Which states grow the most lentils (the little seeds in soup and dal)? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→3 in order
I bet… California — sunny food state? ☀️
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The real order is…
Montana grows about 2.64× as many as #2 North Dakota!
📚 BackgroundLentils feel like warm-country food — Indian dal, Mediterranean soup. But America's lentils grow where the summers are cool and dry: Montana leads by a wide margin, with North Dakota and Washington's Palouse hills behind. Lentils are a hardy cool-season crop, often planted between wheat harvests.(USDA NASS Quick Stats)
Most: Montana (6,210,000 cwt (100 lb)); least shown here: Washington (490,000 cwt (100 lb)).
Note: measured in hundred-pound bags (cwt). 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.