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.
Talbot County Farm Profile
305 Farms
357 acres Average Farm Size
109,002 acres in Farm Land
219 Full-Time Farmers
251 Workers employed
Crops
 Farms
 Acres
 Average Yield
 Value
Corn
 126
 37,182
 80.2 bu
 $11,490,000
Soybean
 125
 34,902
 22.3 bu
 $6,877,000
Wheat
 73
 13,558
 50.7 bu
 $3,865,000
Barley
 14
 1,709
 90.6 bu
 $317,000
Hay
 31
 1,198
 2.22 ton
 $1,900
Vegetables
 11
 1,287
   $1,097,000
Nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture and Sod
 11
     $1,417,000
Orchards and Berries
 7
 12
    
Source: National Ag Statistics Service USDA
Livestock
 Amount
 Farms
 Value
Cattle
 1,570
 28
 $331,000
Broilers/Poultry
 1,683,639
 42
 $22,484,000
Sheep and Goats
 402
 9
 $23,000
Milk Cows
 585
 7
 $1,774,000
Equine
 1,930
 700
 $8,375,000
Source: National Ag Statistics Service USDA

Talbot County Farm Expenses
Talbot Farm Expenses                                                                                      $45,698,000
Average per Farm                                                                                                  $149,830
Feed Purchased for Livestock & Poultry                                                           $11,052,000
Source: National Ag Statistics Service USDA
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