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Beef Trivia
Did you know...
- The hamburger celebrated its 100th birthday in 2004. It debuted in Missouri at the World's Fair held in St. Louis!
- The first hamburger chain in the country was White Castle.
- One 1,00 pound steer can make almost 1,000 quarter-pound burgers...and that's just from the normal beef ground into ground beef.
- Eleven basketballs can be made from a single cow hide. And NFL footballs are made out of cowhide...not pigskin!
- Agriculture is the largest segment of the US economy, and beef production is the largest segment of the agriculture economy.
- 45% of US cattle businesses with more than 100 head of cattle have been in the same family for more than 50 years, and 16% have been in the same family for more than 75 years.
- The beef industry provides 1.6 million jobs.
- The Longhorn was the first breed of cattle brought to the U.S.There are more than 70 registered breeds of cattle.
- Cattle are ruminants; their stomach is composed of 4 distinct compartments.
- The "theme song" for the "Beef. It's What's for Dinner." commercials is "Rodeo" by American composer Aaron Copeland.
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