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WV Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics - West Virginia
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 15, 2006, 17:30 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 143,592 35.2 0.9
2.     Cattle and calves 85,739 21.0 0.2
3.     Dairy products 38,868 9.5 0.2
4.     Turkeys 35,338 8.7 1.3
5.     Chicken eggs 27,612 6.8 0.6
 
All commodities
 407,570   0.2
 
For more details about West 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.     Poultry and products 22 21.8
2.     Feeds and fodders 41 3.0
3.     Feed grains and products 40 2.6
4.     Live animals and meat 42 2.3
5.     Fruits and preparations 26 2.1
 
Overall
 45 36.2
 
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.     Hardy 24.5 109.5
2.     Pendleton 15.1 67.7
3.     Greenbrier 9.0 40.3
4.     Grant 7.7 34.4
5.     Jefferson 4.3 19.4
 
State total
   447.4
 
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 West Virginia Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.


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