The Great Plains Subregion,”It receives itsnickname, the Breadbasket, fromthe immense quantities of grain itproduces-wheat, corn, sorghum,barley
and oats.Climate in the Great Plains isextremely unpredictable and canmake life precarious.The people of the plains havelearned to adapt to thesechallenges ever since settlers beganto stake claims there in the 1860s.”