The American Sugar Alliance joined the National Cotton Council, U.S. Rice Producers Association, Farm Credit Council, Ducks Unlimited, and Purina to help support the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Founded in 1909, the Congressional Baseball Game brings together members of Congress and fans for a bipartisan game that raises money for local charities. Baseball is one of America’s favorite pastimes with help from American agriculture. For example, sugar crop farmers produce the sugar used to make lemonade and cotton candy. Peanut growers produce the crunch and salty peanuts. Corn growers produce the kernels popped into the delicious popcorn. Wheat growers produce the wheat needed to make tasty hot dog buns, pretzels, and beer. That’s just the start. The grass in the outfield likely came from a turf farmer, the wood for bats came from a forester, and the leather for the baseball gloves and baseballs likely came from a rancher.
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