Phone Number: +32 488 331 972 HOMEABOUT CASEDOING BUSINESS IN THE USA U.S. STATES IN EUROPE CASE STUDIESINDUSTRIES NEWS & EVENTS CONTACT Agribusiness The Gross Domestic Product for agriculture, fishing and hunting in the United States totaled $125.4B in 2006. Farms contributed more than 75% at $95.7B, whereas forestry, fishing and related activities accounted for $26.7B. 2.1 million farms were operated in the US with an average size of 446 acres in 2006. Most of these farms are family owned. Almost 1.5m people were employed in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector. Farms employed 779,000 persons, and forestry, fishing and related activities offered 693,000 full-time and part-time jobs. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the top ten commodities for cash receipts in 2006 were cattle & calves, dairy products, corn, broilers, soybeans, greenhouse/nursery, hogs, wheat, cotton and hay. Crop production* Corn: 10.50 B bushels Soybeans: 3.19 B bushels All wheat: 1.81 billion bushels Fresh market vegetables and melons: 466 m hundredweight Noncitrus Fruits: 16.9 mm tons Tree nuts: 1.59 m tons Livestock inventories* Cattle: 97.0 m head Hogs and pigs: 62.5 m head Sheep and lambs: 6.19 m head Broilers: 8.88 B head Turkeys: 261.9 m head Number of livestock operations* Cattle and calve operations: 971,400 Beef cow operations: 762,880 Milk cow operations: 75,140 Hog and pig operations: 65,540 Breeding sheep operations: 69,090 Catfish operations: 1,035 Trout operations: 604 *US statistics for 2006; m = million, B = billion. Sources: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2006 and 2007 Statistical Highlights; Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce INDUSTRY QUICK LINKS Advanced Manufacturing Aerospace Agribusiness Automotive Chemicals & Plastics Energy & Renewables Financial & Professional Food Processing Freight Transportation Homeland Security & Defense IT & Communication Life Science, Biotech & Health Care Metal & Steel Pharmaceutical Science & Research Textiles C.A.S.E. aisbl Call Centre (Belgian registered international non-profit-organisation BE07.647.874.91) +32 488 331 972 caseoffice@invest-in-usa.org Mon - Fri: 10:00 - 16:00 C.E.T. Useful Links About C.A.S.E. Why Invest in the USA Case Studies Contact Us Privacy Policy Cookie Policy U.S. States in Europe Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Designed by Heart New Media By visiting our website you agree that we are using cookies to ensure you to get the best experience. Accept Decline Read more