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Why we celebrate Ag WeekCourtesy of Agricultural Council of America

March 15th is National Ag Day. It falls during NationalAg Week, March 13-19, 2011, a time when producers, ag-ricultural associations, corporations, universities, govern-

ment agencies and countless others across America gath-er to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by

American agriculture.As the world population soars, there is even greaterdemand for the food, fiber and renewable resources pro-

duced in the United States.The National Ag Day program believes that every Ameri-

can should:• understand how food, fiber and renewable resource prod-ucts are produced.• value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining astrong economy.• appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe,abundant and affordable products.• acknowledge and consider career opportunities in the ag-riculture, food, fiber and renewable resource industries.

Agriculture provides almost everything we eat, use andwear on a daily basis, and is increasingly contributing tofuel and other bio-products. Each year, members of theagricultural industry gather together to promote Americanagriculture. This effort helps educate millions of consumers

each year.A few generations ago, most Americans were directly

involved inor had relatives or friends involved in ag-ricultural-related endeavors. Today, that is no longer thecase.

Americans need to understand the value of agriculturein their daily lives. Here are just some of the key reasonswhy it’s important to recognizeand celebrateAg Dayeach year:

• Increased knowledge of agriculture and nutrition allowsindividuals to make informed personal choices about dietand health.

• Informed citizens will be able to participate in establish-ing the policies that will support a competitive agriculturalindustry in this country and abroad.

• Employment opportunities exist across the board inagriculture. Career choices include:

• farm production• agribusiness management and marketing• agricultural research and engineering• food science• processing and retailing• banking• education• landscape architecture• urban planning• energy

• and other fields.Agriculture is too important a topic to be taught only tothe small percentage of students considering careers inagriculture and pursuing vocational agricultural studies.message a great deal further than any one of us can doalone!

Agricultural literacy includes an understanding of agri-culture’s history and current economic, social and environ-mental significance to all Americans. This understandingincludes some knowledge of food, fiber and renewableresource production, pro-cessing and domestic andinternational marketing.

That is why it is so im-portant that we join to-gether at the communitylevel . . . our voices, inconcert, become a shoutthat carries the mes-sage a great deal furtherthan any one of us cando alone! Agriculture isAMAZING!



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Corn Poppin’ FactsPopcorn pops because water is stored in

a small circle of soft starch in each kernel.As the kernel is heated, the water heats, thedroplet of moisture turns to steam and thesteam builds up pressure until the kernelfinally explodes to many times its originalvolume.

Americans today consume 17.3 billionquarts of popped popcorn each year! Theaverage American eats about 68 quarts!

While the first breakfast cereal wasmade by adding sugar and milk to poppedpopcorn, a shortage of baking flours afterWorld War II forced breadmakers to substi-

tute up to 25% of wheat flour with groundpopped popcorn. Over the years, popcornalso has been used as an ingredient in pud-ding, candy, soup, salad and entrees.

Popcorn’s nutritional value comes fromthe fact that, like other cereal grains, its pri-mary function is to provide the body withheat and energy.

Microwave popcorn is the same as otherpopcorn except the kernels are usually largerand the packaging is designed for maximumpopability.

Cherrific!The same chemicals that give tart cher-

ries their color may relieve pain better thanaspirin and ibuprofen in humans.

Eating about 20 tart cherries a day couldreduce inflammatory pain and headachepain.

There are about 7,000 cherries on anaverage tart cherry tree (the number variesdepending on the age of the tree, weatherand growing conditions). It takes about 250cherries to make a cherry pie, so each treecould produce enough cherries for 28 pies!

Head StrongLettuce is a member of the sunflower

family. Darker Green lettuce leaves aremore nutritious than lighter green leaves.

Americans eat about 30 pounds of let-tuce every year. That’s about five timesmore than what we ate in the early 1900s.

In the United States, lettuce is the sec-ond most popular fresh vegetable. Almostall lettuce is packed right in the field. About25% of all iceberg lettuce is made into freshcut salads.

What’s up Doc?The plant pigment that gives carrots and

other vegetables their vivid orange color is

Beta-Carotene. Fruits and Vegetables thatare yellow/orange in color contain Beta-

Carotene and carrots are one of the richestin this nutrient. Our bodies convert Beta-Carotene into Vitamin A.

The bright orange color of carrots tellyou they’re an excellent source of VitaminA which is important for good eyesight, es-pecially at night. Vitamin A helps your bodyfight infection, and keeps your skin and hairhealthy!

Berry, Berry Good for You!Blueberries are the second most popular

berry in the United States.Michigan and New Jersey produce 66%

of all the blueberries in the United States,followed by North Carolina, Oregon andWashington.

Over 200 million pounds of blueberriesare grown every year in North America.

