AgDay365

The “Ag Day is Every Day” campaign, or #AgDay365, invites farmers, ranchers and consumers to join in & celebrate the fact that everyone is part of agriculture.

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It seems that cows may like music! One study indicated that some dairy cows may give more milk while listening to Mozart or Beethoven. 🐮🎵🎶 #AgFact #AgDay365

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🍯 Bee pollen is richer in proteins than any other animal source. It contains more amino acids than beef, eggs or cheese of equal weight. #PollinationFascination 🦋 #AgDay365

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Hummingbirds are amazingly adapted pollinators. As they move from plant to plant, they carry pollen. As they pollinate the native wildflowers in parks and the plants in your garden, hummingbirds add a splash of color to our landscapes. #PollinationFascination 🦋 #AgDay365

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An average of three billion cups of tea are consumed daily worldwide. 🍵 #Agfact #AgDay365

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Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass. 🐝 #Agfact #AgDay365

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A turkey can run at 20 mph. 🦃💨 #AgFact #AgDay365

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Pollinators make up a significant portion of  diversity of species on this planet 🌎. In fact, between 200,000 – 300,000 invertebrate species—such as butterflies, beetles, moths, flies, and bees—are est. to serve as pollinators. 🐝🐞🐛🐜 🦟 #PollinationFascination 🦋 #AgDay365

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California is the top producer of spinach in the United States, producing about 65% of the country’s fresh spinach in 2016. 🌿 #AgFact #AgDay365

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Avocados contain four grams of protein, making them the fruit with the highest protein content! 🥑 #AgFact #AgDay365

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Many people think only of allergies 🤧 when they hear the word #pollen, but pollen plays a vital role in the health of our environment. #PollinationFascination 🦋 #AgDay365

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Pigs have 15,000 taste buds! Humans have 9,000. #Agfact #AgDay365

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Your typical lawn has about six grass plants per square inch which means the average lawn could have millions of grass plants, and that’s just one lawn! #AgFact #AgDay365

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Grasses make up about 26% of the plant life on earth. 🌱 #AgFact #AgDay365

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Did you know? An acre is about the size of a football field. 🏈 #AgFact #AgDay365

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#Pollination is the movement of pollen from one flower to another flower of the same species to fertilize the plant. As bees 🐝 fly from blossom to blossom 🌸 gathering pollen and nectar, part of the pollen they pick up at one plant brushes off on the next.  🦋 #AgDay365

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In 2003, the top states for cotton production were Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, California, Arkansas, North Carolina and Louisiana. These seven states produced 80 percent of the nation’s total cotton crop for that year. #AgFact #AgDay365

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Cotton seeds dating back to 450 BC were found in Peru. #AgFact #AgDay365

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Many of water-pollinated plants 💦🌱 have become invasive throughout the United States. #PollinationFascination #AgDay365

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There are 6,386 floriculture (growing of flowers) operations in the U.S. The top-producing states by value are California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 💐💐💐 #Agfacts #AgDay365

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A typical Holstein dairy cow  🐄 weighs 1,500 pounds and will produce an average of more than 25,000 pounds of milk each year.  🥛🥛🥛 #Agfacts #AgDay365