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Agriculture Statistics - South Carolina
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 4, 2006, 16:07 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	409,272	24.9	2.5
2. Greenhouse/nursery	268,407	16.3	1.9
3. Tobacco	131,232	8.0	7.0
4. Cattle and calves	128,916	7.8	0.3
5. Turkeys	127,015	7.7	4.7

All commodities	1,646,020		0.8

For more details about South Carolina'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.     Tobacco unmfd. 4 86.6

2.     Poultry and products 10 64.7

3.     Cotton and linters 12 43.4

4.     Soybeans and products 22 26.6

5.     Live animals and meat 28 25.5

Overall 34 316.8

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.     Lexington 6.8 108.4

2.     Orangeburg 5.5 87.9

3.     Horry 5.2 82.8

4.     Clarendon 4.8 76.6

5.     Chesterfield 4.5 71.9

State total 1,588.2

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 South Carolina Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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