AGRICULTURE

ANIMALS

• Animals that are raised on farms are important sources of meat and protein
• Animals that are often eaten are pig, cow, goat and bird

MILK

• Over 20 billion pounds of milk is produced each year
• A cow produces 6-7 gallons of milk each day

CORN

• The average American eats 25 pounds of corn annually
• 80 percent of all grown corn is used as livestock feed
• Corn is used as food or processed into ethanol

SOYBEANS

• The U.S Grows 36% of all soybean production
• Soybeans have hundreds of uses including as food

POTATOES

• An average American eats 142 pounds of potatoes a year
• Potatoes can be grown from Florida to Alaska and yields over 30 billion pounds of potatoes each year

COTTON

• Cotton is grown is 17 states
• Cotton farmers raise nearly 7.3 billion pounds of cotton each year
• Cotton is used to make clothes, it used in making archival papers, and can be crushed to make oil

WOOL

• In 2014 26.7 million pounds of wool was harvested from sheep
• It it used for mostly clothes but it is also used in furniture trade
• A sheep yields anywhere from 2 to 30 pounds of wool

TREES

• Wood can be used to make paper and building materials
• Sap is used to make maple syrup and even chewing gum
• Bark is used for medicine and cosmetics

WHEAT

• Wheat is used to make bread and flour
• Wheat is the most widely grown crop

HAY

• Hay is grass that has been cut and dried
• Hay is used as animals fodder for grazing livestock like cows