Blips and Blurbs of Assorted AG Data

Winter 1994
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Prairie Grains is the
official publication of
the Minnesota
Association of
Wheat Growers,
North Dakota Grain
Growers Association,
South Dakota Wheat,
Inc., and the
Minnesota Barley
Growers Association.

* One part per million, the Food and Drug Administration maximum allowance for vomitoxin in finished wheat products, is the same as one inch in 16 miles; one minute in two years; and one penny in $10,000.
* North Dakota's annual crop of hard red spring wheat and malting barley would make 108 billion sandwiches and 42 billion cans of beer. (N.D. Ag Statistics Service)

* Average farm value share of consumer expenditures for U.S.-produced food at home and away in 1952: 40 percent. In 1992: 22 percent. (USDA)

* Total U.S. disposable personal income in 1962: $398.7 billion. In 1992: $4,430.8 billion. Proportion of income spent on food at home and away in 1962: 16.5 percent. In 1992: 11.4 percent. (USDA)

* About 57 percent of the retail price for Choice beef is returned to producers. Eggs return about 53 percent of the retail cost to the producer. Cereal products return about 5 percent to the grower. (Al Clausi, Institute of Food Technologists president)

* Total federal budget in 1955: $68.4 billion. In 1990: $1,252 billion. Farm program as percent of federal outlays in 1955: 5.1 percent. In 1990: 0.9 percent. (American Farm Bureau)

* Amount U.S. agriculture generates annually in economic activity: $950 billion, or about 16 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. (USDA Secretary Mike Espy)

* Number of people fed by one farmer in 1950: 27.2. In 1990: 128 (94.3 in the U.S., 33.7 abroad) (USDA)

* Estimated reduction in U.S. average wheat price for every 100 million bushels of imported Canadian wheat: 24.4 cents. (Montana Grain Growers Association)

* Europe's top two wheat flour buyers in Near East Asia: Syria and Iraq. Total flour sales made by competitors to countries with which the U.S. does not trade in 1993/94: About 2 million tons. (Kansas Wheat Commission)

* Number of districts represented by U.S. House members that derive 10 percent or more of income from agriculture: 50 out of 435. (USDA Secretary Mike Espy)

* Number of bread loaves that can be made from a bushel of wheat: 70. Number of bread loaves per acre that may be yielded from 35 bushels of wheat per acre: 2,450.

* Amount of wheat that could be stored in the Metrodome in Minneapolis: about 48 million bushels, almost half of Minnesota's annual wheat production. (Minneapolis Grain Exchange)

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Winter 1994

Winter 1994	Blips and Blurbs of Assorted AG Data

Library Home E-Mail Back Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, South Dakota Wheat, Inc., and the Minnesota Barley Growers Association.	* One part per million, the Food and Drug Administration maximum allowance for vomitoxin in finished wheat products, is the same as one inch in 16 miles; one minute in two years; and one penny in $10,000. * North Dakota's annual crop of hard red spring wheat and malting barley would make 108 billion sandwiches and 42 billion cans of beer. (N.D. Ag Statistics Service) * Average farm value share of consumer expenditures for U.S.-produced food at home and away in 1952: 40 percent. In 1992: 22 percent. (USDA) * Total U.S. disposable personal income in 1962: $398.7 billion. In 1992: $4,430.8 billion. Proportion of income spent on food at home and away in 1962: 16.5 percent. In 1992: 11.4 percent. (USDA) * About 57 percent of the retail price for Choice beef is returned to producers. Eggs return about 53 percent of the retail cost to the producer. Cereal products return about 5 percent to the grower. (Al Clausi, Institute of Food Technologists president) * Total federal budget in 1955: $68.4 billion. In 1990: $1,252 billion. Farm program as percent of federal outlays in 1955: 5.1 percent. In 1990: 0.9 percent. (American Farm Bureau) * Amount U.S. agriculture generates annually in economic activity: $950 billion, or about 16 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. (USDA Secretary Mike Espy) * Number of people fed by one farmer in 1950: 27.2. In 1990: 128 (94.3 in the U.S., 33.7 abroad) (USDA) * Estimated reduction in U.S. average wheat price for every 100 million bushels of imported Canadian wheat: 24.4 cents. (Montana Grain Growers Association) * Europe's top two wheat flour buyers in Near East Asia: Syria and Iraq. Total flour sales made by competitors to countries with which the U.S. does not trade in 1993/94: About 2 million tons. (Kansas Wheat Commission) * Number of districts represented by U.S. House members that derive 10 percent or more of income from agriculture: 50 out of 435. (USDA Secretary Mike Espy) * Number of bread loaves that can be made from a bushel of wheat: 70. Number of bread loaves per acre that may be yielded from 35 bushels of wheat per acre: 2,450. * Amount of wheat that could be stored in the Metrodome in Minneapolis: about 48 million bushels, almost half of Minnesota's annual wheat production. (Minneapolis Grain Exchange)
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Blips and Blurbs of Assorted AG Data

Copyright Prairie Grains Magazine Winter 1994

Copyright Prairie
Grains Magazine
Winter 1994