The results showed that the range of striped species overlaps with where biting flies are most activeâregardless of species and where the stripes occur on the body, according to the study, published April 1 in the journal Nature Communications.
With potatoes its number 1 crop and producing over 6 million tons of spuds annually, Idaho is the US's top potato producing state. It's followed closely by Oregoâ¦n, Washington, Maine, and Colorado. It also produces most of the french fries for the nation's fast-food restaurants.
* The Corn Belt States experience some of the highest erosion rates in the country: in 1977, Iowa cropland lost an average of 9.9 tons of soil per acre; Illinois, 6.7 tons per acre, and Missouri, 10 9 tons per acre.* Aroostook County, Maine, is famous for its potatoes.ome serious erosion areas in the United States. The colored areas on the map below, which show total tons of sheet and rill erosion on cropland, indicate several of the more serious erosion areas in the country. Cropland Sheet and Rill Erosion: 1977. Data for Alaska not available.