Intersting Agriculture Facts- Ashley Ritter

Did you know that Agriculture is the largest employer of the world and 29% of the farmers are in charge of beef. I know most fo the post have been about explaining and giving lots of information about how agriculture works. I thought it would be fun to see some interesting facts that some and most people don't know about. In the United States alone there is 914 million acres of farm land ranging from crop to live stock and many others. With there being so much land for farmers to carry out there lively hood it makes you think how many farmers there are out there. All though there is not a set number it is said that one average US farmer can feed up to 155 people. Thats a lot of people to be fed by one single farmer. These farmers also do their part on helping people outside of the US, in 2015 133.1 billion dollars worth of American product was exported to those in other countries and since then that number has gone up. 

https://www.realityworks.com/5-interesting-facts-all-about-agriculture/

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  1. Wow! to think that agriculture is the largest driving workforce to this day is insane there is 914 million acres of farmland in the united states alone there is only 60 million acres in all of the United kindgom meaning by that math that the US have 15 more the amount of land ol queen elizabeth in just farmlands alone! one farmer feeding up to 155 people is a crazy statistic to think about and the amount of money in it makes me want to buy a big green tractor and get to work! :) - hunter

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  2. Ashley,
    I definitely think that we tend to take agricultural for granted. I never realized just how many people one farmer could feed. But I’m also surprised at how low it is, I guess I expected more but I think that’s because there are a lot more farmers then I had initially thought. So because there are so many farmers 155 + people and so on are getting fed at a time all together.

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  3. It's a really interesting post. I knew that agriculture was big but I the statistics was really impressive to see. I never realize that one farmers could feed so many mouths. I think that the people who read this post realize the importance of famers in the world.

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