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Fun
Facts from the Farm

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- Pumpkins
are fruits, not vegetables.
- Pigs can't
sweat, farmers use sprinklers to keep pigs cool!
- Turkey eggs
are twice as big as chicken eggs.
- One cow can
give over 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
- Only six
states produce rice. They are Arkansas, California, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri and Texas.
- The average
American eats 25 pounds of rice each year.
- Out of 56
counties in New York, Suffolk County ranks near the bottom for
number of acres of farmland yet it ranks number 1 in market value
with $168 million of agricultural products sold.
- Long Island
has around 10,000 acres of land dedicated to mixed vegetables
and 8,000 acres of land dedicated to potatoes.
- Potato chips
are America's favorite snack. We eat 1.2 billion pounds
each year.
For more info,
visit: http://www.fsa.usda.gov
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