Agriculture Statistics

Advanced Search

DE Agriculture

Last Updated: Nov 2nd, 2006 - 18:32:58

Agriculture Statistics - Delaware
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Apr 20, 2006, 13:30 PST

Email this article

Printer friendly page

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. Broilers	597,880	70.5	3.6
2. Corn	38,839	4.6	0.2
3. Soybeans	31,773	3.7	0.2
4. Greenhouse/nursery	31,300	3.7	0.2
5. Dairy products	24,134	2.8	0.1

All commodities	847,718		0.4

For more details about Delaware'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.     Poultry and products 8 69.4

2.     Vegetables and preparations 20 24.4

3.     Soybeans and products 23 22.7

4.     Feed grains and products 31 15.5

5.     Wheat and products 37 3.9

Overall 39 139.2

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.     Sussex 72.4 500.2

2.     Kent 22.2 153.7

3.     New Castle 5.3 36.9

4.      0.0

5.      0.0

State total 690.8

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 Delaware's Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

Keywords: Agriculture statistics for Delaware, Delaware Agriculture, Top Agricultural exports, Delaware top agricultural exports, top Delaware Agricultural commodities, top Agricultural commodities

DICTIONARY

TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES