Various Land Uses 2004, in acres

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Various Land Uses 2004, in acres

• 1,123,249
• 454,486
• 884,891
• 2,212732
• 7,860,345
• 6,657,414
• 7,801,353
• 3,453,377
• 3,110,794
• 33,682,203

• Open Water
• Developed
• Barren
• Wetlands
• Deciduous Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Mixed Forest
• Pasture/Hay
• Row Crops
• TOTAL STATE

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Land in Various Ag Uses 2002 (from USDA Bulletin
45, page 11)

• 1000 acres 1000 dollars
• Corn 400 42,768
• Cotton lint 590 117,300
• Hay 800 96,800
• Peanuts 190 63,714
• Soybeans 170 19,902
• Winter Wheat 150 6,960
• Sweet corn 1.9 1,972
• Tomatoes 1.2 7,438
• Watermelons 4.0 2,933
• Peaches - 8,360
• Floriculture (page 28) - 66,234

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Livestock and Poultry Receipts 2002(from USDA
Bulletin 45, page 29)

• Million dollars Total
• Broilers 1,610 67.6
• Cattle and calves 305 12.8
• Eggs 297 12.5
• Catfish 76 3.2
• Dairy 38 1.6
• Other 34 1.4
• Hogs 20 0.9
• TOTAL about 2,380

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Revenue from Major Ag Sources(1000 dollars from
USDA Bulletin 45, page 44-45)

• Standard Ag (crops) 583,800
• (row crops, orchard, etc.)
• Floriculture 66,234
• Animal husbandry 2,378,300
• (including aquaculture)
• Hunting, fishing, recreation 2,400,000
• (This figure is the approximate official
  statistic, from Steve Guy of ALFA. We are trying
  to get data on unofficial hunting revenues too)
• Forestry 735,150

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Who Produces How Much

• The next slide shows that a minority of the
  farms (about 8) produces a majority of the crops
  by value (about 82).
• According to Herb Vanderberry of the Alabama
  State Division of the USDA, the same small group
  of farms (about 11) own about 30 of the
  farmland in Alabama.
• This does not mean there is no place for small
  farms or family fams, but only that small farms
  have been under stress, the rural way of life is
  changing, and rural people need to consider many
  options.

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Who Produces How Much (from 1997 Ag Census)

• Farm size range Total Farms Total Ag Sales
• Less than 10,000 68.9 2.7
• 10,000 - 49,000 16.5 4.5
• 50,000 99,999 3.3 3.1
• 100,000 249,000 3.5 7.6
• 250,000 499,000 3.3 16.2
• 500,00 or more 4.5 65.9