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NJ Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - New Jersey
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 25, 2006, 14:44 PST



TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
Commodity Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
1.     Greenhouse/nursery 306,264 37.3 2.2
2.     Dairy products 37,030 4.5 0.2
3.     Blueberries 36,730 4.5 19.5
4.     Peaches 28,350 3.5 5.9
5.     Chicken eggs 24,603 3.0 0.6
 
All commodities
 821,070   0.4
 
For more details about New Jersey'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 12 164.5
2.     Vegetables and preparations 18 25.7
3.     Fruits and preparations 14 14.4
4.     Soybeans and products 27 9.7
5.     Feed grains and products 38 5.8
 
Overall
 36 234.1
 
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.     Cumberland 13.5 94.2
2.     Burlington 12.6 87.5
3.     Monmouth 9.7 68.0
4.     Salem 9.7 67.9
5.     Gloucester 9.6 67.0
 
State total
   697.4
 
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 New Jersey Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.


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