SEC Impact
What is the value of all the livestock sold in Iowa in a year?
What is 20.4 Billion.
This term describes a female cow that has not yet given birth to her first calf?
What is a Heifer.
Who is the biggest farm equipment dealer?
What is John Deere.
What is one meat locker that we have in Madison County?
What is Wagner Locker.
When was the first crop ever planted in Iowa?
What is 900 AD.
How many events do consumers have the opportunity to talk to producers?
What is fairs, farmers markets, farm visits, ect.
How many cattle are produced in Iowa?
What is 3.5 million
Why do farmers apply anhydrous?
What is to fertilize the soil for crops like corn.
What is the most common meat found in a cow?
What is Ground Beef.
Do farmers use more or less land now, compared to the past?
What is 1 million acre decline in just one year so less.
How much honey do we produce in Iowa?
What is 3 million.
This is the red, fleshy growth that sits on top of a chicken’s head?
A comb.
How old is the oldest tractor?
What is 130 years.
What are the small white flecks of fat in the meat called?
What is marbling.
How many pounds are in a bushel of corn?
What is 60 pounds.
How many jobs in Iowa does the Ag industry provide?
What is 170,000.
Cattle that are born without horns are called?
What is polled.
What are the 3 top crop protections methods?
What is fertilizer, insurance, and pesticides.
What are the forequarter cuts of beef?
What is rib,plate,chuck & shank.
How many pounds of grain does it take to produce 1 pound of beef?
What is16 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of beef
How many farms are in the state of Iowa?
What is 86,911.
What is the average gestation period of a sheep?
What is 147 days or 5 months.
How much land do farmers operate machinery on?
What is 29.9 million.
How many pounds do Americans eat per day?
What is 75-80 million pounds per day.
Besides Corn and beans what other crops does Iowa produce?
What is oats, hay and alfalfa, and popcorn.