Among the issues reported by other comments, those over index for the size of the state. Nebraska produces close to twice as much corn as Indiana for example, i

Among the issues reported by other comments, those over index for the size of the state. Nebraska produces close to twice as much corn as Indiana for example, it’s just a much larger state. For those looking for concrete data: Iowa: 13.1M acres Illinois: 11.2M acres Nebraska: 9.95M acres Minnesota: 8.6M acres Indiana: 5.45M acres Ohio: 4.75M acres Source (switch state name at end of url for others): https://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverview.php?state=IOWA https://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverv...