The University of Georgia
Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
U. S. Congressional District 7
2003 Farm Gate Value Report
Sue Boatright, Erin Bergstrom, and John McKissick
Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
July, 2004 (revised 11/04)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 SUMMARY ........................................................................... 1
TOTAL FARM GATE VALUE ........................................................................................................... 2
ROW & FORAGE CROPS ............................................................................................................. 3-7
Barley .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Corn .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Cotton .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Hay
.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Oats .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Other ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Peanuts ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Rye
.......................................................................................................................................... 5
Silage .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Sorghum ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Soybeans ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Straw .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Tobacco ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Wheat .......................................................................................................................................... 7
FRUITS & NUTS .......................................................................................................................... 8-10
Apples .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Blueberries ................................................................................................................................... 9
Grapes ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Other ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Peaches ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Pecans ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Strawberries ............................................................................................................................... 10
VEGETABLES GROWN ............................................................................................................ 11-14
Cantaloupe ................................................................................................................................. 12
Collards ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Irish Potatoes ............................................................................................................................ 12
Okra ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Snap Beans ............................................................................................................................... 13
Southern Peas ........................................................................................................................... 13
Sweet Corn ................................................................................................................................ 13
Tomato ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Turnip Greens ........................................................................................................................... 14
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE ............................................................................................. 15-17
Container Nursery ...................................................................................................................... 16
Field Nursery .............................................................................................................................. 16
Greenhouse ............................................................................................................................... 16
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Turfgrass .................................................................................................................................... 17
FORESTRY & PRODUCTS ....................................................................................................... 18-19
Christmas Trees ......................................................................................................................... 19
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 19
Pine Straw .................................................................................................................................. 19
Timber ........................................................................................................................................ 19
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIVESTOCK & AQUACULTURE ............................................................................................... 20-24
Beef Cattle Finished Outside County ......................................................................................... 21
Beef Cows .................................................................................................................................. 21
Beef Stockers ............................................................................................................................. 21
Catfish ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Dairy ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Goats ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Horses–Boarding, Breeding & Training ...................................................................................... 22
Horses–Raised ........................................................................................................................... 22
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Pork–Farrow to Finish ................................................................................................................ 23
Pork–Feeder .............................................................................................................................. 23
Pork–Finishing ........................................................................................................................... 23
