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New York

Capital: Albany
Population: 19,254,630
Founded: July 26, 1788 (11th state)
State Fruit: Apple
State Animal: Beaver
State Fish: Trout
State Tree: Sugar Maple
Number of Counties: 62
Largest City: New York City Population: 8,008,278
Nickname: The Empire State
Area: 54,475 square miles

Soil

State Soil: Honeoye
The soils in the state fall generally into the groups classified as spodosols.  They are acid in reaction and generally light in both color and texture.  They are not superior agricultural soils, but because of the proximity of New York’s agricultural areas to its heavily populated consuming centers, many of the better soils are intensively cultivated.

General

• Agriculture is important to New York State.
• Agricultural production returned over $3.6 billion to the farm economy in 2004.
• About 25 percent of the state’s land area, or 7.6 million acres, are used by the 36,000 farms to produce a very diverse-array of food products.

Animals

• Dairy Milk is New York’s leading agricultural product and is produced all across the state.
• Milk sales account for over one-half of total agricultural receipts.
• Production in 2004 was 11.7 billion pounds, with a value of $1.95 billion.
• New York is the nation’s 3rd leading producer, and Wyoming is the State’s leading county.
• Livestock - Dairy and animal production in New York provided nearly $2.30 billion to farmers in 2004. That accounts for 63% of all cash receipts.
• Meat - New York livestock producers marketed 228 million pounds of meat animals during 2004, bringing in $145 million in cash receipts. Sales from cattle and calves accounted for $127 million of the total, hogs and pigs returned $15 million, and sheep and lambs provided $2.52 million.
• Poultry - The value of New York eggs, ducks, broilers, and turkeys, plus the value of sales for other chickens, totaled $112 million in 2004. Eggs made up $59.8 million of the total followed by broilers at $6.57 million. New York ranks 22nd among all egg producing states.

Climate

• New York has a temperate climate with annual precipitation of 47” per year.
• The temperature ranges between 106°F and -11°F, but the Atlantic Ocean tends to moderate weather extremes in the city.

Fruit

• New York’s fruit crops were valued at $216 million in 2004.
• Apples and Grapes lead New York fruit crops in value.

Vegetables

• The value of vegetables totaled $470 million in 2004.
• Fresh Market vegetables rank 6th and processing vegetables are 7th among all states.
• Leading crops in New York are Cabbage, Sweet Corn and Onions.

Field Crops

• New York produces a variety of field crops largely in support of its dairy industry.
• Corn, oats and wheat are most widely grown with soybeans steadily increasing importance.
• New York ranks 3rd in corn silage, valued at $208 million.
• Production of grain corn ranked 20th with a value of $146 million. Soybean production was va1ued at $34.5 million.
• The state placed 10th in oat production, 31st in wheat, and 27th for soybeans.
• Hay production put New York 24th and was valued at $327 million in 2004.
• Most hay is used on farms and its value is realized through sale of milk and livestock.
• Fall potatoes reached a value of $41.7 million in 20043 and made New York the 14th leading producer.