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Did you know California has 88,000 farming operations that account for 13% of the national gross cash receipts from farming?
Kings County Ag Facts
Kings County's ten leading commodities are milk, cotton, cattle & calves, alfalfa-hay, turkeys, wheat, tomatoes, pistachios, corn silage, and peaches
A delivered pizza more than likely contains mozzarella cheese produced by Leprino Foods in Lemoore
If you've used Kingsford Charcoal for your barbeque this summer, the bag was made in Hanford at Exopac, LLC
18% of employment in Kings County is due to agriculture
Kings County grows approximately 4,025 acres of garlic, which comprises 5.8% of the state's total acreage
If you've used tomato paste or stewed tomatoes in your spaghetti, chances are they came from Hanford's Del Monte plant
Nationally, CA ranked first in nonfat dry milk production, first in butter production, and second in cheese production
84% of the land area in Kings County is farm land
681 acres is the average farm size in Kings County
The most prolific milk producing cow the world has ever known, No. 289, lived in Kings County for 19 years and gave 54,070 gallons of milk - enough to fill more than 8 60-foot tanker trucks
California produces most of the grapes grown in the United States
Combined processing within Kings County alone exceeds 7 million pounds of milk per day
Honey production in Kings County outpaces several states including Colorado and Washington
California produces one out of every five glasses of milk consumed in the nation
If you make your spaghetti with bottled sauce, you may have used the Classico Brand, made in Lemoore at SK Foods
California's agricultural abundance includes 350 different crops
90% of the broccoli grown commercially in the U.S. is grown in California
Kings County produces approximately 7% of California's honey
The average length of the growing season in Kings County is 257 days
15 creameries are located with 30 miles of Kings County, including Kraft, Haagen-Daz, Marquez Bros. International, Land 'O Lakes and Leprino Foods
There are over 1,100 farms in Kings County
Agriculture supports about one in every 10 California jobs
Five counties - Tulare, Merced, Stanislaus, San Bernardino and Kings - account for 67% of all milk produced in California
Almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, nectarines, olives, cling peaches, persimmons, pistachios, dried plums are grown only in California, the state that leads the nation in production of 60 other commodities
78% of Kings County farmland is protected under the Williamson Act Contract
29.6% of agricultural producers were women
California has 88,000 farming operations that account for 13% of the national gross cash receipts from farming
New research supports Almonds' role in weight maintenance and disease protection.
US paper currency isn't paper at all...it's a blend of 75% cotton lint and 25% linen. A 480 pond bale of cotton can be made into 313,6000 $100.00 bills!
In nature turkeys can fly 55 miles an hour, run 25 miles an hour, and live up to four years