1. Farm Facts Principles of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

2. 2.2 MILLION FARMS DOT AMERICA’S RURAL LANDSCAPE.

3. ABOUT 97 PERCENT OF U.S. FARMS ARE OPERATED BY FAMILIES – INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS OR FAMILY CORPORATIONS.

4. FARM AND RANCH FAMILIES COMPRISE JUST 2 PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION.

5. MORE THAN 21 MILLION AMERICAN WORKERS (15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL U.S. WORKFORCE) PRODUCE, PROCESS AND SELL THE NATION’S FOOD AND FIBER.

6. TODAY’S FARMERS PRODUCE 262 PERCENT MORE FOOD WITH 2 PERCENT FEWER INPUTS (LABOR, SEEDS, FEED, FERTILIZER, ETC.), COMPARED WITH 1950.

7. IN 2010, $115 BILLION WORTH OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WERE EXPORTED AROUND THE WORLD.

8. ONE IN THREE U.S. FARM ACRES IS PLANTED FOR EXPORT.

9. 31 PERCENT OF U.S. GROSS FARM INCOME COMES DIRECTLY FROM EXPORTS.

10. FARMERS AND RANCHERS RECEIVE ONLY 16 CENTS OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON FOOD AT HOME AND AWAY FROM HOME. IN 1980, FARMERS AND RANCHERS RECEIVED 31 CENTS.

11. FUNNY FARM FACTS

12. THERE ARE 47 DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP IN THE U.S.

13. THE AVERAGE PERSON CONSUMES 584 POUNDS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS A YEAR

14. MATURE TURKEYS HAVE MORE THAN 3,500 FEATHERS

15. PORK IS THE MOST WIDELY EATEN MEAT IN THE WORLD

16. 160 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IS THE CORRECT TEMPERATURE THE ENSURE SAFE AND SAVORY GROUND BEEF

17. ELEVATORS IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY USE A SOYBEAN-BASED HYDRAULIC FLUID

18. LIKE SNOWFLAKES, NO TWO COWS HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME PATTERN OF SPOTS.

19. THE LONGEST RECORDED FLIGHT OF A CHICKEN IS 13 SECONDS

20. 29 CUTS OF BEEF MEET THE GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES FOR LEAN.

21. THE AVERAGE DIARY COW PRODUCES SEVEN GALLONS OF MILK A DAY, 2,100 POUNDS OF MILK A MONTH AND 46,000 GLASSES OF MILK A YEAR.

22. TURKEYS ORIGINATED IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 10 MILLION YEARS.

23. AGRICULTURE EMPLOYS MORE THAN 24 MILLION AMERICAN WORKERS

24. TODAY’S AMERICAN FARMER FEEDS ABOUT 155 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. IN 1960 THAT NUMBER WAS 25.8

25. RAISING BEEF CATTLE IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SEGMENT OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE

26. ONE POUND OF WOOL CAN MAKE 10 MILES OF YARN. THERE ARE 150 YARDS (450 FEET) OF WOOL YARN IN A BASEBALL

27. SOYBEANS ARE AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CRAYONS. IN FACT, ONE ACRE OF SOYBEANS CAN PRODUCE 82,368 CRAYONS.

28. THE HEAVIEST TURKEY EVER RAISED WEIGHED 86 POUNDS.

29. COWS ARE HERBIVORES, SO THEY ONLY HAVE TEETH ON THE BOTTOM

30. THERE ARE 350 SQUIRTS OF MILK IN A GALLON OF MILK

31. COWS MUST GIVE BIRTH TO A CALF IN ORDER TO PRODUCE MILK