Spread of Maize in European Agriculture

Timeline

1. c. 1531–1540Spain · SpainIn the 1530s, maize established stable cultivation in warm regions such as Andalusia and Valencia, used for human food and livestock feed, becoming one of the fastest-growing American introduced crops in Spanish agriculture.
2. c. 1533–1540Northern Italy · ItalyDuring the same period, maize reached the Po Plain and other areas via Spanish-Italian trade and port networks, integrating into local crop rotation systems in the mid-to-late 1530s and laying the groundwork for the later expansion of Europe's maize belt.