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Dukes County
Trends: 1974-2002
- Agriculture in Dukes County decreaseed in farm numbers, although there has been a significant increase of land in farms.
- Direct to consumer sales comprised 20 percent of total farm sales.
Farmland
- Farmland in Dukes County totals 7,826 acres on 83 farms.
- The average farm size in the county is 94 acres.
Economics & Employment
- Dukes County farms sold more than $1.4 million worth of agricultural products
in 2002.
- 214 workers are employed on 38 farms in Dukes County. 69 of those workers worked on farms 150 days or more during the year.
- Half of Dukes County farm operators report farming as their principle occupation. The remainder report principle occupations off the farm.
- The average Dukes County farmer is 52.4 years old
- The vast majority of Dukes County farms are family owned and operated, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and family-held corporations.
Crops
- The major commodity group in Dukes County is vegetables followed by greenhouse
and nursery crops.
- Other major crops include hay, silage and field seeds.
Sources: New England Agricultural Statistics, 2006; and U.S. Census of Agriculture, 2002
Compiled by: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
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