Quail ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Sheep ........................................................................................................................................ 24
POULTRY & EGGS .................................................................................................................... 25-27
Breeder Pullet Units ................................................................................................................... 26
Hatching Layers ......................................................................................................................... 26
Table Layers .............................................................................................................................. 26
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 26
Broiler Grower ............................................................................................................................ 27
Broiler Integrator ........................................................................................................................ 27
AGRITOURISM & OTHER INCOME .......................................................................................... 28-31
Ag-Based and Nature-Based Tourism ....................................................................................... 29
Crop Insurance ........................................................................................................................... 30
Government Payments .............................................................................................................. 30
Hunting Leases–Deer ................................................................................................................ 30
Hunting Leases–Duck ................................................................................................................ 30
Hunting Leases–Turkey ............................................................................................................. 31
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 31
US Congressional District 7 2003 Farm Gate Summary
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total:
Total Farm Gate Value
$172,756,518
$72,341,512
$62,182,901
$53,356,612
$39,544,445
2003 Farm Gate Value by Category
AgriTourism & Other Inc
Vegetables
Row Crops
Forestry
Fruit/Nut
Livestock
$400,181,989
Poultry
Orn Hort
Forestry
1.6%
Fruit/Nut
0.1%
Livestock
22.7%
Orn Hort
16.2%
Poultry
56.9%
Row Crops
1.6%
Vegetables
0.2%
AgriTourism & Other Inc
0.6%
Total:
100.0%
2003 Top Ten Commodities
Layers Hatching egg
prod
Beef
Cows
Container
Nursery
Timber
US Congressional District 7
Hay
Turfgrass
Others
Broiler - Grower
Broiler - Integrator
Greenhouse
Broiler - Integrator
Horses - Boarding, training, breeding
Greenhouse
Broiler - Grower
Beef Cows
Container Nursery
Timber
Layers - Hatching egg prod
Hay
Turfgrass
Others
Total:
48.6%
18.6%
12.6%
6.7%
2.4%
1.9%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
4.8%
100.0%
Horses Boarding,
training,
breeding
1
US Congressional District 7--Total 2003 Farm Gate Value
Forestry &
Related
Products
$3,553,463
Fruits &
Nuts
Livestock &
Aquaculture
Ornamental AgriTourism &
Horticulture Other Income
Poultry &
Eggs
Row &
Forage
Vegetables
Crops
$5,091,840
$0
Total
$49,294
$20,782,730
$5,864,701
$707,873
$136,706,617
$940,000
$18,000
$15,656,348
$28,380,400
$847,034
$25,660,080
$839,650
$0
Forsyth
$81,149
$0
$11,723,310
$5,276,375
$146,652
$44,723,040
$232,375
$0
$62,182,901
Gwinnett
$334,009
$111,440
$37,968,910
$9,840,725
$636,808
$4,464,720
$0
$0
$53,356,612
Paulding
$1,620,047
$114,785
$4,747,535
$15,626,200
$220,601
$16,056,869
$344,050
$814,358
$39,544,445
Total
$6,528,669
$293,519
$90,878,833
$64,988,401
$2,558,968
$227,611,326
$6,507,915
$814,358
$400,181,989
Bartow
Cherokee
$172,756,518
$72,341,512
2
Row and Forage Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 6,507,915
2003 Row and Forage Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Straw
Wheat
Corn
Soybeans
Cotton
Silage
Barley
0.0%
Corn
10.0%
Cotton
8.4%
Hay
60.1%
Oats
0.0%
Other
0.0%
Peanuts
0.0%
Rye
0.0%
Silage
4.7%
Sorghum
0.0%
Soybeans 10.1%
Straw
3.7%
Tobacco
0.0%
Wheat
2.9%
Total:
100.0%
Hay
3
Barley
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Cotton
Acres
Yield
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$135,886
State Total:
Acres
987
Yield
781
Price
$0.71
987
$549,614
$0
$0
$0
$0
$549,614
$804,350,843
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Rest of GA
Corn
Hay
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
1,622
Yield
129
Price
$2.75
125
100
$2.75
200
1,947
80
$2.75
Farm Gate
Value
$575,405
$0
$34,375
$0
$44,000
$653,780
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$115,988,586
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
Acres
16,500
4,000
1,800
Yield
3.0
3.0
2.0
Price
$55.00
$55.00
$55.00
2,200
24,500
2.0
$55.00
Farm Gate
Value
$2,722,500
$748,000
$198,000
$0
$242,000
$3,910,500
$136,971,313
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.6%
Rest of GA 99.4%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
District 7
2.9%
Rest of GA 97.1%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
4
Oats
Peanuts
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
Yield
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$10,915,237
State Total:
Acres
Yield
Price
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$364,846,048
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Rest of
GA
Other
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Farm Gate
Value
Rye
Farm Gate
Value
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
Yield
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$19,311,541
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
5
Silage
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Soybeans
Acres
300
235
Yield
17.0
13.0
Price
$30.00
$30.00
215
750
9.0
$30.00
Farm Gate
Value
$153,000
$91,650
$0
$0
$58,050
$302,700
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$28,043,879
State Total:
Acres
2,797
Yield
33
Price
$7.15
2,797
$47,539,011
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
District 7
1.1%
Rest of GA 98.9%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
1.4%
Rest of GA 98.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Sorghum
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$659,952
$0
$0
$0
