Bucks

Bucks, Pennsylvania

2007

2002

% change

934

917

+2

75,883 acres

76,831 acres

-1

81 acres

84 acres

-3

$70,573,000

$61,640,000

+ 14

Average Per Farm

$75,560

$67,219

+ 12

Government Payments

$713,000

$773,000

-8

$4,574

$6,784

- 33

Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Production Crop Sales $53,905,000 (76 percent) Livestock Sales $16,668,000 (24 percent)

Average Per Farm

Bucks, 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

70,573 53,905 16,668

25 7 40

67 67 67

1,236 794 1,660

3,076 3,072 3,069

8,799 (-) (-) 2,944 2,881 36,856 107 2,318 (D) (D) 7,644 64 176 (D) 380 111

21 (-) (-) 17 9 3 37 26 (D) (D) 43 47 26 (D) 20 45

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

1,287 (-) (-) 468 245 92 394 748 (D) (D) 579 1,512 703 (D) 392 950

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

8,697 6,429 (D) 2,984 2,647

29 48 15 8 24

67 67 62 67 62

721 2,315 (D) 264 737

3,024 3,060 1,544 3,066 2,476

17,386 15,263 9,422 2,332 2,010

44 25 17 2 20

67 66 61 61 60

1,184 1,033 1,044 32 1,362

3,060 2,634 2,039 2,130 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 Cattle and calves Pheasants Horses and ponies Broilers and other meat-type chickens TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Corn for grain Soybeans for beans Nursery stock 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 345 89 85 69 79 38 47 22 41 55 34 30 67,272 72,025 9,117 9,761

Operator Characteristics

Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

435 499

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

737 197

Average age of principal operator (years)

57.2

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.

1 6 8 (-) 1,390 3 23