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How America’s Most Useless Crop Also Became Its Most Commonly Grown One
Contrary to what you may think (and what your food labels may suggest) corn is not the most grown crop in America. The most grown crop is something no one is eating, no one is asking for, and no one is quite sure what to do with. It’s your lawn. The U.S. devotes a full one-fifth of its land to agriculture (408 million acres, or 637,500 square miles) for farmers to grow on, of which corn is the largest food crop. However, there are almost 50,000 square miles...
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HOA's are probably responsible for keeping a bunch of us on grass, although calling it a crop is odd, I was under the impression a crop was something grown for food. Without the HOA to stop it, I'd really think about changing out the grass for drought plants and gravel out front, tomato plants along the side and full blown veggies in the back.