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Agriculture Statistics > Grains > Corn production (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   United States: 259,273 thousand metric tons 
# 2   China: 114,000 thousand metric tons 
# 3   Brazil: 37,500 thousand metric tons 
# 4   Mexico: 19,000 thousand metric tons 
# 5   Argentina: 16,000 thousand metric tons 
# 6   India: 13,000 thousand metric tons 
# 7   Canada: 9,200 thousand metric tons 
# 8   South Africa: 8,900 thousand metric tons 
# 9   Indonesia: 6,500 thousand metric tons 
# 10   Romania: 6,000 thousand metric tons 
# 11   Egypt: 5,900 thousand metric tons 
# 12   Ukraine: 5,500 thousand metric tons 
= 13   Nigeria: 5,300 thousand metric tons 
= 13   Hungary: 5,300 thousand metric tons 
= 15   Philippines: 4,400 thousand metric tons 
= 15   Thailand: 4,400 thousand metric tons 
# 17   Serbia and Montenegro: 4,000 thousand metric tons 
Total: 524,173 thousand metric tons  
Weighted average: 30,833.7 thousand metric tons  



DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004

SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture

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Donna Segal
Staff Editor
19th January 2005 		The United States government heavily subsidizes corn production, a fact reflected in the high per-capita production of corn in the US (and correspondingly, corn consumption, in which the U.S. is also far and away the leader). The New York Times cites a figure of $10 billion annually in U.S. corn subsidies.

This policy of subsidizing corn has lowered the cost of U.S. beef and poultry production, as most US meat is now corn-fed rather than grazed. Subsidized corn is also sold and consumed as filler and as corn syrup, appearing in as much as 25% of American supermarket products, according to one source: When Corn is King. Some critics have linked the United States' corn subsidization policy, and the resulting profusion of corn syrup-sweetened products, to the rising epidemic of obesity in that country.

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