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Agriculture Statistics - West Virginia
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 15, 2006, 17:30 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	143,592	35.2	0.9
2. Cattle and calves	85,739	21.0	0.2
3. Dairy products	38,868	9.5	0.2
4. Turkeys	35,338	8.7	1.3
5. Chicken eggs	27,612	6.8	0.6

All commodities	407,570		0.2

For more details about West Virginia'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 22 21.8

2.     Feeds and fodders 41 3.0

3.     Feed grains and products 40 2.6

4.     Live animals and meat 42 2.3

5.     Fruits and preparations 26 2.1

Overall 45 36.2

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.     Hardy 24.5 109.5

2.     Pendleton 15.1 67.7

3.     Greenbrier 9.0 40.3

4.     Grant 7.7 34.4

5.     Jefferson 4.3 19.4

State total 447.4

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 West Virginia Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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