What are Pennsylvania's fruits,vegetables,grains,and dairy products?!
What are Pennsylvania's fruits,vegetables,grains,... dairy products?
Answers:
PA:
?? 4th largest dairy state in U.S.
?? Dairy is largest segment of PA’s agricultural industry
?? Dairy represents 40% of revenue in PA
?? Home to 560,000 dairy cows and 9,000 dairy farms
EXPORTING MILK, IMPORTING DOLLARS
?? Produces 10.3 billion pounds of milk or 1.2
billion gallons annually
?? $4.2 billion local economic impact
?? Supports 40,000 jobs
CROPS:
Hay, corn, wheat, and oats, potatos, apples, cigar tobacco, mushrooms, and other crops are grown in PA.
Go here 4 details:
http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/marke...
A little known fact is that Pennsylvania grows a mushroom crop in their abandoned coal mines.