$0
$659,952
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
Straw
Acres
Yield
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$5,324,811
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Acres
1,600
Yield
75
1,600
Price
$2.00
Farm Gate
Value
$240,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$240,000
$23,764,293
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
1.0%
Rest of GA 99.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
6
Tobacco
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
Yield
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$116,501,147
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Wheat
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
1,342
Yield
46
1,342
Price
$3.10
Farm Gate
Value
$191,369
$0
$0
$0
$0
$191,369
$44,239,599
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.4%
Rest of GA 99.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
7
Fruit and Nut Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 293,519
2003 Fruit and Nut Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Apples
Strawberries
Blueberries
Apples
22.1%
Blueberries
25.9%
Grapes
5.9%
Other
0.0%
Peaches
6.2%
Pecans
1.8%
Strawberries 38.0%
Total:
100.0%
Pecans
Peaches
Grapes
8
Apples
Grapes
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
2
Total
Farm Gate Value
$6,960
25
$0
$0
$0
$58,000
27
$64,960
$5,805,792
State Total:
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
Total
8
$17,280
$6,355,525
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
8
Farm Gate Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$17,280
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
District 7
District 7
1.1%
Rest of GA 98.9%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
0.3%
Rest of GA 99.7%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Blueberries
Other
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
10
9
Total
Farm Gate Value
$37,000
$18,000
6
$0
$0
$21,120
25
$76,120
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Farm Gate Value
Total
$26,697,575
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.3%
Rest of GA 99.7%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
9
Peaches
Strawberries
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
2
Total
Farm Gate Value
$5,334
7
$0
$0
$0
$12,985
9
$18,319
$48,366,895
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
4
Farm Gate Value
$0
$0
$0
$111,440
$0
Total
4
$111,440
$3,839,020
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District
7
District 7
0.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
2.9%
Rest of GA 97.1%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Pecans
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
Total
6
Farm Gate Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$5,400
6
$5,400
$69,246,230
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
10
Vegetable Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 814,358
2003 Vegetable Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Turnip Greens
Cantaloupe
Collards
Tomato
Irish Potatoes
Cantaloupe
Collards
Irish Potatoes
Okra
Snap Beans
Southern Peas
Sweet Corn
Tomato
Turnip Greens
Total:
1.8%
4.7%
27.6%
0.7%
4.3%
1.3%
30.6%
26.4%
2.7%
100.0%
Okra
Snap Beans
Southern Peas
Sweet Corn
11
Cantaloupe
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
5
5
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$14,375
$14,375
Irish Potatoes
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$37,944,095
State Total:
8
8
$225,000
$1,457,408
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$225,000
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
District 7
0.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
15.4%
Rest of GA 84.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Collards
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
20
20
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$38,040
$38,040
Okra
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$33,043,253
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
6
6
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$5,587
$5,587
$1,313,286
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
District 7
0.4%
Rest of GA 99.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
12
Snap Beans
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
30
30
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$35,082
$35,082
Sweet Corn
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$60,630,143
State Total:
200
200
$249,280
$77,607,620
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$249,280
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
0.3%
Rest of GA 99.7%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Southern Peas
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
18
18
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$10,350
$10,350
Tomato
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$7,748,908
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
55
55
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$214,913
$214,913
$122,159,355
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
District 7
0.2%
Rest of GA 99.8%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
13
Turnip Greens
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
35
35
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$21,732
$21,732
$17,562,373
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District
7
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
14
Ornamental Horticulture
Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 64,988,401
2003 Ornamental Horticulture Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Turfgrass
Container Nursery
Field Nursery
Container Nursery 11.9%
Field Nursery
4.8%
Greenhouse
77.6%
Other
0.0%
Turfgrass
5.7%
Total:
100.0%
Greenhouse
15
Container Nursery
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
5
20
45
65
48
Greenhouse
Price
$42,250
$42,250
$42,250
$42,250
$42,250
183
Farm Gate
Value
$211,250
$845,000
$1,901,250
$2,746,250
$2,028,000
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
$7,731,750
Total
$171,569,313
State Total:
Sq Ft
Price
30,000
1,454,000
200,000
500,000
1,000,000
$13.50
$18.60
$13.50
$13.50
$13.50
$50,399,400
3,184,000
$252,070,467
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
$405,000
$27,044,400
$2,700,000
$6,750,000
$13,500,000
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
District
7
District 7
4.5%
