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Agriculture Statistics - Virginia
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 14, 2006, 17:08 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. 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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