erosion.  Green Manure Crop: plowed into the soil to give nutrients back.

11. Rice  Most important grain crop for human consumption in the world.  Most grown in this country in for human consumption  It is the only crop that can be grown in standing water

12. Sorghum  Mostly used for livestock feed  Used for sugars and syrups.  Also used to make brooms.

13. Oil Seed Crops  Crops that are grown for the production of oil from their seeds.  SoybeansPeanuts  CornCottonseed  CanolaSafflower  FlaxSunflower

14. SOYBEANS  Soybean is an important legume (has nitrogen from the soil)  Oil  Grain. After oil is extracted from the soybean, soybean meal is left over. This is important source of protein for animal feed.

15. Peanuts  The peanut is a pea rather than a nut.