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• Agriculture is a $260 million dollar industry
• 6,500 people are directly employed in jobs created and supported by agriculture
• Agriculture holds 74,153 acres in production
• Timber value harvested in 1992 worth $132 million
• Over 1,000 acres of seed crops are raised, most of which are for overseas markets

• number 1,255
• 1,105 of those farms are family or individually owned
• 1,010 of those farms have sales of less than $25 thousand per year
• 597 farms are between 10 and 49 acres in size
• 226 farms are beween 50 and 179 acres in size
• Average farm has $32562 worth of machinery and equipment
• Average age of farmer is 52.9 years
• 230 farmers are women

• #1 in the state in major dairy counties in annual milk production per cow
• #3 in state in total pounds of all milk produced and number of dairy cows
• #2 in state in broiler production and #5 in egg production.
• #3 in state in strawberry production

1. Timber
2. Dairy
3. Nursery & greenhouse
4. Poultry
5. Corn for silage
6. Mink
7. Sweet corn & fresh market vegetables
8. Beef cattle & calves
9. All hay
10. Commercial vegetable seed crops & grain
11. Horses
12. Strawberries
13. Hogs & pigs
14. Sheep & wool
15. Raspberries