We Grow in Ohio!

An educational coloring book from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

There's lots to learn about Ohio's farms. Did you know there are more than 75,000 farms in Ohio? Click on the buttons below to print out fun pages to color. To order the OFBF We Grow in Ohio" booklet of 17 pages to color, contact a county Farm Bureau office.

Farm Facts:

Ohio ranked eighth in the nation in corn for grain production in 2008. Every fifth row of corn grown is sent overseas. (1)
The largest pizza plant is in Wellston, Ohio. The biggest soup factory in the world is in Napoleon, Ohio. Fremont, Ohio is home to the largest ketchup factory in the world.
Ohio’s 26,000 soybean farmers harvested 4.48 million acres in 2008 ranking seventh in the nation in soybean production. (2) Every other row of Ohio soybeans is exported. (2)
Ohio ranked 11th in the nation for milk production in 2008. In 2008 the average cow produced 18,321 pounds of milk and Ohio cheesemakers produced more than 130 million pounds of Swiss cheese ranking Ohio first in the nation in Swiss cheese production.
Ohio lumber is harvested mainly in southeastern Ohio. It has an international reputation for tight grain pattern and shape.
Ohio ranked 11th nationally in grape production in 2008. 1,900 acres of grapes were harvested in Ohio in 2008, with an economic value estimated at $1.9 million.
Ohio farmers grow 100 million pounds of apples each year.
Nursery crops such as poinsettias are Ohio’s top floriculture crop.
Ohio ranks second in the nation in pumpkin production.
More than half of Ohio is classified “prime” farmland.
98% of Ohio’s farms are family farms.
Ohio has 400 different types of soil.
The average farmer feeds 155 people.