Cold Rush

摘要

North Dakota and Canada prairies highlight the northern and western growth of the Corn Belt, which could continue, even with this year's fallback in acres.On a June drive from Grand Forks, North Dakota, to the Canadian border, dawn light glints from shiny new grain bins scattered along the northern Red River Valley.This bright frontier for corn helped the state double the crop's size in a decade - even after a long winter, dismal corn prices, and the soggiest spring since 1995 made farmers plant 800,000 fewer acres than in 2013. North Dakota's 103% 10-year growth in corn acres still tops all other states.