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 stateâs leading agricultural crop, rice became a state symbol in 2007. Arkansas is. the nationâs top rice-producing state with almost half of all American rice grown here. Most of the stateâs rice farms are in the eastern half of the state.