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| Corn Belt states have seen a sizable jump in the amount of land dedicated to corn. This boom has been fueled in part by a federal law requiring oil companies to add corn-based ethanol to the gasoline supply. |
| Here's a look at the change, in acreage planted to corn, in major corn states since 2006, the year before the ethanol mandate took effect. |
| State 2006 2012 Change |
| IOWA 12,600,000 14,200,000 1,600,000 |
| ILLINOIS 11,300,000 12,800,000 1,500,000 |
| NEBRASKA 8,100,000 10,000,000 1,900,000 |
| MINNESOTA 7,300,000 8,750,000 1,450,000 |
| INDIANA 5,500,000 6,250,000 750,000 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA 4,500,000 6,150,000 1,650,000 |
| KANSAS 3,350,000 4,700,000 1,350,000 |
| WISCONSIN 3,650,000 4,350,000 700,000 |
| OHIO 3,150,000 3,900,000 750,000 |
| NORTH DAKOTA 1,690,000 3,600,000 1,910,000 |
| Source: United States Department of Agriculture |
| Note: Due to differences in government survey and sampling methodology, state totals do not necessarily match up precisely with government county-level data also distributed by The Associated Press. For a detailed explanation of the differing survey methodologies, see http://1.usa.gov/1b5FKTq and http://1.usa.gov/19CXFAo |
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