Statewide

Pennsylvania

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

2007

2002

% change

63,163

58,105

+9

7,809,244 acres

7,745,336 acres

+1

124 acres

133 acres

-7

$5,808,803,000

$4,256,959,000

+ 36

$91,965

$73,263

+ 26

$75,975,000

$85,794,000

- 11

$4,356

$7,155

- 39

Crop Sales $1,869,706,000 (32 percent) Livestock Sales $3,939,097,000 (68 percent) Average Per Farm Government Payments Average Per Farm

Pennsylvania Ranked items within U.S., 2007 Item

Quantity

Universe 1

U.S. Rank

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

5,808,803 1,869,706 3,939,097

20 24 14

50 50 50

500,428 28,156 (-) 125,623 151,101 892,279 22,727 149,392 1,015,843 556,192 1,890,190 336,437 10,322 49,320 44,519 36,275

25 8 (-) 20 11 4 5 20 11 26 4 13 16 6 11 8

50 17 17 50 50 50 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

27,508,731 21,982,408 6,072,455 3,537,517 1,609,147

17 4 7 11 19

50 50 50 50 50

1,747,589 980,753 431,053 429,139 152,528

13 16 21 5 30

50 49 40 48 47

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) Broilers and other meat-type chickens Layers Pullets for laying flock replacement Turkeys Cattle and calves TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Corn for grain Soybeans for beans Corn for silage Wheat for grain, all

Other State 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

Quantity 21,425 6,070 5,609 5,746 4,943 1,545 2,884 1,219 3,067 5,695 2,718 2,242

Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

4,909,109 77,721

Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

1,172,716 18,567

Operator Characteristics

Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

28,751 34,412

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

54,613 8,550

Average age of principal operator (years)

55.2

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. See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes. 1 Universe is number of states in U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.

272 100 101 17 92,077 223 526