A resolution recognizing the contributions of agricultural producers in Pennsylvania and throughout the Nation on the occasion of National Agriculture Day.

Whereas National Agriculture Day is an annual celebration during which government agencies, community members, and agricultural groups work with agricultural producers to honor the importance of the agriculture industry;

Whereas agriculture is a pillar of the economy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and many other States across the country;

Whereas agriculture is the number one industry in Pennsylvania and has contributed more than $45,000,000,000 to the economy of the Commonwealth;

Whereas agricultural producers in Pennsylvania export a considerable amount of food and agricultural and forest products, earning more than $1,500,000,000 annually in profits;

Whereas dairy cattle from Pennsylvania are used as breeding stock in a number of countries around the world;

Whereas Pennsylvania is the home of over 58,000 farms, covering more than 7,700,000 acres of land;

Whereas Pennsylvania is a leading producer of mushrooms, eggs, pumpkins, apples, grapes, freestone peaches, ice cream, milk cows, chickens, and other agricultural products and livestock;

Whereas each agricultural producer in the United States feeds more than 144 people and Pennsylvania’s agricultural producers are responsible for feeding more than 8,000,000 mouths worldwide;

Whereas agricultural producers in Pennsylvania and throughout the Nation provide the people of the United States with food, clothes, and many other staples; and

Whereas the contribution of agricultural producers in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States should be honored with highest praise and respect: Now, therefore, be it