Whether you like to have a big breakfast or a small one, you may not stop to think about how some of our favorite breakfast foods reach store shelves or restaurant menus. I’ll give you a hint: It all starts on the farm. Let’s talk about some of our popular breakfast foods and highlight some of the farming and production aspects that bring them from the field to your fork.

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These healthy breakfast items can provide
nutrients such as protein, fiber, choline, calcium
and many more. But what do you know about
what it takes to produce them?
Through advances in modern farming practices,
breakfast is not only the best way to start our days. it
includes a wide variety of foods that promote
nutrient availability and deliciousness!
More than 65,000 pig farms in
the United States help
produce more than 20 billion
pounds of pork each year.
Steel-cut, old-fashioned, and instant oatmeal
all originate from the same type of oat plant.
The major difference in the three is the way
they are processed.
Many chicken farms only raise chickens
that are bred to lay eggs, They are called
layers. Chickens that are raised to be
eaten are called broilers.
Through the use of some
helpful and healthful bacteria,
milk is made into yogurt via a
process called fermentation.