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NY Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - New York
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jul 6, 2006, 14:49 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.     Dairy products 1,840,858 53.8 7.5
2.     Greenhouse/nursery 315,283 9.2 2.3
3.     Cattle and calves 151,540 4.4 0.4
4.     Apples 109,096 3.2 8.0
5.     Hay 104,370 3.1 2.3
 
All commodities
 3,419,790   1.7
 
For more details about New York'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 14 134.2
2.     Vegetables and preparations 10 92.5
3.     Fruits and preparations 6 64.5
4.     Dairy products 4 60.6
5.     Feed grains and products 26 25.6
 
Overall
 29 456.2
 
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.     Suffolk 5.9 167.9
2.     Wyoming 4.8 134.7
3.     Cayuga 4.1 115.4
4.     Genesee 3.9 109.6
5.     Wayne 3.8 107.6
 
State total
   2,834.5
 
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 York Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.


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