Ok, i just got back from a road trip through Ohio, Indianapolis Indiana, to Springfield Illinois and back.

It is FLAAAAAAAT there.
No wonder everyone there can cycle average at 20-25mph !!
(I realize there are some areas of these states that have a few hills...just not where i was!)

Speaking as a beekeeper...Talk about gazillion miles and miles of only corn and soybeans, as far as the eye could see no matter where I went. No wonder bees have a hard time finding nutritious varied forage there to survive on, and beekeepers have to feed them tankertrucks full of corn syrup to keep them from starving. CORN CORN CORN CORN CORN CORN CORN....