AGRICULTURE IN USA
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Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, and
the country
is a net exporter of food.
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In cooler regions, wheat was often the crop of choice.
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Midwest was farming corn.
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Warmer regions saw plantings of cotton and herds of beef cattle. In
the early colonial south, raising tobacco and cotton was common.
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Corn
Cattle meat
Cow's milk, whole, fresh
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Chicken meat
Soybeans Pig meat
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Wheat Cotton lint Hen eggs
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Turkey
meat Tomatoes Potatoes
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Grapes Oranges Rice
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Apples
Lettuce Cottonseed
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Sugar beets