Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Wisconsin: Latest ag stats



The latest USDA Census of Agriculture was just released.

Wisconsin statistics:

  • # of farms in 2007: 78,463 (#9 in U.S.A.)

  • # of farms in 2002: 77,131

  • # of acres in farms 2007: 15,190,804

  • # of acres in farms 2002: 15,741,552

  • Average # of acres per farm 2007: 194

  • Average # of acres per farm 2002: 204

  • Commodities raised and delivered under production contracts (vegetables, melons and potatoes) - 527 farms (#2 in USA)

Organic agriculture:

  • 1,443 farms (#2 in USA)

  • 147,120 acres (#4 in USA)

  • $80,630,000 product sold (#4 in USA)

North American Industry Classification System:

  • Oilseed and grain farming: 13,508 farms

  • Vegetable and melon farming: 1,645 farms

  • Fruit and tree nut farming: 1,320 farms

  • Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture operation: 2,147 farms

  • Other crop farming: 22,081 farms (#5 in USA)

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming: 11,593 farms

  • Cattle feedlots: 2,485

  • Dairy cattle and milk production: 13,081 farms (#1 in USA)

  • Hog and pig farming: 989 farms

  • Poultry and egg production: 2,297 farms

  • Sheep and goat farming: 1,501 farms

  • Animal aquaculture or other animal production: 5,816 farms - including 828 farms with colonies of bees
Specific crops:
  • Asparagus - 244 acres (#6 in USA)

  • Green lima beans - 3,435 acres (#3 in USA)

  • Snap beans - 70,885 acres (#1 in USA)

  • Beets - 2,784 acres (#1 in USA)

  • Head cabbage - 5,990 acres (#6 in USA)

  • Carrots - 3,988 acres (#4 in USA)

  • Cucumbers and pickles - 6,084 acres (#8 in USA)

  • Ginseng - 554 acres (#1 in USA)

  • Peas, Chinese (sugar and snow) - 69 acres (#5 in USA)

  • Green peas (excluding Southern) - 37,405 acres (#3 in USA)

  • Potatoes - 63,933 acres (#4 in USA)

  • Pumpkins - 3,600 acres (#8 in USA)

  • Winter squash 823 acres (#8 in USA)

  • Sweet corn - 91,218 acres (#3 in USA)

  • Corn for grain - 437,174,706 bushels

  • Corn for silage or greenchop - 11,645,140 tons (#2 in USA)

  • Mint for oil, All (pounds) - 325,782 (#5 in USA)

  • Oats for grain - 11,122,339 bushels

  • Soybeans for beans - 54,701,222 bushels

  • Sunflower seed - 4,449,621 pounds

  • Apples - 6,406 acres (#7 in USA)

  • Cherries - 2,567 acres (#3 in USA)

  • Cranberries - 18,696 acres (#1 in USA)

  • Currants - 11 acres (#4 in USA)

  • Raspberries - 286 acres (#9 in USA)

  • Aquatic plants - 1,342,175 dollars in sales (#7 in USA)

  • Flower seeds - 1,718,916 dollars in sales (#4 in USA)

  • Greenhouse fruits and berries - 28,927 dollars in sales (#4 in USA)

  • Mushrooms - 2,057,661 dollars in sales (#4 in USA)

  • Maple syrup - 108,108 gallons produced (#4 in USA)

  • Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (tons, dry equivalent) - 8,528,063 (#3 in USA)

  • Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) - 3,673,619 (#6 in USA)

  • All haylage, grass silage, and greenchop - 8,446,369 green tons (#1 in USA)

  • Hay, haylage, grass silage, and greenchop - 8,528,063 dry tons (#4 in USA)

  • Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) - 7,931,573 (#1 in USA)

  • Honey - 4,167,522 pounds collected
Inputs:
  • Manure - 2,011,176 acres treated

  • Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners - 6,988,477 acres treated

  • Chemicals to control weeds, grass, or brush - 5,227,166 acres treated

  • Chemicals to control insects - 2,125,800 acres treated

  • Chemicals to control diseases in crops and orchards - 251,421 acres treated

  • Chemicals to control nematodes - 128,798 acres treated

  • Chemicals to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate - 67,308 acres treated

Impact factors: Food science journals



Food science & technology journals
ranked by 2007 impact factor:

  1. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

  2. Trends in Food Science and Technology

  3. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research (was Die Nahrung / Food)

  4. Food Chemistry

  5. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

  6. International Journal of Food Microbiology

  7. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry

  8. Food Hydrocolloids

  9. Journal of Dairy Science

  10. Food Research International

"The 2007 impact factor is calculated by taking the number of all current citations to source items published in a journal over the previous two years and dividing by the number of articles published in the journal during the same period--in other words, a ratio between citations and recent citable items published."

[Source: ScienceWatch, 2/1/09]