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means The swath of the U.S. Midwest—Ohio to Nebraska and neighboring states—where corn and soybean farming dominate the land and economy.

from A plain compound of 'corn' and 'belt' (a geographic band or zone, as in 'rust belt' or 'sun belt'), a naming pattern that caught on in American English from the 1800s onward to label regions defined by their dominant crop or industry. The term tracks the shift of American corn production westward in the 19th century, following the rail lines and fertile glacial soils of states like Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.