Consumers
The two youth programs that specifically teach about agriculture
What are 4-H and FFA?
The number of farms in the United States
What is two million?
The country that receives the most U.S. agricultural products exports
What is China?
The percent of all U.S. farmland used for conservation and wildlife habitat.
What is 15%?
Biotechnology in crops globally reduced this input by 8.6%
What is pesticides?
The percentage of the population that are U.S. farmers and ranchers
What is 2%?
The average age of a farmer in the U.S.
What is 58?
The percentage of the USDA budget for agriculture programs
What is 22%?
Sand, silt, clay, organic matter, water and microorganisms are all a part of this medium
What is soil?
The top states for aquaculture sales (by value)
What is Mississippi, Washington, Louisiana, Virginia, and California?
The percentage of their disposable income U.S. consumers spend on food each year
What is 9%?
The percentage of women farm operators
What is 36%?
Most of the USDA budget is used for these programs
What are the food assistance and nutrition programs?
___% fewer acres required to produce soybeans in 2018 than it would have in 1990?
What is 33%?
A football field is roughly the size of this type of measurement
What is an acre of land?
The percentage of their income U.S. consumers spend on eating out
What is 48%?
The state with the most farms
What is Texas?
The top farm production expense
What is fertilizer, seed, crop-protecting chemicals?
U.S. farmers are managing and preserving soil by
What is planting cover crops, increasing conservation tillage, or expanding no-till methods?
The production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions
What is aquaculture?
The percentage of farms that market their products directly to consumers or locally
What is 8%?
The percentage of all farmers age 34 and under
What is 8%?
The top export commodities (based on value)
What is soybeans ($25.7 billion)?
To match 2018 production levels, U.S. agriculture would have needed how many more acres in 1990?
What is nearly 100 million more acres?
The U.S. forest planting averages about how many acres per year?
What is 2.1 million acres ?