Blueberries are first picked by hand togather the best of the early fruit. Later, if the fruit is to be mechanically harvested, aharvesting machine goes through the fieldand gently shakes each bush so only the ripeblueberries drop off.

Blueberries are a good source of Vita-min C and fiber.

Cracking UpIn the U.S. in 1998, hens produced

6,657,000,000 dozen eggs - that’s 6.657 bil-lion dozen! After these eggs were laid, abouttwo-thirds were sold in the shell and onethird of them were broken - not by accident,but on purpose. Because after the eggs are

broken out of their shells, they can be madeinto liquid, frozen, dried and specialty eggproducts.

The egg shell may have as many as17,000 tiny pores over its surface. Throughthem, the egg can absorb flavors and odors.Storing them in their cartons helps keepthem fresh!

Eggs age more in one day at room tem-perature than in one week in the refrigera-tor.

Occasionally, a hen will produce dou-ble-yolked eggs throughout her egg-layingcareer. It is rare, but not unusual, for a younghen to produce an egg with no yolk at all.

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The most obvious careers are directlyrelated to the farm or ranch. But did youknow that only 10 percent of Americans areinvolved in traditional farming? If that isthe case, then what other careers comprise

the agricultural field? There are approxi-mately 22 million people who work in agri-culture related fields. Unlike agriculture of our grandparents’ day, today’s agricultureoffers over 200 rewarding and challengingcareers.

Career CategoriesAgricultural careers may be divided into

various categories. These include: Agribusi-ness Management, Agricultural and Natu-ral Resources Communications, BuildingConstruction Management, Agriscience,Resource Development and Management,

Parks, Recreations, and Tourism Resources,Packaging, Horticulture, Forestry, FoodScience, and Fisheries/Wildlife.

Growth Job MarketAccording Farm Bureau News, pub-

lished semimonthly by the American FarmBureau Federation, “Food Scientists andengineers will be in the greatest demand inthe agriculutural job market over the nextfour years, according to a new Purdue Uni-versity study. Annual job openings for U.S.food and agricultural sciences graduates areprojected to be around 58,000, while the

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Agribusiness Management focuses onthe managerial functions performed by or-ganizations throughout the food system.

Sample job titles: Commodity Trader, Ag-ricultural Production Specialist, PurchasingManager, Financial Manager, Farm Ownerand Manager, and Wholesale/Retail BuyerManufacturing Manager. Companies thathire for these positions: Seneca Food Cor-poration, Ralston Purina Co., Farm BureauMutual Insurance, Archer-Daniels-MidlandCo., and Dow Elanco.

Agricultural and Natural ResourcesCommunications focuses on careers injournalism, public relations, and advertis-ing/marketing. Sample job titles: Marketing

Communications Manager, District SalesRepresentatives, Advertising Manager, Re-porter, Editor, and Account Manager. Com-panies that hire for these positions: UpjohnCo., USDA, Michigan Milk ProducersAssociation, National Dairy Council, andMichigan Farm Bureau.

Building Construction Management focuses on land development and structuralbuildings. Sample job titles: Project Manag-er, Estimator, Construction Scheduler, Con-troller, Purchasing Agent, Site Manager,Field Engineer, Land Developer, and Real

Estate Appraiser. Companies that hire for

these positions: Turner Construction Com-pany, Pulte Homes, Perini Building Co.,and General Motors Corporation.

Agriscience provides a foundation forcareers in agricultural and natural resourcesindustries. Sample job titles: AgriscienceEducator, Extension Educator, Farmer, and

Human Resource Director. Companies thathire for these positions: Crop ProductionServices, John Deere, and Gerber Co.

Resource Development and Manage-ment focuses on policy analysis, planning,evaluation, budgeting, and program man-agement. Sample job titles: Environmental

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Packaging focusing on food packaging,health care and pharmaceutical packaging, andindustrial packaging. Sample job titles: Pack-

aging Engineer, Quality Control Coordinator,Laboratory Manager, and Package Designer.Companies that hire for these positions: Coca-Cola Co., Hershey Chocolate USA, Johnson andJohnson, 3M, IBM Corp., and Amway Corp.

Horticulture focuses on the science and artconcerned with culture, marketing, and utiliza-tion of high value, intensively cultivated fruits,flowers, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

Sample job titles: Retail Manager, LandscapeDesigner, Entrepreneur, Florist, Contractor,Nursery Grower, and Nursery Stock Buyer.Companies that hire for these positions: Gerber,Mawby Fruit Farms, Ball Corporation, and PanAmerican Seed.

Forestry focuses on the science and art of managing natural resources that occur on forestlands. Sample job titles: Forester, Forest Ranger,Consulting Forester, District Ranger, Arborist,Naturalist, Timber Buyer, and Forest Nursery

Manager. Companies that hire for these posi-tions: The Mead Corporation, John Hancock Fi-nancial Services, City Governments, and USDAForest Service.

