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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Corn is a vital part of the Illinois economy and
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| 3 | should be recognized by becoming the State grain of
Illinois; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Illinois is the second largest corn producing | ||||||
| 6 | state; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Corn takes up over 12 million acres of the 27 | ||||||
| 8 | million acres of farmland; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Illinois has roughly 36.5 million acres
of land; | ||||||
| 10 | meaning a third of all the land in the State is dedicated to | ||||||
| 11 | corn; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, According to the University of Illinois
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| 13 | Urbana-Champaign, in 2014, Illinois produced more than 130 | ||||||
| 14 | billion
pounds of corn; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Illinois is the second largest exporter of corn,
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| 16 | exporting over 50% of all corn it produces; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Illinois alone produces 17% of all corn
grown in | ||||||
| 18 | the United States; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 2015, Illinois farmers made over $10 billion
in | ||||||
| 2 | corn sales; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | urge corn to be declared the State grain of Illinois and | ||||||
| 6 | recognize all the wealth
and prosperity this crop brings to the | ||||||
| 7 | State; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the members of the Pittsfield | ||||||
| 9 | Future Farmers of America and the local agricultural education | ||||||
| 10 | community for taking the initiative in bringing this issue to | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois General Assembly; and be it further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the Pittsfield Future Farmers of America as a | ||||||
| 14 | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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