Farm Field Trip

*Click on the farm you would like to visit* Beef Farm Chicken Farm Dairy Farm Goat Farm Horticulture Sheep Farm Swine Farm Teacher Resources	§ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § §	As a teacher I know first hand that the first things cut in school budgets are field trips. This site was designed to allow your class to take a virtual field trip and visit several different types of farms through the internet. At one time in history over 90% of the population was involved in agriculture today less than 2% of the population is involved in production agriculture. Hopefully it will increase your knowledge of Agriculture. ***Please note every farm is different & there is no "right way"* to do things. So please don't compare these farms to ones that may be near you.****

Agricultural Facts 85.9% of Farms are owned by Individuals .04% of Farms are owned by non - Family Corporations The farm population has decreased from 22 million in 1880 to less than 5 million today One acre of land can produce: 24,000 heads of Lettuce -OR- 45,500 pounds of Strawberries -OR- 36,000 pounds of Potatoes -OR- 28,800 pounds of Navel Oranges -OR- 14,000 Pounds of Sweet Corn -OR- 1,328 Pounds of Cotton Lint People fed by one farmer 1940 19 1950 27 1960 46 1970 73 1980 115 Today 129	§ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § §	US food is very affordable Percent of income spent on Food India ................................. 53.1% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venezuela ......................... 34.3% Commonwealth of Independent States* .......... 30.0% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Africa ..................... 27.9% Italy .................................. 25.7% Thailand ............................ 23.0% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Japan ............................... 19.1% France .............................. 16.3% Sweden .............................15.3% United Kingdom ............... 11.5% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unites States ...................... 9.3% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Formerly the Soviet Union
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