Colorado vs. North Carolina
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
On Sunday, Feb. 7, the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers will play in Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco, California.
The winning team will hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy as the best team in the National Football League for the 2015/16 season.
Until kickoff, a variety of analysts will break down which team has the better quarterback, receiving corps, special teams, running backs and more.
Farms.com is going to do the same thing using agricultural statistics from the represented states: Colorado and North Carolina.
** Signals the advantage for each team.
| | Colorado | North Carolina |
| NFL Team | Denver Broncos 
| Carolina Panthers 
|
| Number of farm operations | 35,000 | 49,500** |
| Total value of ag products sold | More than $7 billion | More than $12 billion** |
| Top commodity value | Hay - $738 million | Tobacco - $911 million** |
| Average age of principal operator | 58.9 | 58.9 |
| Acres operated | 31.8 million** | 8.4 million |
| Milk production (measured in Lb) | 3.5 billion** | 961 million |
| Beef cows (as of Jan. 1, 2015) | 725,000** | 363,000 |
| Aquaculture sales | More than $14 million | More than $23 million** |
Based on the categories used to compare the two teams, the Carolina Panthers will be the Super Bowl champions.
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