Which states grow the most canola (the yellow-flower crop pressed into cooking oil)? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→4 in order
I bet… Florida — sunshine makes oil, right? ☀️
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The real order is…
North Dakota grows about 13.83× as much as #2 Washington!
📚 BackgroundThe canola oil in your kitchen starts as a field of bright-yellow flowers. Canola is a cool-season crop, and America grows about 8 out of 10 of it in one cold, northern state — North Dakota, right on the Canadian border. The name “canola” was even coined in Canada.(USDA NASS Quick Stats)
Most: North Dakota (3,952,500,000 pounds); least shown here: Kansas (9,600,000 pounds).
Note: measured in pounds harvested. Only states that publish a value are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.