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Agriculture Statistics - Mississippi
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 6, 2006, 14:22 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. Broilers	1,492,335	47.4	8.9
2. Cotton	369,600	11.7	7.5
3. Aquaculture	262,952	8.4	33.6
4. Cattle and calves	196,774	6.3	0.5
5. Chicken eggs	162,750	5.2	3.7

All commodities	3,146,582		1.6

For more details about Mississippi'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 3 195.9

2.     Poultry and products 5 179.4

3.     Soybeans and products 16 85.9

4.     Rice 5 53.0

5.     Feed grains and products 25 28.8

Overall 26 620.1

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.     Scott 5.6 174.5

2.     Sunflower 5.3 164.3

3.     Bolivar 5.0 156.5

4.     Washington 4.7 146.5

5.     Smith 4.1 129.2

State total 3,127.4

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 Mississippi Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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