AGRICULTURE: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

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• The average laying hen produces about 240 eggs per year

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• An average grass fed meat calf can put on around 2lbs per day

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• Bananas are the #1 fruit crop in the world

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• 1 in every 10 rows of corn went to ethanol production in 2005

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• Did you know it take 540 peanuts to make one 12 ounce jar of peanut butter

Fish farming is called aquaculture

A chicken is the closest living relative to a T-rex

Some breeds of chicken can lay colored eggs. The Ameraucana and Araucana can lay eggs of green and blue

Cows will sense a storm and lie down

Some wild goats can climb trees and can walk on ledges not wider than a tight rope

Cows can recognize their names