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Agriculture Industry Facts

Land In Farms Market Value of Land & Buildings

Number of Farms	667		Number of Farms	667
Land In Farms	119,566	Acres	Total Market Value	$171,632,000
Average Farm Size	179	Acres	Market Value/Farm	$257,320
			Market Value/Acre	$1,454

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Inventory

Beef Cattle & Calves	307	Farms	3,391	Head
Dairy Cattle & Calves	102	Farms	4,349	Head
Hogs & Pigs	91	Farms	4,428	Head
Sheep & Lambs	53	Farms	1,228	Head
Land in Orchards	25	Farms	201	Acres
Nursery & Greenhouse Crops	14	Farms	(D)
Floriculture Crops	9	Farms	129,240	Square Feet Protected

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold

Corn for Grain	197 Farms	$1,609,000
Wheat	73 Farms	194,000
Soybeans	15 Farms	104,000
Barley	15 Farms	23,000
Oats	80 Farms	98,000
Other Grains	9 Farms	18,000
Hay, Silage and Field Seeds Sold	232 Farms	1,719,000
Vegetables, Sweet Corn and Melons Sold	27 Farms	173,000
Fruits, Nuts and Berries Sold	10 Farms	209,000
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops Sold	14 Farms	(D)
Other Crops	10 Farms	25,000
Poultry and Poultry Products	33 Farms	(D)
Dairy Products Sold	86 Farms	7,582,000
Cattle and Calves Sold	389 Farms	3,200,000
Hogs and Pigs Sold	79 Farms	696,000
Sheep, Lambs and Wood Sold	48 Farms	52,000
Other Livestock and Livestock Products	32 Farms	105,000

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms

Crop Enterprises

Total Cropland	645 Farms	78,452 Acres
Harvest Cropland	614 Farms	55,080 Acres
Pasture and Grazing	394 Farms	13,547 Acres

Total Woodland	515 Farms	28,522 Acres
Woodland, Pastured	174 Farms	3,841 Acres
Woodland, Not Pastured	452 Farms	24,681 Acres

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Crop Production

Crop	Acres Planted	Acres Harvested		Yield Per Acre	Total Production	Dollar Value
Corn Grain	16,000	13,500	111.0 Bushels		1,498,500 Bushels	$3,971,000
Corn Silage	N/A	2,300	16.5 Tons		38,000 Tons	$969,000
Alfalfa Hay	N/A	16,000	2.4 Tons		38,400 Tons	$4,684,600
Other Hay	N/A	17,500	1.8 Tons		31,500 Tons	$3,087,000
Wheat Grains	2,000	1,900	35.0 Bushels		66,500 Bushels	$306,000
Barley	800	800	52.0 Bushels		41,600 Bushels	$131,000
Oats	4,700	4,400	52.0 Bushels		228,800 Bushels	$469,000
Soybeans	1,000	1,000	36.0 Bushels		36,000 Bushels	$239,300

Source: 1996-1997 PA Dept. of Agriculture Statistical Summary and Annual Report

Principal Crops Harvested

Field and Forage Crops	57,514 Acres	$13,873,000
All Vegetables	138 Acres	$200,000
Fruit	N/A	$145,000

Source: 1996-1997 PA Dept. of Agriculture Statistical Summary and Annual Report

Standard Industrial Classification

Classification	# Farms	Classification	# Farms
Cash Grains	33	Livestock, except dairy, poultry & animal specialties	53
Field Crops, except cash grains	41	Dairy Farms	83
Vegetable and Melons	2	Poultry and Eggs	2
Fruits and Tree Nuts	4	Animal Specialties	2
Horticultural Specialties	6	General Farms, primarily livestock & animal specialties	2
General Farms, primarily crops	9

