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Agriculture Statistics - Tennessee
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 7, 2006, 16:41 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	409,572	19.0	1.0
2. Broilers	363,480	16.8	2.2
3. Dairy products	215,460	10.0	0.9
4. Greenhouse/nursery	199,150	9.2	1.4
5. Cotton	186,146	8.6	3.8

All commodities	2,160,707		1.1

For more details about Tennessee'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.     Other 15 131.5

2.     Tobacco unmfd. 3 99.5

3.     Cotton and linters 9 81.3

4.     Soybeans and products 17 71.1

5.     Feed grains and products 19 39.1

Overall 27 549.0

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.     Warren 3.8 83.0

2.     Robertson 3.3 71.9

3.     Bedford 3.2 69.0

4.     Gibson 3.1 68.5

5.     Obion 2.9 63.8

State total 2,178.4

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 Tennessee Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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