Source of data is from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Statistics Service
and the United States Department of Agriculture Statistics Service.  Data from 2007
Dorchester County Farm Profile
424 Farms
314 acres Average Farm Size
133,188 acres in Farm Land
303 Full-Time Farmers
443 Workers Employed
Livestock
 Amount
 Farms
 Value
Cattle
 255
 28
 $331,000
Broilers/Poultry
 11,207,974
 81
 $22,484,000
Sheep and Goats
 231
 8
 $23,000
Milk Cows
 0
 0
 $1,774,000
Equine
 460
 160
 $5,280,000
Source: National Ag Statistics Service USDA
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Maryland Agricultural Statistics
Crops
 Farms
 Acres
 Average Yield
 Value
Corn
 133
 33,111
 123.32 bu
 $14,677,000
Soybean
 119
 38,043
 28.24 bu
 $4,036,000
Wheat
 75
 15,446
 64.89 bu
 $8,617,000
Barley
 21
 2,118
 72.05 bu
  
Hay
 35
 1,008
 2.28 ton
  
Vegetables
 51
 8,933
   $13,367,000
Nursery, Greenhouse,
Floriculture and Sod
 12
     $1,399,000
Orchards and Berries
 5
 12
    
Source: National Ag Statistics Service USDA
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