Agriculture

Top Livestock and Poultry (number)

Layers

Cattle and Calves       

Horses and ponies

Turkeys

Corn for grain                     

Soybeans for beans           

Forage-land * 

Wheat for grain

 

*Used for hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop.

              

    

Number of Farms 

Land In Farms (acres)

Avg. Size (acres)

               

Baltimore County Agricultural Statistics

Agriculture is defined as the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

What Is Agriculture?

640

70,419

110

               

Top Crop Items (acres)

(2012 USDA Census of Agriculture)

16,714            

12,223   

7,330

3,349   

          5,769

          4,749

          2,671

          1,411

         

         

               

            

 

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Number of Farms 

Avg. Size (acres)

Land In Farms (acres)