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Farming it’s a Fact

Farming it’s a Fact. Food, Land & People Agriculture in the Classroom Utah State University www.agclassroom.org/ut. An Acre is About the Size of a Football Field. 821 pounds of Cotton 2,784 pounds of Wheat 11,500 pounds of Sweet Corn 39,500 pounds of Potatoes

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Farming it’s a Fact

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  1. Farming it’s a Fact Food, Land & People Agriculture in the Classroom Utah State University www.agclassroom.org/ut

  2. An Acre is About the Size of a Football Field

  3. 821 pounds of Cotton 2,784 pounds of Wheat 11,500 pounds of Sweet Corn 39,500 pounds of Potatoes 31,000 pounds of Oranges 35,600 pounds of Lettuce 50,000 pounds of Strawberries What Does One Acre of Land Produce?

  4. How Are You Connected to agriculture? Personal Care ProductsShampoo, soap, cosmetics, lotions, fingernail polish, toothpaste ConstructionLumber, paints, brushes, tar paper, drywall, tool handles, particle board ManufacturingAdhesives, lubricants, solvents, detergents, polymers Health CarePharmaceuticals, surgical sutures, ointments, latex gloves, x-ray film TransportationBiofuels including ethanol and biodiesel, lubricants, antifreeze, tires, upholstery, packing materials EntertainmentFilm, strings for musical instruments EducationCrayons, text books, chalk, desks, pencils, paper PrintingPaper, ink, film SportsUniforms, baseball bats, leather equipment and balls, shoes

  5. What’s on America’s Dinner Table? Flour & Cereal Products 173.3 pounds Fresh Fruits 127.5 pounds Milk 21 gallons Eggs 246 eggs Red Meats 111.7 pounds Fats & Oils 80.3 pounds Cheese 32.8 pounds Fresh Vegetables 184.8 pounds Rice 21.2 pounds Poultry and meat 80.0 pounds

  6. 4.0 3.6 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 Today Are Farmers Reducing Cropland Erosion? Tons of Soil Lost Per Acre

  7. Number of people fed annually by one farmer 19 27 46 73 115 129 139 143

  8. What is a billion? If you had 1 million dollars and had to spend $1,000 dollars every day, your money would run out in 1000 days. If you had 1 billion dollars and had to spend $1,000 every day, your money would run out for 2,740 years.

  9. Who Pays the Least for Food? Of the 10 percent of disposable income Americans spend on food each year, 51 percent is for food eaten at home and 49 percent is for food eaten away from home.

  10. State that produces the most food and has the highest farm-gate sales USDA – ERS: 2009

  11. What is the U.S. Share of World Production? Beef and Veal 21% Soybeans 35% Cotton 12% Corn 41% Eggs 8% Milk 17% Wheat 9%

  12. How Many Farms and Farmers?

  13. How Many Farmers? 3,337,450 farm operators • 306,209 women • 55,570 farmers of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin • 30,599 African American • 79,703American Indian

  14. Family Farms & Family Farm Production

  15. What is USDA’s Budget? Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs 74% Ag Programs 10% Conservation and Forestry 8% Other 8% The other consists of: food safety, rural development and research, research and marketing/regulatory programs. Also make a footnote that says that Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs include: SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), Women, Infants, and Children or WIC, and school lunch/breakfast programs. In 2012: $144.2 billion

  16. Where Does Your Food Dollar Go? • Farm Cost, breakdown of 16 cents: • 15.8% purchased feed • 15/1 % fertilizer, seed, crop-protecting chemicals • 10.3% capital upkeep and replacement • 10.0 % farm labor • 9.4% interest and property taxes • 7.1% fuel, electricity • 6.9% purchased livestock • 5.0% farm services • 5.2% repairs, maintenance • 3.6% rent • 11.6% miscellaneous • Off-Farm Costs: • Marketing expenses associated with processing • Wholesaling • Distributing • Retailing of food products 84¢ OFF-FARM 16¢ FARM

  17. Who Imports U.S. Farm Products?

  18. What Do We Trade on the World Market? Top Exports (billions) U.S. Ag Exports = $115.8 billion

  19. What Do We Trade on the World Market? Top Imports (billions) U.S. Ag Imports = $81.9 billion

  20. What is Agriculture? • Farms • Food • Fabric • Forestry • Flowers

  21. Farms: Things we grow and raise. Like dairy cows. What a Dairy Cow consume and produces in a day? 3.3 pounds of butterOR 8.1 gallons of milkOR 7.0 pounds of cheese 35 gallons of water 35 pounds of hay or silage VALUE of a cow’s dailyproduction = $11.45COST Feed = $4.60 Supplies = $2.90 Bldgs./overhead = $3.75 ______________________ Daily Costs = $11.25 RETURN on Labor = $0.20 20 pounds of grain and concentrated feed

  22. U.S. aquaculture products Food Fish Mollusks Miscellaneous Fish Crustaceans Ornamental Fish Bait Fish Sport Fish Fish farming: Aquaculture • Top Five Aquaculture States in Sales • Mississippi • Arkansas • Alabama • Louisiana • Florida

  23. Food: What’s in the Grocery Store and Restaurants: Pizza for example Your favorite pizza originates on America’s farms and ranches Top-Producing States: Spinach California, Arizona Mushrooms Pennsylvania, California Onions Georgia, California, Texas Green Peppers California, Florida Pineapple Hawaii Mozzarella Cheese (Dairy Products) California, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Tomato Sauce (Fresh Tomatoes) California, Florida, Virginia Pizza Dough (Winter Wheat) Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota Sausage (From Hogs) Iowa, North Carolina, Minnesota

  24. Fabric or Fiber: Agriculture provides natural fibers to make cloth • Vegetable Fibers • Seed fiber (cotton, kapok, milkweed) • Stalk/Stem (bamboo, flax/linen, ramie, hemp, jute, rattan) • Animal Fibers • Wool (sheep) • Mohair (angora goat) • Cashmere (goats) • Angora (rabbit) • Alpaca (alpaca, resembles small llama) • Feathers (chickens) • Fur (mink, fox) • Leather (pigs, cattle, sheep, etc • Silk (caterpillars) • Catgut (animal intestines, all kinds of animals except cats)

  25. Forestry or Silviculture? Who Owns America’s Forests Forest products industry11 percent • 750 million acres of the U.S. is covered by trees (about 1/3 of the U.S.) • The National Forest Service manages 193 million acres of forested land. • 145 million acres or 75 percent is set aside for non-commercial use: • Wildlife habitat • Recreational activities Federal, state and localgovernments37 percent Private citizens52 percent

  26. Flowers: Horticulture: Top Producing States. Typical Greenhouse Crops Typical Nursery Crops • Floral, foliage and vegetable plants including tomatoes • Transplant seedlings and bulbs • Aquatic plants • Mushrooms, herbs and seeds • Cut and live Christmas trees • Ornamental plants and trees with woody stems • Fruit and nut plants for outdoor/ landscape use • Ornamental vines • Turfgrass sod and other groundcovers

  27. Renewable bio-based fuels Fuels from Agriculture • Biodiesel • Ethanol

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