The document describes four major crop belts in the United States: the Corn Belt, which extends from Iowa to Ohio and has good climate and soil for growing corn as animal feed; the Dairy Belt from the Saint Lawrence River to the Great Lakes, which has a wet, cool climate suitable for crops to feed dairy animals; the Wheat Belt from Alberta to Texas, which has a dry, variable climate and uses extensive crop rotation and fallow periods to grow wheat; and the Cotton Belt from Texas to North Carolina, where cotton and other crops from the era of slavery are traditionally grown.

1. BELTS OF CROPS
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2. CORN BELT
 It extends from Iowa and Missouri to Ohio.
 There are good climatic conditions and great
soils.
 They are used to make food for caws and pigs.
 They are big lands and very mechanised.

3. DAIRY BELT
 From the estuary of Saint Lawrence to
the Great Lakes zone.
 The climate is wet with low
temperatures.
 They have developed crops of animal’s
food into the belts.

4. WHEAT BELT
 From Alberta to Kansas, Oklahoma and
the north of Texas.
 The climate is dry and contrasted
temperatures.
 They usually use extensive and long
fallow.
 These belts are very mechanised

5. COTTON BELTS
 From Texas and Louisiana to north
Carolina
 In the southeast on USA there are some
crops traditionally cultivated which come
from the old slavery supported crops.

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GONZALO IZAGUIRRE. 3ºC

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 AUTHORS: RODRIGO ALONSO AND
GONZALO IZAGUIRRE. 3ºC