The hardest-hit state is Iowa, the leading corn state and last year's top soybean producer.

最难的受灾国家是爱荷华州，领导国家和玉米去年的顶端大豆生产国。

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Outside the Golden State, however, the states most eager to subsidise ethanol were those with golden fields of corn.

然而，在加州之外，最热衷于为乙醇提供补贴的州都拥有金色的玉米田野。

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Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon...

因为他每年都将他种植的玉米送去参加该州举办的交易会，而且年年都获奖。

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Even in the Chicago area, in the corn growing state of Illinois, there are fewer than 20.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps

This story dates to 2007 when the Bush Administration joined Democratic greens and corn-state Republicans to pass an energy bill mandating renewable fuel standards.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Ethanol Gas-Pump Surcharge

Every year at the end of July several thousand people descend on Iowa to ride their bikes across this corn-belt state.

WSJ: A Ride Across Iowa