Section N: Agriculture

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Information on farming and related topics in New York State — including crops grown; livestock raised; dairy production; and, the economic importance of agriculture.

Highlights

New York's 35,600 farms produced $3.6 billion worth of products, down from $3.7 billion in 2004.
Leading vegetable crops for fresh market use were sweet corn, onions, cabbage, pumpkins, and squash.
New York's 650,000 milk cows as of the end of 2005 were producing 1 billion pounds of milk in December of that year, or 1,545 pounds per cow.
Apple production totaled 1,040 million pounds in 2005, down from 1,280 million pounds in 2004.
New York's egg-laying chicken population was nearly 4 million at the end of 2004; they produced over one billion eggs, for an average of 286 eggs per chicken.

N-1	Farms, Acreage, and Cash Receipts from Farming, US by State: 2005
N-2	Principal Crops, Agricultural Products, Farms, and Farm Receipts, Ranking of NYS and Other States: 2005
N-3	Farm Acreage by Land Use, NYS: 1997-2005
N-4	Principal Field Crops by Acres, Yield, Production, and Value, NYS: 1999-2005
N-5	Wheat by Acreage, Yield, and Production, NYS by County: 2004 and 2005
N-6	Oats by Acreage, Yield, and Production, NYS by County: 2004 and 2005
N-7	Soybeans by Acreage, Yield, and Production, NYS by County: 2004 and 2005
N-8	Corn by Acreage, Yield, and Production, NYS by County: 2005
N-9	Dry Bean Crops by Acres, Yield, and Production, NYS: 1999-2005
N-10	Cabbage for Fresh Market by Acres, Yield, Production, Sales, and Value, NYS: 1996-2005
N-11	Onions by Acres, Yield, and Production by Area: 1999-2005
N-12	Hay by Acreage, Yield, and Production, NYS by County: 2005
N-13	Vegetables for Fresh Market by Acres, Yield, Production, and Value, NYS: 1999-2005
N-14	Vegetables for Processing by Acres, Yield, Production, and Value, NYS: 1999-2005
N-15	Corn Crops by Acreage Utilization, NYS: 1999-2005
N-16	Hay Crops by Stocks on Farms, NYS: 1999-2005
N-17	Potato Crops by Acres, Yield, Production, Disposition, Sales, and Value, NYS: 1999-2005
N-18	Potato Crops by Stocks Held by Growers and Local Dealers, NYS: 1999-2005
N-19	Cattle Inventory, NYS by County: As of January 1, 2005 and 2006
N-20	Number of Cattle and Calves on Farms, NYS by Inventory, Value, and Value per Head: 2000-06
N-21	Cattle and Calves by Production, Disposition, and Income, NYS: 1999-2005
N-22	Commercial Slaughter of Cattle and Calves, NYS: 1999-2005
N-23	Commercial Slaughter of Cattle and Calves by Month, NYS: 1999-2005
N-24	Milk Cows and Production by Months, NYS: 1999-2005
N-25	Milk Cows by Operation and Inventory, NYS by Herd Size: 1999-2005
Figures
N-1	Annual Milk Production per Cow, NYS: 1999-2005
N-2	Annual New York Cheese Production, 1999-2005
N-3	All Breeding Sheep and Lambs, NYS: 2000-06

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