Agriculture's Effect on _______your county name here County

Written by Melissa Moulton

Note to the teacher: This PowerPoint is a template to enter selected agricultural information for your county.

______ County is a ____________(fast growing, rural, urban, highly populated) county!

You see new subdivisions, shopping centers, and apartment buildings being built every day.

So has agriculture left ________County?

• There are about ___ farms in ____ County!

• There are about ___ new farms since _____.

• The average farm is 210 acres.

• In 2006, Farms in _______ County were worth

$__________.• That’s a value of $_________

per farm and $____ per acre.

Commodity Values for _________ County

Poultry/ Eggs $

Row Crops $

Livestock $

Forestry $

Vegetables $

Ornamental Horticulture $

Fruits and Nuts $

Other $

• ____ County has around ______ acres of farm land. –_____ of those acres are

harvested farm crops like soybeans, peanuts, and cotton.

–______ of that crop land is irrigated.