Berks

Berks, Pennsylvania

Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Production

2007

2002

% change

1,980

1,791

+ 11

222,119 acres

215,679 acres

+3

112 acres

120 acres

-7

$367,840,000

$286,978,000

+ 28

$185,778

$160,233

+ 16

$3,280,000

$3,805,000

- 14

$5,016

$9,304

- 46

Crop Sales $165,511,000 (45 percent) Livestock Sales $202,330,000 (55 percent) Average Per Farm Government Payments Average Per Farm

Berks, Pennsylvania Ranked items among the 67 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2007 Item

Quantity

State Rank

Universe 1

U.S. Rank

Universe 1

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products

367,840 165,511 202,330

3 2 4

67 67 67

108 124 123

3,076 3,072 3,069

26,108 (-) (-) 3,071 5,093 123,526 594 7,118 71,213 24,122 86,013 17,974 247 803 227 1,732

3 (-) (-) 15 7 2 10 2 4 5 4 4 14 8 37 5

67 19 (-) 67 66 65 66 66 67 67 65 66 66 67 59 67

876 (-) (-) 459 192 21 79 234 144 556 73 236 524 276 516 104

2,933 437 626 2,796 2,659 2,703 1,710 3,054 3,020 3,054 2,493 2,922 2,998 3,024 1,498 2,875

1,860,472 1,427,007 660,026 71,199 66,950

3 5 3 4 3

67 62 65 66 67

44 253 40 220 330

3,024 2,476 2,627 2,958 3,060

50,320 48,693 25,704 16,808 10,151

3 10 3 4 3

66 67 61 64 60

586 302 756 59 701

2,634 3,060 2,039 2,263 2,481

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk and other dairy products from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, and their products Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) Layers Broilers and other meat-type chickens Pullets for laying flock replacement Hogs and pigs Cattle and calves TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Corn for grain Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Soybeans for beans Corn for silage Wheat for grain, all

Other County Highlights Economic Characteristics Farms by value of sales Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

Quantity 509 130 132 169 162 65 123 58 141 212 154 125 317,448 160,327 60,055 30,331

Operator Characteristics

Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

1,080 900

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

1,708 272

Average age of principal operator (years)

54.4

2

All operators by race: American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race All operators 2 of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin

(D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes. 1 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.

19 6 3 (-) 3,027 8 6