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VA Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - Virginia
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 14, 2006, 17:08 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.     Broilers 518,856 21.2 3.1
2.     Cattle and calves 349,753 14.3 0.9
3.     Dairy products 316,710 13.0 1.3
4.     Turkeys 206,854 8.5 7.6
5.     Greenhouse/nursery 182,447 7.5 1.3
 
All commodities
 2,443,987   1.2
 
For more details about 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.     Live animals and meat 18 93.4
2.     Poultry and products 7 85.8
3.     Tobacco unmfd. 7 60.8
4.     Soybeans and products 20 45.7
5.     Other 26 41.2
 
Overall
 30 450.4
 
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.     Rockingham 18.7 438.1
2.     Augusta 5.9 138.7
3.     Page 4.9 115.2
4.     Accomack 3.6 84.8
5.     Shenandoah 3.1 73.0
 
State total
   2,343.5
 
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 Virginia Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.


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