USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Trends in New England Agriculture Gary Keough, State Director USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office 53 Pleasant St, Rm 2100 Concord, NH 03301 603 -224 -9639 800 -642 -9571 Fax 603 -225 -1434 www. nass. usda. gov/nh Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England Land in Farms, Acres, 1997, 2002, 2007 4, 500, 000 4, 000 Other Land 3, 500, 000 acres 3, 000 Woodland not pastured 2, 500, 000 Woodland pastured 2, 000 1, 500, 000 Permanent pasture 1, 000 Total cropland 500, 000 0 1997 2002 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Percentages of New England Farms by NAICS 1997, 2002, 2007 100% Animal aquaculture and other animal production (1125, 1129) 90% Sheep and goat farming (1124) 80% Poultry and egg production (1123) 70% Hog and pig farming (1122) Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 60% Beef operations (112111 and 112112) 50% Other crop farming (1119) Total 40% Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production (1114) 30% Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 20% Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 10% Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 0% 1997 2002 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England Cash Receipts 1997 -2008 3000 Milk Greenhouse/Nursery All Fruit Cattle and Calves 2500 Million dollars Cattle and Calves All Vegetables All Other Livestock Sweet Corn All Other Eggs Livestock Chicken Sweet Corn Chicken Eggs Cattle and Calves Corn 2000 Cattle and. Cattle Calvesand. Sweet Calves All Vegetables All Other Livestock Vegetables All Other Livestock Cattle and. Cattle Calvesand Calves Sweet Corn All Other Livestock Cattle and Calves Sweet Corn All Other. Cattle Livestock Sweet Corn Chicken Eggs All Other Livestock Chicken. Aquaculture Eggs. All Fruit All Other Livestock Sweet Corn All Vegetables Sweet Corn Chicken Eggs 1500 Sweet Corn Chicken Eggs Cattle and Calves All Vegetables Sweet Corn. Chicken Eggs All Vegetables. All Fruit All Vegetables Chicken Eggs All Vegetables Tobacco, Broadleaf Chicken Eggs All Vegetables All Fruit Vegetables. All Fruit All Fruit Greenhouse/Nursery All Fruit Hay 1000 Greenhouse/Nursery All Other Crops Greenhouse/Nursery Maple Syrup Hogs and Pigs 500 Milk 0 1997 Milk 1998 1999 Milk 2000 2001 Milk 2002 2003 Maple Syrup included in All Other Crops prior to 2002 Source: USDA NASS and Economic Research Service Milk 2004 2005 Sheep and Milk. Lambs. Milk Other Poultry 2006 2007 Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture. 2008

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England Agricultural Related Income, 1997, 2002, 2007 3, 000 2, 500 Total income from farm-related sources, gross before taxes and expenses (see text) Million dollars 2, 000 1, 500 Government payments 1, 000 Total sales (see text) ($1, 000) 500 0 1997 2002 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England States’ National Rankings • Percentage of all farms that have direct sales – – – New Hampshire, 1 st Connecticut, 2 nd Massachusetts, 4 th, Vermont, 5 th Maine, 6 th Rhode Island, 7 th • Direct market sales as a percentage of all farm sales – – – Rhode Island, 1 st Massachusetts, 2 nd Connecticut, 4 th New Hampshire, 3 rd Vermont, 5 th Maine, 7 th Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England States’ National Rankings • Average direct market sales per farm – – – Connecticut, $27, 072 per farm, 1 st Massachusetts, $25, 356 per farm, 2 nd Rhode Island, $25, 270 per farm, 3 rd New Hampshire, $13, 615 per farm, 5 th Vermont, $15, 541 per farm, 8 th Maine, $10, 803 per farm, 12 th Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Organic Sales as Percentage of all Agricultural Sales, New England States and U. S. , 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Percentage of Farms with Organic Sales, New England U. S. 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Percentage of Farms with Women Principal Operators, New England States and U. S. , 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Percentage of Farms with Agri-tourism, 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office • • Other New England U. S comparisons Generated energy or electricity on the farm – 2. 0% of New England farms, 1. 1 Practiced rotational or management intensive grazing – 18. 9% of New England farms, 17. 6% of U. S. farms Produced and sold value-added commodities – 8. 7% of New England farms, 3. 6% of U. S. farms Marketed products through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) – 2. 3% of New England farms, 0. 6% of U. S. farms Source: Census of Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U. S. agriculture.