Editor's note: Marlene Kouba produces a WIFE (Women Involved in Farm Economics) newsletter which contains a section called Agri-Bits. This is compiled from her latest newsletter.
By Marlene Kouba
Heart valves for humans can come from swine.
California has been the #1 ag state for more than 50 years.
The average person eats about 4.5 lbs. of broccoli each year.
Lettuce was called green gold in the 1920s because the land it grew on was worth less than $600 an acre.
One cow can give 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables.
Potato chips are America's favorite snack. We eat about 1.2 billion lbs. each year.
Texas has the most farms, followed by Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma and California.
The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by high school.
The sweet potato belongs in the same family as morning glories.
American farmers produce 2.5 trillion pounds of food annually.