What A Day: North Dakota Mud Pie
When making trenches to drain water out of a field, a cab is worth every penny.
If you’ve had one of those days — or captured someone else’s — we’d love to share it with our readers. Email images to whataday@farmjournal.com or hashtag #FJWhatADay on Twitter and Instagram.
Stat Rack
Did you know every state produces pumpkins? Here are a few more stats to spice up your pumpkin knowledge.
1 billion
The number of pounds of pumpkins harvested in the top five pumpkin-producing states.
68,200
The number of pumpkin acres in the U.S. No. 1 Illinois’ rank in U.S. pumpkin production.
2,624.6 lb.
The weight of the heaviest pumpkin ever grown.
A Living Classroom of Modern Agriculture
New life is sprouting in historic Washington, D.C. Alongside the USDA Whitten building, the Agriculture Through the Voice of the Farmer Garden is a living classroom that was launched in 2019 through a cooperative agreement with USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Services. Not only is the garden exposing the 24 million people who visit the area each year to agriculture, it has also been the source of 198 lb. of donated produce to the DC Central Kitchen.
Take a virtual tour and learn more at FJFgarden.org
