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Agriculture Statistics - Iowa
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
May 25, 2006, 13:54 PST

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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. Hogs	3,131,685	27.1	25.1
2. Corn	3,120,292	27.0	18.2
3. Soybeans	2,238,890	19.4	17.5
4. Cattle and calves	1,824,202	15.8	4.5
5. Dairy products	550,368	4.8	2.2

All commodities	11,550,109		5.7

For more details about Iowa'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.     Soybeans and products 1 1,148.7

2.     Feed grains and products 1 970.2

3.     Live animals and meat 4 542.3

4.     Other 7 275.1

5.     Feeds and fodders 4 145.6

Overall 3 3,259.1

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.     Sioux 4.3 508.0

2.     Kossuth 2.0 242.8

3.     Plymouth 2.0 238.4

4.     Hamilton 1.9 227.2

5.     Carroll 1.9 221.5

State total 11,947.9

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 Iowa's Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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