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Farm Production Expenses

Livestock and poultry purchased	75 Farms	$1,005,000
Feed for livestock and poultry	180 Farms	2,439,000
Seeds, bulbs, plants and trees	200 Farms	392,000
Commercial fertilizer	218 Farms	823,000
Agricultural chemicals	166 Farms	516,000
Petroleum products	235 Farms	1,172,000
Electricity	214 Farms	1,217,000
Hired farm labor	118 Farms	(D)
Contract labor	30 Farms	(D)
Repair and maintenance	229 Farms	3,570,000
Custom work, machine hire & rental of equipment & machinery	106 Farms	311,000
Interest	108 Farms	1,793,000
Cash rent	157 Farms	367,000
Property taxes	226 Farms	874,000
All other farm production expenses	236 Farms	17,186,000

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms

Farms with Annual Sales of $10,000 or More

Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit	236 Farms	$3,958,000
Average per Farm		$16,770
Farms with Net Gains	174 Farms	$4,934,000
Average per Farm		$28,355
Farms with Net Losses	62 Farms	$976,000
Average per Farm		$18,908

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Tenure and Characteristics

Operator and Type of Organization

	667 Farms	119,566 Acres
Tenure of Operator:
Full Owners	423 Farms	54,280 Acres
Part Owners	193 Farms	56,453 Acres
Tenants	51 Farms	8,833 Acres

Operators by Principal Occupation:
Farming	332 Farms	N/A
Other	335 Farms	N/A

Type of Organization:
Individual or Family	591 Farms	92,013 Acres
Partnership	63 Farms	21,618 Acres
Corporation, Family Held	6 Farms	2,824 Acres

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Hired Farm Labor

Armstrong County

190 Farms

1,577 Workers

$(D) Payroll

Pennsylvania

14,447 Farms

67,085 Workers

$352,456,000 Payroll

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

Machinery and Equipment on Farms

Armstrong County

667 Farms

$52,921,000 Market Value

Pennsylvania

44,852 Farms

$2,214,947,000 Market Value

Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms

Pennsylvania’s Rank Nationally In

Crop Production, 1996

Corn for Grain	15th	All Hay	15th
Corn for Silage	3rd	Alfalfa Hay	13th
Winter Wheat	26th	All Other Hay	10th
Oats	6th	Soybeans	22nd
Barley	14th	Tobacco	8th
Rye	13th	Potatoes	14th

Apples	5th	Mushrooms	1st
Peaches	3rd	Sweet Corn, Fresh Market	6th
Pears	6th	Sweet Corn, Processing	9th
Grapes	4th	Tomatoes, Fresh Market	9th
Sweet Cherries	7th	Tomatoes, Processing	5th
Tart Cherries	5th	Cabbage, Fresh Market	13th
Cantaloupes, Fresh Market	8th	Snap Beans, Processing	6th
Strawberries	9th	Maple Syrup	8th
Floriculture Crops	6th

Source: 1996-1997 PA Dept. of Agriculture Statistical Summary and Annual Report

Pennsylvania’s Rank Nationally In

Livestock, Poultry and Cash Receipts, 1996

Livestock Inventory		Poultry Inventory
All Cattle and Calves	20th	All Chickens (excluding broilers)	4th
Milk Cows	4th	Layers	3rd
Hogs and Pigs	13th	Turkeys Raised	8th
Sheep and Lambs	19th

Livestock and Poultry Production		Slaughter in Commercial Plants
Milk Production	4th	Cattle	9th
Milk Production Per Cow	15th	Calves	3rd
Egg Production	4th	Hogs	11th
Broilers Produced	16th	Sheep and Lambs	5th
Egg-Type Chick Hatch	2nd	Total Red Meat	10th
Broiler Chick Hatch	11th

Other Livestock		Cash Receipts
Trout Produced	4th	Total	18th
Honey Produced	28th	Livestock and Products	13th
Mink Pelts	10th	Crops	28th

Source: 1996-1997 PA Dept. of Agriculture Statistical Summary and Annual Report

Armstrong County Ranked State-wide in Crop & Livestock Production & Number of Farms, 1996

Oats 9th

Source: 1996-1997 PA Dept. of Agriculture Statistical Summary and Annual Report