10 Ag Facts

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• About 99% of U.S. farms are operated by families

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• One U.S. farm feeds 165 people

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• Farming accounts for about 1% of U.S. GDP

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• In 2016 135.5 Billion worth of American ag products were exported around the world

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• Farmers only get 16 cents out of every dollar spent on food at home.

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• The pounds of feed a dairy cow needs to eat to produce 100 pounds of milk has decreased by more than 40% on average in the last 40 years

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• Farm and ranch families comprise of just 2% of the U.S. population

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• About 25% of U.S. farm products by value are exported each year

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• Cattle, and calves, corn, and dairy products are the top 3 U.S. far, products.

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• Farm programs typically cost each American just pennies per meal and account for less than one half of 1% of the total U.S. budget