Dirt poor?

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by Brigliadore


I was lumping fruits, nuts, vegetables and grain into one large clump, so the 60% I quoted includes all the above. California is one of the largest produces of Soy which is considered a grain. Nebraska and the Dakotas do produce a large amount of corn and wheat but you have to remember that just because corn is being grown doesn't mean its going to be eaten by humans. Around 54% of the grain grown in this country goes into animal food (dog food, horse grain, cattle feed, chicken scratch, etc.).
The number I stated were from 2000 but at that time they were accurate. I had to do a report in collage on it for my agricultural science class, so i had to dig up all that data from the USDA.

as I read this post, I had a cliff claven- trivia-worked at the post office-white socks joke brewing that had some real promise, but then you bailed yourself out with the science class assignment alibi. It was a close one, I tells ya.