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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: William Blackson
Thursday, August 18, 2011

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                        FARM COMPUTER USAGE DECREASES

In 2011, 68 percent of New York farms had computer access, down from 71 percent in 2009 but 
up from the 67 percent in 2007, reports King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National 
Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  Nationally, 65 percent had access.  
Sixteen states had a higher percentage of farms with computer access.  Sixty-six percent of 
New York farms have internet access, compared with 62 percent of U.S. farms.  Forty-two 
percent of New York farms use computers for farm business, also higher than the U.S. percent 
of 37.  The primary method of internet access in New York was DSL with 51 percent of the total.  
Cable and dialup were tied at 15 percent each.

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