USDA, NASS, Alabama Statistical Office 

5

 

 

 

Alabama's Rank Among States:  Crop Production, Livestock, and Poultry 2004 

Production or Number 

 

Unit Rank 

Alabama United 

States 

Percent of 

U.S. Amount 

  

Thousand 

 Catfish, annual sales 

Dollars 

2 

101,198 

480,175 

21.1 

 Broilers 1/ 

Birds 

3 1,052,000 8,740,650 12.0 

 Peanuts  

Pounds 

3 

557,200 4,261,700 13.1 

 Sweet potatoes  

Cwt. 

6 

380 

16,399 

2.3 

 Pecans, utilized production Pounds 

6 

1,100  185,800 0.6 

 Peaches, utilized production 

Pounds 9 

10,000 

1,229,800 

0.8 

 Cotton, upland 

Bales 

10 

814 

22,505 

3.6 

 Cottonseed 

Tons 

10 

293 

8,411 

3.4 

 Blueberries, utilized production 

Pounds 

11 

570 

227,570 

0.3 

 Layers, 20 weeks and older  

Birds 

13 

9,237 

344,278 

2.7 

 Eggs 

Number 

13 

2,099,000 89,131,000  2.4 

 Tomatoes, fresh market 

Cwt. 

13 

342 

36,116 

0.9 

 Watermelons, fresh market 

Cwt. 

15 

288 

36,816 

0.8 

 Beef cow inventory 

Head 

15 

724 

33,055 

2.2 

 Small Farms (sales < $10,000) 

Number 

16 

30 

1,181 

2.5 

 Sweet corn, fresh market 

Cwt. 

25

78

29,110 0.3

 Hogs and pigs  

Head 

25 

180 

60,501 

0.3 

 All cattle and calves 

Head 

26 

1,320 

95,848 

1.4 

 Honey 

Pounds 

26 

1,044 

183,582 

0.6 

 Soybeans 

Bushels 

28 

6,650 

3,140,996 

0.2 

 Hay, All 

Tons 

28 

2,295 

157,774 

1.5 

 Corn for grain 

Bushels 

29 

23,985 

11,807,217 

0.2 

 Potatoes  

Cwt. 

31 

228 

456,362 

0.1 

 Winter wheat  

Bushels 34 

2,880 

1,499,434 

0.2 

 Milk cows 

Head 

42 

16 

9,005 

0.2 

 Milk 

Pounds 

43 

245,000 170,805,000 

0.1 

1/ U.S. excludes states producing less than 500,000 birds.  

 

State Highlights for 2004-2005: 

 

●

 Total farm and forestry receipts were over $5.50 billion for the year

. 

 

●

 Cash receipts from farm commodities totaled $4.10 billion, versus $3.55 billion the previous year. 

 

●

 The top five farm commodities for cash receipts were: (1) poultry, (2) cattle and calves, (3) greenhouse, sod, and  

    nursery products, (4) cotton and (5) peanuts. Together they make up 90 percent of the total commodity receipts.

  

 

●

  Livestock and poultry accounted 82% of the cash receipts and crops the other 18%. 

 

●

 

Poultry made up 66 percent of the total cash receipts for all commodities (excluding forestry). 

 

●

 

Alabama ranked 3rd in broiler production with marketings of 1.05 billion birds. 

 

●

 

Laying flocks produced 2.10 billion eggs to rank 13th in egg production. 

 

●

 

Cattle inventory on January 1, 2005 was 1.32 million head and the state ranked 26

th

 nationally. 

 

●

 

Catfish sales amounted to $101.2 million. Alabama ranked second behind Mississippi in sales. 

 

   

 

 

 

 

●

 

Principal acreages for crops were: cotton (550,000),corn (220,000), peanuts (200,000), soybeans (210,000),  

    and wheat (120,000).  

 

●

 

Alabama ranked 3rd in peanuts and 9th in cotton production. 

 

●

 

The state was 6

th

 in pecan production and 9

th

 in peach. 

 

   

 

 

 

 

●

 

Alabama ranked 2nd in commercial forest land, with 22.9 million acres.