The U.S. economy in the upper Midwest and great plains is driven heavily by agriculture, with the seven-state region made up of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, being responsible for producing over 30 percent of the nation’s agricultural output. Nebraska continues to be a leader in the sector, with significant impact and high output, while occupying a substantial amount of cropland and pastureland in the region.

A new analysis on our website, cap.unl.edu, breaks down Nebraska’s position as an economic force in agriculture in both the region and the country. Tatum Brunkow is a Graduate Research Assistant in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Agricultural Economics. Hi, Tatum. And Brad Lubben is an associate professor and extension ag policy specialist with UNL.

Read more at https://cap.unl.edu/policy-legal/nebraska-agriculture-leader-region-and-country.