Rest of GA 95.5%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
20.0%
Rest of GA 80.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Field Nursery
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Other
Acres
150
40
55
2
8
255
Price
$12,275
$12,275
$12,275
$12,275
$12,275
Farm Gate
Value
$1,841,250
$491,000
$675,125
$24,550
$98,200
$3,130,125
County
Acres
Price
Farm Gate
Value
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$71,747,375
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District
7
District 7
4.4%
Rest of GA 95.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
16
Turfgrass
County
Acres
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Harvest
Rate Price
1,065
0.67
$4,775
100
0.67
$4,775
1,165
Farm Gate
Value
$3,407,201
$0
$0
$319,925
$0
$3,727,126
$151,078,503
State Total:
Congressional District as % of Georgia
District 7
District 7
2.5%
Rest of GA 97.5%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Prepared by: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
17
Forestry Products Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 6,528,669
2003 Forestry Products Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Christmas Trees
Christmas Trees
8.6%
Other
0.0%
Pine Straw
0.0%
Timber
91.4%
Total:
100.0%
Timber
18
Christmas Trees
Acres
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
50
6
10
60
5
Total
Harvest
Rate
0.25
1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
131
Pine Straw
Farm Gate
Value
$15,000 $187,500
$15,000
$90,000
$15,000
$37,500
$15,000 $225,000
$15,000
$18,750
Price
$558,750
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
5.6%
Rest of GA 94.4%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Other
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,023,240
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
County
Bartow
Price
Total
$9,996,250
State Total:
Acres
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Timber
Farm Gate
Value
Farm Gate
Value
$3,365,963
$850,000
$43,649
$109,009
$1,601,297
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
$5,969,919
Total
$547,412,058
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
1.1%
Rest of GA 98.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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Livestock and Aquaculture
Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 90,878,833
2003 Livestock and Aquaculture Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Sheep
Beef
Catfish
Dairy
Goats
Beef
13.3%
Catfish
0.0%
Dairy
2.0%
Goats
0.2%
Horses 84.4%
Other
0.0%
Pork
0.0%
Quail
0.0%
Sheep
0.0%
Total:
100.0%
Horses
20
Beef Cattle Finished Outside Co
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
1,000
Total
1,000
Prod/
Head
500
Beef Stockers
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0.84
$420,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$420,000
$13,411,020
State Total:
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
8,000
Prod/
Head
300
1,000
300
Total
9,000
$0.78 $1,872,000
$0
$0.78 $234,000
$0
$0
$2,106,000
$73,437,066
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Price Value
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District
7
District 7
District 7
3.1%
Rest of GA 96.9%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
2.9%
Rest of GA 97.1%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Beef Cows
Catfish
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
12,000
3,500
6,000
3,500
3,000
28,000
Total
Prod/
Head
373.5
373.5
373.5
373.5
373.5
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0.91
$0.91
$0.91
$0.91
$0.91
$4,078,620
$1,189,598
$2,039,310
$1,189,598
$1,019,655
$9,516,780
$281,646,725
State Total:
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
7 2,000
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
3.4%
Rest of GA 96.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
$15,680
$6,243,911
State Total:
District 7
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1.12
$15,680
7
Total
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Prod/
Head
District 7
0.3%
Rest of GA 99.7%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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Dairy
Horses - Boarding, training, breeding
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
$0.15
$0.15
300 17,000
$0.15
701
Total
Farm Gate
Price Value
Prod/
Head Head
276 17,028
125 22,000
$690,860
$404,250
$0
$0
$749,700
$1,844,810
$240,314,453
State Total:
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
3,500
4,000
2,700
10,499
600
Farm Gate
Price Value
Prod/
Head
$3,500 $12,250,000
$3,500 $14,000,000
$3,500 $9,450,000
$3,500 $36,746,500
$3,500 $2,100,000
21,299
Total
$74,546,500
$285,204,500
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
District 7
0.8%
Rest of GA 99.2%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
26.1%
Rest of GA 73.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Goats
Horses - Raised
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
1,000
1,000
525
650
Farm Gate
Prod/
Head Price Value
1.25 $50.00
$62,500
1.25 $50.00
$62,500
$0
1.25 $50.00
$32,813
1.25 $50.00
$40,625
Total
3,175
$198,438
$7,820,750
State Total:
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
700
400
$2,000 $1,400,000
$0
$0
$0
$2,000 $800,000
Total
1,100
$2,200,000
$91,048,000
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
2.5%
Rest of GA 97.5%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
District 7
2.4%
Rest of GA 97.6%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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Other
Pork - Feeder pigs
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
Total
$23,772,398
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Pork - Finishing only
Pork - Farrow to finish
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
#
County Houses
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
Total
$30,042,110
State Total:
$25,593,602
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Rest of GA
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Quail
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Head
Prod/
Head
Farm Gate
Price Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$14,776,630
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of
GA
Sheep
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
250
Farm Gate
Prod/
Head Price Value
1.25 $70.00
$8,750
$0
$0
$0
1.25 $70.00
$21,875
350
$30,625
Head
100
Total
$500,800
