Agriculture Statistics - Pennsylvania

PA Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - Pennsylvania
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 3, 2006, 15:09 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. Dairy products	1,791,804	40.2	7.3
2. Cattle and calves	418,208	9.4	1.0
3. Mushrooms/agaricus	351,898	7.9	58.2
4. Greenhouse/nursery	331,608	7.4	2.4
5. Chicken eggs	303,676	6.8	2.4

All commodities	4,454,979		2.2

For more details about Pennsylvania'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.     Live animals and meat 12 162.5

2.     Other 13 143.4

3.     Feed grains and products 16 81.4

4.     Poultry and products 12 61.9

5.     Dairy products 6 56.5

Overall 24 732.4

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.     Lancaster 19.2 766.7

2.     Chester 8.6 342.9

3.     Berks 6.2 247.8

4.     Franklin 4.9 195.0

5.     Lebanon 4.3 171.1

State total 3,997.6

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 Pennsylvania Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES