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Then Coppess and Kuethe identified the largest possible political footprint for corn, cotton and
wheat by every congressional district that contains at least some portion of a major crop
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producing county (based on the 114 Congress).
For example, the 533 counties classified by USDA as major corn producers intersect 82
congressional districts. Similarly, the 148 major cotton-producing counties intersect with 38
congressional districts; winter and spring wheat are big in 411 and 84 counties that intersect 91
and seven congressional districts, respectively. (See corn map, below.) “It is important to
reiterate that our definition identifies the largest possible political footprint of each commodity,”
they noted.
These maps may not demonstrate how much actual political influence growers have in a farm
bill debate, the authors noted.
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