Monday, October 16, 2017

Minnesota Farm Facts


Minnesota is the 3rd largest soybean-producing state in the U.S. Farmers grow the soybeans that are used to seal more than 118,000 lane-miles of asphalt roads in Minnesota. The biobased sealant not only strengthens the asphalt, it’s good for the environment too. Another soybean fun fact: Minnesota’s use of biodiesel over the past 10 years has helped remove 7.4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide, equal to removing the emissions from 17,998 railcars of coal.



Minnesota’s 3,000 dairy farm families create about 3 million gallons of milk each day. Milk gets from cow to store in about 48 hours.



 Minnesota is home to more than 18,000 beef farmers. Beef cattle spend 75% of their lives on grass, making them natural recyclers – converting plants we can’t eat into high-quality protein we can eat. Another fun cattle fact: One cowhide can make 20 footballs; Minnesota raises enough cattle to make 48 million footballs each year!



 Minnesota has 450 turkey farmers – many of whom are 3rd, 4th and 5th generation farm families – who raise approximately 46 million turkeys annually. Every turkey generates $17.46 of direct economic activity to the state, providing more than $800 million in economic impact.



 Where does our food come from? 3.2 million farmers in the United States operate 2.1 million farms, 99% of which are family-owned. While farmers account for less than 2% of our population, the average American farmer grows enough to feed 165 people! Minnesota has 74,542 farms covering 26 million acres.

I wrote this last week. I have been busy with issues outside of my family. CAP is taking up time right now with issues. That was the reason behind my last post. Temps are still on a roller coaster ride

Stay Safe my friends. I will post about what is taking away my time with CAP.

Rob

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2 comments:

Mike Yukon said...

Thanks for posting. It's always interesting just how much each state produces for the consumers.

Rob said...

My youngest son found out this weekend that MN harvests sugar beets too. I think the American Crystal Sugar is beet sugar. All this info was posted by the MN State Fair last week.