Agriculture Statistics

CT Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - Connecticut
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Apr 16, 2006, 13:27 PST

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. Greenhouse/nursery	183,043	38.4	1.3
2. Dairy products	73,224	15.4	0.3
3. Chicken eggs	41,810	8.8	0.9
4. Aquaculture	18,315	3.8	2.3
5. Cattle and calves	10,052	2.1	0.0

All commodities	476,150		0.2

For more details about Connecticut'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. 6 65.1

2.     Other 33 5.5

3.     Poultry and products 33 3.0

4.     Dairy products 23 1.9

5.     Fruits and preparations 30 1.5

Overall 42 78.1

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.     New London 29.8 125.8

2.     Hartford 26.6 112.2

3.     New Haven 10.3 43.3

4.     Windham 8.3 34.9

5.     Middlesex 8.1 33.9

State total 421.6

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

TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES