Economic Impact of Wheat

 The picture above is a spike of wheat. Wheat in the United States provides an economic impact on the agriculture in our society. The Great Plain states rely on agriculture for much of their economic activity. The importance of agriculture can be measured by knowing the money that it makes in the U.S., this is called basic income. Wheat provides many sources of income and products in our society. Farmers are a subject to wheat because they get payed to farm the wheat fields. They own what is called a "cash crop" meaning they plant it, farm it, and collect the money that the product yields. Many products produced by wheat are, flour, herbal shampoos, lotions, baked goods, crackers etc. These are everyday things that we use circulate our economy and therefore are of great economic importance.