Chenango County Farm Bureau

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Did You Know?

	Agriculture is the nation's largest employer, with more than 21 million people working in some phase -- from growing food and fiber, to selling it at the supermarket.
	There are 145,156 farms operated by women in the United States.
	Consumers spent an average of $2,328/person for food in 1992. Yet that was only 9.3 percent of disposable income -- the lowest percentage in the world.

What one acre of land can produce.

(An acre of land is roughly the size of a football field.)

	Strawberries -- 45,000 lbs./acre -- worth $21,759/acre
	Lettuce -- 24,000 heads/acre -- worth $5,940/acre
	Potatoes -- 36,000 lbs./acre -- worth $4,464/acre
	Sweet Corn -- 14,000 lbs./acre
	37.1 bushels of Wheat per acre = 2,600 loaves of bread per acre

Farmers are stewards of the land

	Each year billions of trees are seeded on farmland.
	Farmers use reduced tillage practices on 100 million acres and 26 million acres are farmed in narrow strips to prevent erosion.
	In 1994, farmers had placed 36.4 million acres of their land in reserve to protect the environment and provide habitat for wildlife.
	U.S. farmers maintain 170,000 miles of windbreaks and 1.3 million acres of grass waterways.

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