AgHires: https://aghires.com/agriculture-facts/
Farm Bureau: https://www.fb.org/viewpoints/15-fantastic-food-and-farm-facts
Carrot Facts: https://komonews.com/news/consumer/getting-to-the-root-of-of-the-sugar-debate-about-carrots
Beef 2 Live: http://beef2live.com/story-fun-ag-facts-104-116898
Pumpkins
•Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables
•Pumpkins are 90% water
•Illinois is the leading state in pumpkin production
•Giant Pumpkins can grow 5 pounds per day
•A single vine from a pumpkin plant can grow up to 20 feet long
•Pumpkin flowers are edible
•In early colonial times, pumpkins were used in the making of pie crust, not the filling
Corn
•An acre of corn will give off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation
•One bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds
•Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota produce more than half of the United State’s corn crop
•One bushel of corn produces enough syrup to sweeten 324 cans of soda pop
•Americans consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped corn each year
•Corn is grown in every state in the United States
•Some golf tees are made from corn products
Chickens
•A chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour
•Each year, a person will eat approximately 250 eggs
•Laying Hens sit on their eggs for 21 days until they hatch
•A hen requires 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg
•Most eggs produced today will be at the grocery store within 72 hours