We had a question from customer care today regarding how we got the name Xero. I often tell this story during events, but may as well tell the world. Firstly we really wanted a great name. If we are going to be a global player we wanted a name that stood next to SAP, IBM etc.tâs unlikely youâll be able to just get a great domain name. Most are taken and parked so you have to negotiate for them. Dot thought of Zero, but when we approached the domain holder the numbers they wanted were ridiculous. She then thought of Xero.
Most of the corn grown in the United States is produced in the Corn Belt, which includes Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri and South Dakota. Within the USA, Michigan sits at the NE extremities of the corn belt. The map below shows where the corn belt lies.
The United States grew just over 62 million acres of wheat in 2000 with an average yield of 41.9 bushels per acre. The top states in acreage grown are Kansas, North Dakota, Montana, Oklahoma, and Washington. Other leading producers are Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.bout 70 percent of the wheat planted in the United States is winter wheat (fall seeded). Of the remaining wheat acreage, 24 percent is planted to spring wheat (spring seeded) and 6 percent to durum (spring seeded).