To celebrate, I am going to do a blog post about Arizona Agriculture!!!
So here are some fact about Arizona agriculture:
I got these from the "A Look at Arizona Agriculture" fact sheet on the USDA Agriculture in the Classroom website: http://www.agclassroom.org/ The fact sheet can be found here if you would like to look at it.
Ok here we go!
- Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in
the United States.
- Arizona ranks 2nd nationally in it’s production of cantaloupe & honeydew melons, head & leaf
lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower and lemons.
- There are 186,000 milk cows in the state with a yearly milk production of 23,382 pounds per cow. (Wow that is a lot of Milk!)
- The state has, on average, 1,600,000 laying hens which produce over 5.8 billion eggs a year.
- Agriculture is a $9.2 billion industry for the state of Arizona.
- Number of Farms in the State: 15,600
- The top agricultural crop exports are vegetables, hay, cotton, and cottonseed.
- Cattle & calves and dairy goods are Arizona’s most valuable farm products, with cattle & calves
representing 18% of total farm receipts and dairy products 20%.
- Arizona has over 165,000 hogs, and 150,000 head of sheep and lambs.
- Yuma, Arizona is the winter lettuce capitol of the world.
Did you so much about the agricultural industry in Arizona? There's a lot to know!
So show your love for Arizona Agriculturalists on this Valentines/Arizona Centennial Day and everyday!
Source: United States Department of Agriculture: Agriculture in the Classroom http://www.agclassroom.org/
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