2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Alabama

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/17/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	204
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	43,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	8,900,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	714,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	6,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	1,340,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	47,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	3,500
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	57,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	1,095,400,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	14,833
Milk - Production, Measured in $	16,554,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	89,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	435,000	430,000	902 LB / ACRE	808,000 480 LB BALES	0.729 $ / LB	265,939,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				204,000 TONS	118 $ / TON	28,680,000
COTTON, PIMA					(NA) $ / LB
COTTON	435,000	430,000	902 LB / ACRE	808,000 480 LB BALES
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						208,550,000
HAY
HAY		860,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	2,150,000 TONS	98 $ / TON	208,550,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		860,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	2,150,000 TONS	98 $ / TON	208,550,000
HAY, ALFALFA					(NA) $ / TON
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		235,000	167 BU / ACRE	39,245,000 BU	4 $ / BU	156,980,000
CORN	250,000
CORN, SILAGE		7,000	17 TONS / ACRE	119,000 TONS
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	195,000	193,000	3,650 LB / ACRE	704,450,000 LB	0.221 $ / LB	155,683,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	350,000	345,000	46 BU / ACRE	15,870,000 BU	9.43 $ / BU	155,526,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER	150,000	100,000	77 BU / ACRE	7,700,000 BU	4.6 $ / BU	35,420,000
WHEAT	150,000	100,000	77 BU / ACRE	7,700,000 BU	4.6 $ / BU	35,420,000
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	5,600	5,400	140 CWT / ACRE	756,000 CWT	22 $ / CWT	16,659,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				756,000 CWT
CUCUMBERS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEACHES
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				1,500 TONS	2,750 $ / TON	4,125,000
PEACHES, UTILIZED				1,500 TONS		4,125,000
PEACHES, PROCESSING					(X) $ / TON
PEACHES		1,500	1 TONS / ACRE	1,500 TONS	2,750 $ / TON
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL			220 LB / ACRE	1,850,000 LB		3,628,000
PECANS		8,400			1.96 $ / LB
OATS
OATS	40,000	10,000	60 BU / ACRE	600,000 BU	4.05 $ / BU	2,370,000

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: Alabama

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	5,571,173	25	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	1,314,971	33	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	4,256,202	16	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	435,465	33	50
Tobacco	(D)	18	19
Cotton and cottonseed	254,506	7	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	50,332	33	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	23,872	27	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	242,589	19	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	31	49
Other crops and hay	307,345	17	50
Poultry and eggs	3,624,852	4	50
Cattle and calves	429,349	31	50
Milk from cows	28,113	44	50
Hogs and pigs	33,424	31	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	5,675	33	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	13,402	31	50
Aquaculture	117,920	4	50
Other animals and other animal products	3,467	42	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	807,058	25	50
Cotton, all	376,464	7	17
Upland cotton	376,464	7	17
Soybeans for beans	334,831	23	45
Corn for grain	285,328	28	49

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	172,955,409	2	50
Layers	9,435,605	12	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	5,457,121	9	50
Cattle and calves	1,236,467	26	50
Quail	1,104,670	2	49

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	14,007
$1,000 to $2,499	4,246
$2,500 to $4,999	4,782
$5,000 to $9,999	5,591
$10,000 to $19,999	4,380
$20,000 to $24,999	1,193
$25,000 to $39,999	1,943
$40,000 to $49,999	719
$50,000 to $99,999	1,510
$100,000 to $249,999	947
$250,000 to $499,999	689
$500,000 or more	3,216

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	4,736,277
Average per farm ($)	109,578

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,066,431
Average per farm ($)	24,673

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	19,114
Other	24,109

Principal operators by sex
Male	37,809
Female	5,414

Average age of principal operator	59.3

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	787
Asian	121
Black or African American	3,763
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14
White	58,103
More than one race	481

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	483

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.