AGRICULTURE

COW FACTS

• Cows drink the equivalent of a bathtub of water per day.
• Cows produce about six to seven gallons of milk a day.

CHICKEN FACT

• Some chickens can lay an egg every 23 hours or so.

PIG FACTS

• Pigs are omnivores.
• 11% of standard pigs is bacon.
• (Another weird fact : People apparently taste like pork.)

GOAT FACTS

• Goats today are normally found in petting zoos.
• Goats can be milked.
• Goats' milk can be turned into cheese.

CORN FACTS

• The United States produces about 40% of corn.
• Corn is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
• 1 cup of corn has about 16 grams of protein.

CARROT FACTS

• Carrots have a lot of Vitamin C.
• California, Texas, Washington, Michigan, Florida, Colorado and Wisconsin grow most of the carrots in the United States.

SOY BEAN FACTS

• The United States is one of the top producers of soybeans, along with Brazil and Argentina.
• A cup of raw soybeans has about 68 grams of protein.

POTATO FACTS

• Potatoes contain a lot of Vitamin C.
• Potatoes are 80% water.
• The average American eats 124 pounds of potatoes a year, while Germans usually eat twice as much.

APPLE FACTS

• It takes an apple seed 15 years to produce its' first apple.
• 36 out of the 50 states in the United States grow apples.

GRAPE FACTS

• Grapes originated from Spain.
• There are over 8,000 kinds of grapes.
• A cup of grapes has about 15 grams of sugar.