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Agriculture Statistics - Arizona
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mar 17, 2006, 15:17 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Cattle and calves	683,361	26.5	1.7
2. Lettuce	510,664	19.8	26.8
3. Dairy products	423,654	16.5	1.7
4. Cotton	209,262	8.1	4.2
5. Hay	98,574	3.8	2.2

All commodities	2,574,698		1.3

For more details about Arizona's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Cotton and linters 8 93.7

2.     Seeds 2 83.6

3.     Vegetables and preparations 12 75.6

4.     Live animals and meat 23 56.8

5.     Fruits and preparations 9 31.5

Overall 31 447.9

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Maricopa 34.9 664.1

2.     Yuma 27.4 522.1

3.     Pinal 19.1 363.5

4.     La Paz 5.0 94.7

5.     Cochise 3.2 60.2

State total 1,903.4

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about Arizona’s Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES

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