Per capita availability of corn products grew from 1972 to 2022 In 2022, 35 5 pounds per person of corn products (flour and meal, hominy and grits, and food starch) were available for consumption in the United States, increasing steadily over the last five decades, according to ERS’s food availability data
UN report: Time to seize opportunity, tackle challenge of e-waste The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made Only 20% of this is formally recycled The e-waste produced annually is worth over $62 5 billion, more than the GDP of most countries
the Water Footprint of Food - Water Footprint Calculator In the US, agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of all water consumed (water that is evaporated or otherwise removed from the watershed) The Big Water Footprint of Food and Agriculture California experiences frequent multi-year extreme droughts – like the one occurring now – that are hard on the state’s agricultural industry
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U. S. Energy Information . . . In 2023, the combined end-use energy consumption by the residential and commercial sectors accounted for about 27 6%—or about 20 6 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu)—of total U S end-use energy consumption 1
chapter 11 Flashcards - Quizlet Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The European and Mediterranean population is declining as a proportion of the total U S population and will be less than 50% of the population by:, All of the following are true of Middle Eastern diets except:, The European and Mediterranean population over age 20 has a high percentage of overweight people who represent what
How Much Meat Can You Expect from a Fed Steer? - SDSU Extension The yield of edible meat from a beef carcass often comes as a bit of a surprise, even to those that have had their own meat processed for years A previous article covered dressing percent—the percent of the live animal weight that becomes carcass weight, which for fed beef is usually around 62-64% In other words, from a 1200 pound steer, you can expect a 740 – 770 pound carcass