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PA Agriculture
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Agriculture Statistics - Pennsylvania
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 3, 2006, 15:09 PST
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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 |
1,791,804 |
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 |
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| All commodities |
4,454,979 |
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2.2 |
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| For more details about Pennsylvania's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592. |
| 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 |
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| State total |
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3,997.6 |
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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.
Keywords: Agriculture statistics for Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Agriculture, Top Agricultural exports, Pennsylvania top agricultural exports, top Pennsylvania Agricultural commodities, top Agricultural commodities, ClassBrain, State Reports
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