Saratoga County Agricultural Statistics

According to the New York Agricultural Statistics Annual 2007-2008 Bulletin

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold
Livestock                                                         $31.97 million
Crops                                                               $15.48 million
Total                                                                $47.45 million

Dairy and Equine Facts

41 dairy farms have 7,000 cows producing 160 million pounds of milk with an average of
22,900 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 2007 Census of Agriculture from USDA

Acres in Farmland
Cropland                                              42,949 acres
 
Farms by Size
1-9 acres                                                    96
10-49 acres                                                234
50-179 acres                                              214     
180-499 acres                                            75
500-999 acres                                            6
1,000 acres or more                                   16                                                       
     
Farms by Value of Sales
Less than $2,500                                        269
$2,500-$4,999                                           57
$5,000-$9,999                                           96
$10,000-$24,999                                       101
$25,000-$49,000                                       37
$50,000-$99,999                                       23
$100,000 or more                                      58

81 farms produce over $50,000 in sales annually and account for 12% of the total sales produced in the county.
                                                                                                               
Market Ag Products Sold Including Direct Sales
Milk and Other Dairy Products              $34.04 million
Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod $ 5.6 million
Fruit, Tree Nuts, Berries                        $  3.0 million
Sheep, Goats & their products               $   57,000
Hogs, Pigs                                             $   33,000
Livestock, poultry & their products        $ 43.09 million
Cattle & Calves                                     $3.02 million
Vegetables, melons, potatoes
& sweet potatoes                                  $  848,000
Cut Christmas Trees
& short rotation woody crops               $  424,000
Other Crops & Hay                              $  4.0 million
           

Estimated Market Value of Land and Buildings

            Per Farm                                                          $515,230
            Per Acre                                                          $    4,365

Estimated Value of All Machinery and Equipment
            Average per Farm                                            $  81,832

Farm Income and Expenses

Total Farm Production Expenses                       $55.06 million
            Average per Farm                                            $85,901

Net Cash Farm Income                                    $ 8.9 million
Average per farm                                              $13,909

Farm Ownership and Employment

Farms in Saratoga County are family owned and operated.  351 report farming as their primary occupation, 290 reported other.  The average age of the operator is 54.9 years 142 farms report 893 employees with a payroll of $9.86 million.

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