Farming on the Edge - MLRA no. Encompassing 12,660 square miles, most of this area is in farms. Fifty-two percent of this MLRA is highlighted in red on our map . About 37 percent of the acreage in this MLRA is cropland and used mainly for hay, corn and small grains associated with dairy operations.
Cash crops including canning and truck crops , wheat and dry beans are also important.
Orchard crops are grown near Lake Ontario and vineyards are common near some of the Finger Lakes. About 29 percent of the area is forested, mostly in farm woodlots. As a result, in July 1996, the upstate New York community of Pittsford approved the first local farmland protection program in New York in 20 years.