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Vital statistics
Compiled by Jennifer Doup
How did Indiana compare to the rest of the states in U.S. agricultural production in 2000? According to the Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service located at Purdue, the Hoosier state ranked:
1. Duck (egg-type chicks hatched)
2. Popcorn, tomatoes for processing, ice cream production
4. Soybeans, peppermint
5. Corn for grain, hogs, cantaloupes, spearmint, total eggs produced
6. Chickens (excluding broilers)
7. Watermelon, turkeys, snap beans and cucumbers for processing
8. Blueberries, pig crop
11. Tobacco
15. Sweet corn, milk cows
16. Winter wheat
17. Milk production
18. Cattle on feed
20. Oats
Farmland: 15.5 million acres
Farms: 64,000
Average farm size: 242 acres
Average land value: $2,210/acre
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