USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hard red spring and durum wheats are primarily grown because of the short growing season in the region. The Prairie Provinces now produce hard red spring wheats, spring white wheats, durum wheats, and some red winter wheats .

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important Great Plains crop is wheat. Although the United States and Canada together produce slightly less wheat than China (the world’s leading wheat grower), the two North American countries account for more than half of the world’s wheat exports.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major harvested crops in the Great Plains are wheat, hay, corn, and cotton. Wheat is the dominant harvested crop (50% of the harvested land), followed by hay (20%), corn (15%), and cotton (4%).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Northern Plains are best suited for agriculture as the soil found in this region is very fertile. Rice, wheat, sugar cane, millets, jute, and maize are some of the crops grown here.

Detailed explanation-5: -With abundant water supply, good climate and fertile soil, it is a very productive region of India’s agriculture. Therefore, the northern plains are known as the breadbasket of India, and this physiological division of India is very suitable for growing crops and is densely populated.