List the south's four major crops, in order of amount of land devoted to producing them

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30 January, 11:51

List the south's four major crops, in order of amount of land devoted to producing them

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Francis Nelson · Answer 1

Before the Civil War, or Antebellum era, the south was mainly an agricultural region, the major southern crops were:

Cotton on the first place, followed by grain, tobacco and sugar.

These are placed in order of the amount of land that was devoted to producing each one of them.

Kadin Gallagher · Answer 2

The South's four major crops are: Corn, Soybean, Wheat and Cotton.

Corn (Maize) - in 2015, the area harvested maize was 87 millions acres. It was named the state's official grain in Illinois.

Soybean - By 2000 covered 70 million acres. (america's largest crop).

Wheat - the harvesting occurs on land area of 60-63 million acres.

Cotton - remains a major export of Southern United States.