MO Dept of Ag

I just found a flyer titled "Missouri Agriculture" put out by MO Department of Agriculture.  It has a little "did you know..." section with trivia tidbits.  Did you know that a dairy cow annually consumes more than 2.2 tons of corn?  Funny, I thought cows ate grass.  And more Missouri farmland is devoted to soybean production than any other crop.  "In fact, if you took all the acres of corn, wheat, rice , potatoes, tomatoes, and other major crops combined, you would still be nearly one million acres short of the number of acres devoted to soybean production, which is 4.75 million acres."  Well, I'm glad we use up that much land on a virtually inedible crop.  Wait!  The first sentence states that "diversified" is the word commonly used to describe farming in Missouri.  Hmm, that doesn't add up, literally.  The best part is at the end of the flyer where MO-Ag reassures us that we're in good hands with Monsanto right around the corner.  Whew, I feel better!