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Minnesota Egg Farmer
“Our main goal is to turn out a good quality egg.”
Brian AsmusEgg Farmer
Name: Brian Asmus
Location: Winthrop, Minnesota
Years farming: I’ve been farming for 22 years.
My family: My wife, Diana, and I have two boys: Adam, who just graduated from college, and Michael, a sophomore in college.
How I came to be a farmer: I grew up on a farm that had dairy cows, pigs, laying hens, broilers, ducks, and geese. My dad started with chickens back in 1966 and we have been in the egg business ever since.
The best thing about being a farmer: It’s a family-oriented business that is passed on from one generation to the next. Also, I love nurturing chickens and growing different crops to help produce a dependable supply of food for everyone.
My personal philosophy on farming: Take care of the land while you run it and return it in better condition than you received it. Also, animals depend on us to take the best possible care of them because they are not able to take care of themselves, so we do everything we can to keep them healthy.
Egg Production in Minnesota and the United States
- Minnesota farmers and their hens produced more than 9.27 million eggs in 2008.
- 240 million laying hens produce around 50 billion eggs each year in the U.S. That’s roughly one hen for every person in the country.
- In fact, consumption in the U.S. in 2008 was 249.2 eggs per person.
- An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs every year.
- One large egg contains only 70 calories as well as 13 essential nutrients in varying amounts.
- As a hen grows older, she produces larger eggs.
- White eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and ear lobes. Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes.
- There is no nutritional difference between brown and white eggs.
- Legend has it that the folds in a chef’s hat represents the number of ways he or she knew how to cook an egg. The vaunted 100-fold hat was reserved for the heads of only the most knowledgeable culinary experts.
- Chickens came to the New World with Columbus on his second trip in 1493.
For more information about egg farming in Minnesota, please visit http://www.minnesotaturkey.com/beam/.
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