Farm Directory : Saratoga County Farm Facts

Saratoga County Agricultural Statistics

According to the New York Agricultural Statistics Annual 2006-2007 Bulletin

Farms and Farmland Change from 1910 - 2006

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold
Livestock $23.23 million
Crops $13.45 million
Total $36.68 million

Dairy and Equine Facts
41 dairy farms have 6,200 cows producing 146 million pounds of milk with an average of
20,900 pounds of milk per cow.

Saratoga County's 11,000 equines ranked number one in 2005 in NYS and was valued
at $250.5 million.

According to the 2002 Census of Agriculture from USDA

Acres in Farmland
Cropland 47,522 acres
Pasture 5,623 acres
Woodland 15,510 acres
Other (1) 6,321 acres

(1) Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc.

Farms by Size
1-9 acres 92
10-49 acres 197
50-179 acres 200
180-499 acres 72
500-999 acres 15
1,000 acres or more 16

Farms by Value of Sales
Less than $2,500 271
$2,500-$4,999 55
$5,000-$9,999 69
$10,000-$24,999 84
$25,000-$49,000 22
$50,000-$99,999 35
$100,000 or more 56

93 farms produce over $50,000 in sales annually and account for over 85% of the total sales produced in the county.

Value of Sales by Commodity Group
Milk and Other Dairy Products $17.98 million
Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod $ 4.88 million
Fruit, Tree Nuts, Berries $ 1.58 million
Grains $ 1.1 million
Equine $ 515,000
Sheep, Goats $ 69,000
Hogs, Pigs $ 17,000

Estimated Market Value of Land and Buildings
Per Farm $360,607
Per Acre $ 2,818

Estimated Value of All Machinery and Equipment
Average per Farm $ 69,189

Farm Income and Expenses
Total Farm Production Expenses $32.3 million
Average per Farm $54,470

Net Cash Farm Income $ 3.75 million
Average per farm $6,324

Farm Ownership and Employment
Farms in Saratoga County are family owned and operated. 364 report farming as their primary occupation, 228 reported other. The average age of the operator is 54.9 years 95 farms report 543 employees with a payroll of $4.07 million.

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