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Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom, Inc. (KAEC)

 

                                                                                                                                                                   

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Can you live without agriculture? 

 

Did you know that the sheets you sleep on come from agriculture?

Some fibers in sheets are made from cotton - a product of agriculture! 

Did you take a bath or shower with soap? 

Oil from corn and soybeans and fat from cattle were used in making that soap.

Did you have breakfast this morning? 

Cereal, eggs, milk, bacon, pancakes, toast and juice all come from agriculture.

Did you do your homework on paper?

Paper comes from agriculture too - trees!  Also, corn and soybean by-products

help hold the ink on the paper. 

Did you wear your comfortable tennis shoes to school? 

Leather is another agriculture crop. 

So go ahead, just try to have

a day without agriculture. 

You can't do it!

 

Calendar of Events

 

 

Want to know more about Kentucky agriculture?  Click on the links below to find out more!

 

Aquaculture

Beef Cattle

Careers

Corn

Dairy Cattle

Ethanol

Farm Safety

Floriculture

Forestry

Fruits

Grains

Horses

Hogs/pigs

Insects

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Nursery, greenhouses

Organic

Poultry

Sheep/goats

Vegetables

Kentucky facts at a glance.

Total Kentucky acres: 25,388,314

Acres in farms: 13,700,000

(Farmland accounts for 54% of the total acreage in KY.)  

Average farm size: 163 acres

Farms producing crops: 42,128 

Farms producing livestock: 47,100 

Forestland: 12 million acres 

Acres in hay production: 2,100,000 

Average age of farmer: 55

State soil: Crider

State drink:  Milk

Dairy farms: 1,614

Cattle producers: 40,000+ 

Tobacco sales: $339.9 million in 2005

Kentucky agricultural exports: $1,073.8 million in 2005

State tree - Tulip Tree

State bird - Kentucky Cardinal

State flower - Goldenrod 

State fish - Kentucky Bass 

State horse - Thoroughbred

State fruit - Blackberry


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