Did you Know?

• Indiana has more than 60,000 farms
• The average farm size in Indiana is 243 acres
• Indiana ranks 5th nationwide in corn production
• To keep up with population growth more food will have to be produced in the next 50 years as the past 10,000 years combined.
• Today, the average U.S. farmer feeds 155 people. In 1960, a farmer fed just 26 people.
• U.S. farmers produce about 40 percent of the world's corn, using only 20 percent of the total area harvested in the world.

Source: USDA and Indiana Farm Bureau