E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Blair Smith
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny

                           NEW YORK FARM NUMBERS

The 2007 Census of Agriculture placed New York farm numbers at 36,352.  Of
these, 18,743 farms were primarily engaged in crop production and 17,609
were primarily engaged in livestock production, according to Steve Ropel,
Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field
Office. These were designated as defined by the North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS).  The crop production operations had $1.51
billion in sales and the livestock production operations had $2.91 billion
in sales.

The Census, which is conducted every five years, provides facts and figures
on virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture, including number and types
of farm operations, the economic aspects of farm production and the
demographics of U.S. farm operators.

Details on this and other Census data can be found on-line through the New
York NASS web site: www.nass.usda.gov/ny/. U.S., State and County tables
are available in PDF, Text, and CSV files. Printed copies will be available
along with the CD-ROMS and a searchable database. For further information
or assistance, please call the New York office at 800-821-1276 or send an
e-mail to: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov.

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