(Le Mars) — This week, March 19th-24th, is recognized as National Agriculture Week, with Agriculture Day always the first day of Spring. Agriculture serves an important role for determining the local and state’s economy. Plymouth and Sioux Counties not only are among the top five agricultural production counties within Iowa, but also rank among the top 25 counties in the nation for agricultural production.
IOWA #1
Here are a list of commodities and agricultural products which Iowa ranks first in the nation.
-All hogs and pigs inventory.
-All hogs and pigs value.
-Commercial Hog Processing.
-Pig Crop.
-Pork Export Value.
-Sows Farrowed.
-Field and Miscellaneous Crop Value.
-Corn for Grain Production.
-Egg Production.
-Harvested Acreage of Principal Crops.
-Soybean Production.
-Capacity of Commercial Grain Storage Facilities.
-On Farm Grain Storage Capacity.
-Total Grain Storage Capacity.
-Ethanol and Biodiesel Renewable Fuels Production.
Second Place Rankings
-Cash Receipts.
-Cash Rent for Cropland per Acre.
-Farm Production Expenditures.
-Red Meat Production.
-Soybean Export Value.
-Total Value of Agricultural Exports
Third Place Rankings
– Net Farm Income
– Number of Farms
– Principal Crops Total Value’
– Milk Goat Inventory
*as of June, 2016 – USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services
Many may wonder how does Plymouth and Sioux Counties compare to other Iowa counties with agricultural production? Here are the top Iowa counties with different commodities.
2017 Corn Production
- Kossuth – 63,323,000 bu.
- Pottawattamie – 46,399,000 bu.
- Sioux – 46,121,000 bu.
- Crawford – 45,273,000 bu.
- Clinton – 41,342,000 bu.
- Franklin – 41,109,000 bu.
- Benton – 41,002,000 bu.
- Plymouth – 40,715,000 bu.
- Buchanan – 40,415,000 bu.
- Hardin – 40,137,000 bu.
2017 Soybean Production
- Kossuth – 13,030,000 bu.
- Plymouth – 11,536,000 bu.
- Pottawattamie – 11,010,000 bu.
- Sioux – 9,988,000 bu.
- Woodbury – 9,876,000 bu.
- Webster – 9,152,000 bu.
- Crawford – 9,067,000 bu.
- Benton – 9,052,000 bu.
- O’Brien – 8,621,000 bu.
- Jasper 8,480,000 bu.
2017 Milk Cow Inventory
- Sioux – 26,000 hd.
- Dubuque – 19,500 hd.
- Winneshiek – 15,800 hd.
- Allamakee – 12,700 hd.
- Clayton – 11,700 hd.
- Deleware – 11,300 hd.
- Lyon – 10,200 hd.
- O’Brien – 8,700 hd.
- Fayette – 8,500 hd
- Osceloa – 5,000 hd.
2016 Fed Cattle Marketed
- Sioux – 306,700 hd.
- Lyon – 111,500 hd.
- Carroll – 88,200 hd.
- Woodbury – 58,600 hd.
- Dubuque – 54,300 hd.
- Plymouth – 51,000 hd.
- Pottawattamie – 49,000 hd.
- Deleware – 42,900 hd.
- Jackson – 40,800 hd.
- Mitchell – 40,200 hd.
2012 Hogs and Pigs Marketed
- Sioux – 3,201,399 hd.
- Washington – 2,355,836 hd.
- Lyon – 2,139,782 hd.
- Plymouth – 1,924,023 hd.
- Hamilton – 1,619,549 hd.
- Hardin – 1,451,386 hd.
- Kossuth – 1,350,407 hd.
- Buena Vista – 1,310,795 hd.
- O’Brien 1,193,027 hd.
- Carroll 1,070,438 hd.
2012 Sheep and Lambs Marketed
- Sioux – 37,139 hd.
- Plymouth – 9,847 hd.
- Lyon – 6,963 hd.
- Davis – 5,970 hd.
- Washington – 4,348 hd.
- Fayette – 4,310 hd.
- Cherokee – 4,139 hd.
- Johnson – 3,969 hd.
- O’Brien – 3,946 hd.
- Marshall – 3,868 hd.
