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Percentage of Each State Taken Up by Corn Fields (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Having lived in Chicagoland, what are the corn growing incentives there?! Every empty field in the city is full of corn. Seems smart.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Drainage and flood risk. Chicago is basically a swamp. Idk about every lot, there's probably ridiculous tax loopholes and kick backs, etc what with it being Illinois. But there's a lot of shit land in and around Chicago