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
6.1%
Rest of GA 93.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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Poultry and Egg Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$ 227,611,326
2003 Poultry and Egg Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Hatch Layers
Breeder Pullet Unit
Breeder Pullet Unit
1.0%
Broilers
97.2%
Hatch Layers
1.8%
Table Layers
0.0%
Other
0.0%
Total:
100.0%
Broilers
25
Breeder Pullet Unit
Farm Gate
Value
County No. Houses Capacity Price
Bartow
$0
Cherokee
5 6,000
$12.00
$360,000
Forsyth
4 39,800
$12.00 $1,910,400
Gwinnett
$0
Paulding
$0
Total
9
$2,270,400
$117,642,000
State Total:
Table Layers
County No. Houses Capacity Price
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$173,958,638
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
1.9%
Rest of GA 98.1%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Rest of GA
Hatching Layers
Farm Gate
Value
County No. Houses Capacity Price
Bartow
8 10,000
$30.16 $2,412,800
Cherokee
$0
Forsyth
8 7,200
$30.16 $1,737,216
Gwinnett
$0
Paulding
$0
Total
16
$4,150,016
Other
County No. Houses Capacity Price
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Farm Gate
Value
$308,999,153
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
1.3%
Rest of GA 98.7%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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Broiler - Grower
County No. Houses
460
Bartow
130
Cherokee
160
Forsyth
15
Gwinnett
55
Paulding
Total
820
Farm Gate
Value
Capacity Price
26,000
$0.05 $16,216,612
17,000
$0.05 $3,055,104
19,500
$0.05 $4,960,051
26,000
$0.05
$539,136
26,000
$0.05 $1,938,943
$26,709,846
$403,821,840
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
6.6%
Rest of GA 93.4%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
Broiler - Integrator
County No. Houses
460
Bartow
130
Cherokee
160
Forsyth
15
Gwinnett
55
Paulding
Total
820
Farm Gate
Value
Capacity Price
26,000
$0.35 118,077,205
17,000
$0.35 $22,244,976
19,500
$0.35 $36,115,373
26,000
$0.35 $3,925,584
26,000
$0.35 $14,117,927
$194,481,064
$2,940,742,979
State Total:
Congressional District as % of
Georgia
District 7
District 7
6.6%
Rest of GA 93.4%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
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-Ag-Based Tourism, Nature-Based Tourism,
and Other Income-
Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
$2,558,968
AgriTourism and Other Income
2003 Farm Gate Value
US Congressional District 7
Hunting LeasesDeer
3.13%
Hunting LeasesDuck & Turkey
0.05%
AgriTourism
31.78%
Government
Payments
40.66%
Crop Insurance
0.53%
Other
23.85%
28
Ag-Based and Nature-Based Tourism
County
Ag-Based
BARTOW
CHEROKEE
FORSYTH
GWINNETT
PAULDING
Total
NatureBased
Total Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$7,500
$720,000
$0
$0
$7,500
$720,000
$0
$0
$8,000
$8,000
$77,800
$805,300
$85,800
$813,300
$62,874,618
State Total
Congressional District
as a % of Georgia
District
7
1.3%
Rest of
GA
98.7%
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Crop Insurance
Hunting Leases - Deer
Farm Gate
Value
$13,518
$0
$0
$0
$0
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
$13,518
Total
$43,069,079
State Total:
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
Price
10,000
$8.00
10,000
Total
$80,000
$70,749,506
State Total:
Congressional District as %
of Georgia
Congressional District as %
of Georgia
District 7
0.03%
District 7
0.11%
District 7
0.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
District 7
0.1%
Rest of GA 99.9%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
99.97%
Rest of GA
99.89%
Government Payments
Hunting Leases - Duck
Farm Gate
Value
$686,855
$127,034
$146,652
$26,433
$53,601
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
$1,040,575
Total
$542,774,168
State Total:
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$80,000
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
Price
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$1,167,130
State Total:
Congressional District as %
of Georgia
Congressional District as %
of Georgia
District 7
0.19%
District 7
0.2%
Rest of GA 99.8%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
99.81%
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Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
100.00%
30
Hunting Leases - Turkey
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Acres
Price
600
$2.00
600
Total
Farm Gate
Value
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,200
$1,200
$4,619,680
State Total:
Congressional District as %
of Georgia
District 7
0.03%
District 7
0.0%
Rest of GA 100.0%
Total:
100.0%
Rest of GA
99.97%
Other
County
Bartow
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Paulding
Total
Acres
Farm Gate
Value
$610,375
$610,375
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Center for Agribusiness
and Economic Development
The Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development is a unit of the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Georgia, combining the
missions of research and extension. The Center has among its objectives:
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To provide feasibility and other short term studies for current or potential
Georgia agribusiness firms and/or emerging food and fiber industries.
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To provide agricultural, natural resource, and demographic data for private and
public decision makers.
To find out more, visit our Web site at: http://www.caed.uga.edu/
Or contact:
John McKissick, Coordinator
Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
Lumpkin House
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7509
Phone (706)542-0760
caed@agecon.uga.edu
The University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University, and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and counties of the state cooperating. The Cooperative Extension Service offers
educational programs, assistance and materials to all people without regard to race, color,
national origin, age, sex or disability.
An equal opportunity/affirmative action organization committed to a diverse work force.
July, 2004 (revised 11/04)
Issued in furtherance of Cooperation Extension Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, the University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Cooperating.
Gale Buchanan, Dean and Director