Agriculture
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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Agricultural land makes up habitat for 75%of the nation's wildlife. Deer, moose, waterfowl and other species have shown significant population increases during the past several years.
Agricultural land makes up habitat for 75% of the nation's wildlife. Deer, moose, waterfowl and other species have shown significant population increases during the past several years.
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Ethanol and new bio-diesel fuels made from corn and other grains are beneficial to the environment and promote energy security.
Ethanol and new bio-diesel fuels made from corn and other grains are beneficial to the environment and promote energy security.
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The beef industry generates more income than any other agricultural enterprise in Oklahoma. In 2005, Oklahoma’s cattle and calf population was 5.4 million.
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The United States is the largest producer of corn in the world, producing 32% of the world's corn crop in the early 2010s. Corn is grown on over 400,000 U.S. farms.
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Careful stewardship by farmers has spurred a nearly 50% decline in erosion of cropland by wind and water since 1982.
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of trees are planted on farmland.
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About 23 percent of raw U.S. farm products are exported each year.
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Hog, chicken and cattle waste has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states.
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In the United States, chickens were raised primarily on family farms until roughly 1960.
In 1997, the world had a stock of 900 million pigs, which is predicted to rise to 2.5 billion pigs by 2050.
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