2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Alaska

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Jun/18/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Number of Operations	760
Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	1,092
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	830,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	5,400
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	300
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	14,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	1,500

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	9,667
Milk - Production, Measured in $	638,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	2,900,000

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
HAY
HAY		21,000	1.2 TONS / ACRE	25,000 TONS	360 $ / TON	9,000,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	450	430	280 CWT / ACRE	120,000 CWT	22.7 $ / CWT	2,724,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	5,500	5,200	46 BU / ACRE	239,000 BU	5.25 $ / BU	1,255,000
OATS
OATS	1,700	900	73 BU / ACRE	66,000 BU	3.65 $ / BU	241,000

(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: Alaska

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	58,925	50	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	24,857	50	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	34,068	49	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	(D)	49	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	(D)	48	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	(D)	(D)	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	13,007	48	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	49	49
Other crops and hay	(D)	48	50
Poultry and eggs	353	50	50
Cattle and calves	1,085	50	50
Milk from cows	(D)	50	50
Hogs and pigs	338	50	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	(D)	50	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	58	50	50
Aquaculture	29,774	13	50
Other animals and other animal products	(D)	48	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	24,155	47	50
Barley for grain	4,445	25	43
Vegetables harvested, all	1,059	48	50
Oats for grain	903	39	48
Potatoes	676	36	50

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Cattle and calves	10,667	49	50
Layers	8,265	50	50
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	1,863	50	50
Bison	1,597	17	49
Horses and ponies	1,581	50	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	140
$1,000 to $2,499	98
$2,500 to $4,999	95
$5,000 to $9,999	107
$10,000 to $19,999	118
$20,000 to $24,999	22
$25,000 to $39,999	37
$40,000 to $49,999	18
$50,000 to $99,999	40
$100,000 to $249,999	44
$250,000 to $499,999	22
$500,000 or more	21

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	55,918
Average per farm ($)	73,383

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	8,589
Average per farm ($)	11,271

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	412
Other	350

Principal operators by sex
Male	512
Female	250

Average age of principal operator	57.1

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	50
Asian	6
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1
White	1,128
More than one race	12

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	25

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.