The Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California will host the most-watched TV event in the United States on Sunday 7 February. This will be the first Super Bowl played in the Golden State since 1985.

Colorado's Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers of north Carolina will compete to win the Vince Lombardi trophy and be crowned as the best team in North America's National Football League for the 2015/16 season.

While we can’t speak for the strengths of its football team, statistics indicate that north Carolina is certainly punching above its weight in the farming department, more so than its rival, Colorado.

Based on data from US agricultural website Farms.com, Colorado is home to 35,000 farm operations, while north Carolina is home to a whopping 49,500. And while the total value of agricultural products sold from Colorado annually is $7bn, north Carolina boasts a total value of $12bn.

Colorado’s top commodity, hay, is valued at $738m, while north Carolina is a big driver of the tobacco industry, which is valued at $911m.

Colorado does win out in other categories, such as the number of operated acres (31.8m versus north Carolina’s 8.4m). It also beats its rival in terms of milk production (3.5 billion lb versus 961million lb). And as of 1 January 2015 it was home to 362,000 more beef cows (725,000 versus 363,000).

However, after adding in aquaculture sales, where north Carolina beats Colorado by more than $9m, the Carolina Panthers come out on top.

€4.5m for a 30-second slot

As the superbowl is the most-watched TV event in the US, advertisers fall over themselves to secure a slot in the coverage. Last year’s game was watched by 114.4m viewers, the most people who have ever watched a TV broadcast in the US.

So it’s not surprising that advertisers are charged up to $5m (€4.5m) for a 30-second slot in the spotlight.

While the ads frequently contain celebrities endorsing all the usual suspects from technology to alcohol brands, there are also a couple each year that bring farming to the fore.

This year it comes courtesy of an ad for the new Honda Ridgeline featuring singing sheep and a talking sheepdog (below). Okay, it’s not really about farming per se, but it is sheep singing and it is rather amusing.

A more well-known and moving ad about farming was featured previously in the Super Bowl coverage (below). This one, from US farm truck company Ram, really is about the importance of farming and fairly tugs at the heartstrings. All together now... "So God made a farmer..."