Definition of "corn-growing" [corn-growing]

• Producing corn: as, a corn-growing country.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pawlenty pledged to phase out ethanol subsidies, speaking in the corn-growing state of Iowa and casting himself as a truth-teller willing to level with the American people about the sacrifices needed to tame the $1.5 trillion budget deficit."
• "EROI values calculated in the spatial analysis ranged from 0.36 in less optimal corn-growing areas, for example southern Texas, to 1.18 in optimal areas, for example Nebraska (Fig. 2)."
• "He also ducked a question about whether he would support ethanol subsidies, which are opposed in tea-party circles but generally favored in corn-growing Iowa."