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Corn : It ’ s Feed . It ’ s Fuel . It ’ s Food . It ’ s Everything !
Of all the crops grown in Colorado , corn is king ! Colorado farmers , by far , grow more dent or field corn than any other crop . Did you know that most of the corn you see when driving across Colorado is dent corn and not for you and me to eat ? The map below and the chart to the left represent the top Colorado counties that harvested the greatest number of bushels of dent corn , according to 2017 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service data . Complete this activity by writing the rank number on the map for each of the counties colored in yellow .
Connecting Colorado educators and students to their food , fiber , fuel , and natural resources .
Rank County
Bushels of Corn Harvested / Year
1 Yuma 44,878,000 2 Kit Carson 28,955,000 3 Phillips 18,885,000 4 Logan 14,062,142 5 Weld 10,595,000 6 Washington 10,385,000 7 Morgan 9,959,000 8 Sedgwick 9,245,000 9 Cheyenne 6,960,000 10 Baca 5,660,274 11 Prowers 4,283,514 12 Adams 2,395,000
13 Kiowa 2,261,313 14 Otero 2,180,000 15 Bent 2,103,000 16 Lincoln 1,873,924 17 Larimer 1,383,435 18 Pueblo 1,094,000 19 Mesa 1,006,529 20 Montrose 968,698 21 Delta 672,246 22 Elbert 464,000 23 Montezuma 397,452 24 Boulder 256,000 25 La Plata 77,804 26 Garfield 62,196 27 Crowley 25,090 28 Conejos 3,900 29 El Paso 500