Food Science focuses on the development of new foods, investigation of new production andprocessing methods, and research ways to insurea safe, nutritious and economical food supply.Sample job titles: Food Technician, LaboratoryTechnician, Food Chemist, and Quality ControlManager. Companies that hire for these posi-tions: Pepsicola, Kraft/General Foods, Hygrade

Food Products, Kellogg Company, GeneralMills, Pillsbury, and Heinz USA.

Fisheries and Wildlife focuses on environ-mental management, conservation, and wildlifeecology and management. Sample job titles:Land Management Specialist, Water QualitySpecialist, Habitat Specialist, and Fish HatcheryManager. Companies that hire for these posi-tions: US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Man-agement, State and local divisions of surface wa-ter quality, land and water management, and USFish and Wildlife Services.

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duce an egg; there is 30 minutes betweeneach egg-producing cycle.

About 240 million laying hens produceabout 5.5 billion dozen eggs per year in theUnited States.

Egg yolks are one of the few foods thatnaturally contain Vitamin D.

Macaroni ManiaPasta is one of America’s favorite

foods. Last year, 1.3 million pounds of pasta were sold in American grocery stores.If you lined up 1.3 million pounds of 16oz. spaghetti packages, it could circle theEarth’s equator almost nine times!

Noodles got their start in China, notItaly as many people might think.

Pasta made its way to the New Worldthrough the English who found it whiletraveling through Italy. The English madepasta by cooking it for about a half an hourand then smothering it with cream sauceand cheese. This was the beginning of Mac-aroni and Cheese!

America’s first large pasta factory wasbuilt in Brooklyn, New York in 1848 by aFrenchman who would spread out his spa-ghetti strands on the roof to dry in the sun-shine.

An Apple a DayApples are a member of the rose fam-

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Apples are high in fiber. There are morethan 7,000 varieties of apples grown in theworld.

Green Greek GoddessThe name asparagus comes from the

Greek language and means “sprout” or“shoot.” Asparagus is a member of theLily family. Asparagus is related to onions,leeks, and garlic.

One of the most popular varieties of green asparagus is named after MarthaWashington, the wife of George Washing-ton. California grows about 70% of all theasparagus grown in the United States.

More than 50,000 tons of asparagus are

grown in California every year.Broccoli Basics

We are eating 900% more broccoli thanwe did 20 years ago.

In 1970, consumption of broccoli wasonly a half a pound per person. Today, theaverage person in the United States eatsfour and one half pounds a year.

In the United States, broccoli was prob-ably first grown by immigrants from Italyin home gardens in Brooklyn, New York.In 1923, a group of Italian vegetable farm-ers in Northern California started to grow

broccoli commercially and in a few yearsthey were shipping fresh broccoli to Bostonand New York.

You May Find this “Corny”One bushel of corn will sweeten more

than 400 cans of pop. There are about 600kernels on each ear of corn.

Farmers grow corn on every continentexcept Antarctica. Each tassel on a cornplant releases as many as 5 million grainsof pollen.

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age, 53 pounds of bread per year. As-suming a sandwich was eaten for break-fast, lunch and dinner, it would take168 days to eat the amount of breadproduced from one bushel of wheat.

A family of four could live for 10years off the bread produced by oneacre of wheat.

One bushel of wheat will produce 73

one-pound loaves of bread.Farmers receive approximately 5

cents (or less) from each loaf of breadsold.

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For the average family involved in agriculture they areoften no wealthier than the rest of us. Agriculture for themis a way of life and their family might have done it for gen-erations. Often, as with all business and asset values, anagricultural business can go through very high periods of economic growth and then into low periods of stagnation.To allow farmers and businessmen to go with the flow of

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Straight from the cow, the temperature of cow’s milk isabout 97 degrees Fahrenheit.

The average U.S. dairy cow produces 22.5 quarts of milk each day. That’s about 16,000 glasses of milk per year– enough for about 40 people. One cow can give 200,000glasses of milk in a lifetime.

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Cheese was first made over 4,000 years ago in Asia.A cow has 4 stomachs. They are: the rumen, where

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Cows are ruminants or cud-chewing animals eatinghay, corn, soybeans, grass, wheat, and ensilage. Each coweats 20 to 25 pounds of grain, 40 to 60 pounds of ensilage,30 pounds of hay and drinks about 15 to 25 gallons of wa-ter a day.

Cows are sedentary animals spending up to 8 hoursa day chewing the cud while standing still or lying downto rest after grazing. When going to be milked, a certaincow in an established herd always leads the others with theweaker and older cattle trailing behind the group.

A typical, full grown Holstein cow weighs about 1,400pounds and produces 60 pounds of milk per day.

One day’s production is 2.6 pounds of butter or 7 gal-lons of milk or 6 pounds of cheese.

