State of Agriculture
This percentage of U.S. farms are family-owned.
What is 95% of the 1.9 million farms across the country?
The client who gave Southwest Airlines "sandwiched" passengers a free footlong when its open seating ended.
What is Subway?
Both Missouri and Kansas are among the top producers in the U.S. for this grassy grain, typically used for livestock feed.
What is sorghum?
The average age of the American farmer.
What is 58 years old?
Over 40% of producers are over 65, while farmers under 35 make up less than 9% of the entire farming population.
This client recently partnered with the Jonas Brothers, resulting in the tagline: "It's Really Good."
What is Blue Diamond Almonds?
This Kansas commodity, used for animal feed and biofuel, made the state a leader in renewable energy production in the 2000s.
What is ethanol?
The amount of people that one U.S. farm feeds annually in the U.S. and abroad.
What is 169 people?
This is the second-largest pharmaceutical company that produces medicines and vaccinations for pets and livestock.
What is Elanco?
This major agricultural biotechnology company, headquartered in St. Louis, revolutionized farming by developing genetically modified crop seeds and the herbicide Roundup, making it one of the world's largest agricultural corporations.
What is Monsanto (now Bayer)?
This much land is expected to change hands in the next 20 years.
What is nearly 300 million acres of U.S. farmland?
This tractor company is known for its red due and mainly supports hay and specialty crop (wine grapes, berries) harvesting.
What is Kubota?
Missouri's Bootheel region was developed for agriculture largely because of the irrigation from this river system.
What is the Mississippi River?
The name (or nickname) of the legislation that is currently in the legislative process and lays out funding for various programs administered by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), including nutrition assistance (SNAP), commodity programs, research programs and more.
What is the National Security Act or the Farm Bill?
This client is the second-largest food service distributor in the U.S., after Sysco.
What is U.S. Foods?
This Missouri Agricultural scientist and inventor developed over 300 products from the peanut to aid Southern and Midwest farmers.
Who is George Washington Carver?