1. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Gary Keough, State Director USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office 53 Pleasant St, Rm 2100 Concord, NH 03301 603-224-9639 800-642-9571 Fax 603-225-1434 www.nass.usda.gov/nh Trends in New England Agriculture

2. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture.

3. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. New England Land in Farms, Acres, 1997, 2002, 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture acres

4. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Percentages of New England Farms by NAICS 1997, 2002, 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture

5. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. New England Cash Receipts 1997-2008 Maple Syrup included in All Other Crops prior to 2002 Source: USDA NASS and Economic Research Service Million dollars

6. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Source: Census of Agriculture Million dollars New England Agricultural Related Income,1997, 2002, 2007

7. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture.

8. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture.

9. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. New England States’ National Rankings Percentage of all farms that have direct sales –New Hampshire, 1 st –Connecticut, 2 nd –Massachusetts, 4 th, –Vermont, 5 th –Maine, 6 th –Rhode Island, 7 th Direct market sales as a percentage of all farm sales –Rhode Island, 1 st –Massachusetts, 2 nd –Connecticut, 4 th –New Hampshire, 3 rd –Vermont, 5 th –Maine, 7 th

10. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. New England States’ National Rankings Average direct market sales per farm –Connecticut, $27,072 per farm, 1 st –Massachusetts, $25,356 per farm, 2 nd –Rhode Island, $25,270 per farm, 3 rd –New Hampshire, $13,615 per farm, 5 th –Vermont, $15,541 per farm, 8th –Maine, $10,803 per farm, 12 th

11. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture.

12. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Organic Sales as Percentage of all Agricultural Sales, New England States and U. S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

13. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Percentage of Farms with Organic Sales, New England and U.S. 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

14. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Percentage of Farms with Women Principal Operators, New England States and U.S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

15. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Percentage of Farms with Agri-tourism, 2007 Source: Census of Agriculture

16. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. agriculture. Generated energy or electricity on the farm –2.0% of New England farms, 1.1 Practiced rotational or management intensive grazing –18.9% of New England farms,17.6% of U.S. farms Produced and sold value-added commodities –8.7% of New England farms, 3.6% of U.S. farms Marketed products through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) –2.3% of New England farms, 0.6% of U.S. farms Other New England and U.S comparisons Source: Census of Agriculture