A dairy cow consumes 35 gallons of water, 20 poundsof grain and concentrated feed and 35 pounds of hay orsilage (a mixture of corn and grass) in just one day.

It usually takes about 20 minutes for a cow to be milked.On average a cow is milked 2 to 3 times a day.

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Understanding crop rotationThough it’s easy for suburbanites or

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While farming might once have beena part of most Americans’ daily lives, to-day the principles of farming are muchmore foreign to the average American.One such principle is crop rotation, avaluable agricultural practice that caneven pay dividends for suburban hom-eowners who enjoy gardening. The bene-fits of crop rotation aren’t only applicableto large farms, as they can help keep per-sonal gardens healthy as well.

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But crop rotation isn’t only beneficialto crops. Crop rotation can also promotehealthy soil. Different crops have differ-ent nutrient needs, so rotating crops withdifferent nutrient needs helps avoid thedepletion of any one element present inthe soil.

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Many farmers grow more than just grains,vegetable and livestock. Some farmers growtrees. This is called a woodlot. A woodlotis not an original forest, because the timber

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Not only is the wood on woodlots good tosell to timber companies to make paper, etc.,but the timber can also be useful on the farm.The farmer can cut down the timber and useit to build fences, barns, or other buildings.Some farmers grow specialized woodlotsthat are used for a specific purpose.

Don’t Be SheepishThere are 914 different breeds of sheep

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The steps to making some of your favor-ite clothes:

Sheep are sheared in the spring, their woolis removed in one piece called a fleece.

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Environmental andhealth benefits of farm products:

•The environment and everyone in it ben-efits from research on biodegradable plantproducts that break down easily in landfills.

•Agriculture land provides food and hab-itat for 75% of the nation’s wildlife. Deer,moose, fowl and other species have shownsignificant population increases in the pastseveral years.

•Genetic engineering with plants and ani-mals has resulted in new antibodies for im-munizations. Other research has developedsurgical techniques and pharmaceuticalsfrom agriculture that help save lives.

•Ethanol and new bio-diesel fuels madefrom corn and other grains are beneficial tothe environment and promote energy secu-rity.

Soybean farmingSoy is used to make candles, crayons,

beauty products, cleaners and floor waxes.Soybean oil is also a major source of Ameri-can biodiesel.

Soybean oil is the most widely used veg-etable oil. It is found in margarine’s, saladdressings, canned foods, sauces, bakerygoods, and processed fried foods.

Crazy about Cotton

U.S. textile mills presently convert overhalf of the cotton they use into clothing.

The majority of cotton is used for men’sand boys’ clothing, with jeans and shirtstopping the list.

If all of the cotton produced annually inthe U.S. were used to make one product,such as blue jeans, it would make 5 billionpair.

One bale of cotton can produce 1,217men’s t-shirts or 313,600 one-hundred dol-

lar ($100) bills.Cotton’s home uses range from bed-

spreads to window shades. It is by far thedominant fiber in towels and washcloths.Cotton is also popular in sheets and pillow-cases.

Cotton is also a food crop. Almost 200million gallons of cottonseed oil are used infood products such as margarine and saladdressing. Cottonseed and cottonseed mealare used in feed for livestock and poultry.And even products such as toothpaste, icecream, and the paper money used to buy

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On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Survey releasedtoday. Conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’sNational Agricultural Statistics Service, this was the first-ever nationwide survey that looked at renewable energypractices on America’s farms and ranches.

“These results indicate that farmers and ranchers areincreasingly adopting renewable energy practices on theiroperations and reaping the important economic and envi-ronmental benefits,” said U.S. Agriculture Secretary TomVilsack. “At USDA we are committed to natural resource

conservation, prosperity and energy independence in ruralAmerica. This survey gives us a benchmark against whichwe can measure our future successes.”

According to the survey results, solar panels were themost prominent way to produce on-farm energy. In 2009,

farmers on 7,968 operations nationwide reported usingphotovoltaic and thermal solar panels. The use of wind tur-bines was reported by farmers on 1,420 operations across48 states. The use of methane digesters was reported by121 operations in 29 states.

On the state level, California leads the nation with1,956 operations producing renewable energy, accountingfor nearly a quarter of all operations in the United Statesparticipating in this practice. Texas, Hawaii and Coloradowere the other major states where farmers on at least 500

or more operations were producing their own renewableenergy.

The survey results also show an economic upside to pro-

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pecially noticeable in New York, where utility bill savingsreported by respondents topped $5,000 for 2009.

Conducted as a follow-on to the most recent Census of Agriculture, On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Sur-vey focused on three principal renewable energy systems:solar panels, wind turbines and methane digesters. Thesurvey expanded upon the energy questions asked in thecensus to provide a deeper analysis of American on-farmrenewable energy production practices.

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