Agriculture and Natural Resources

Last modified 2007-11-27 10:25

Jerry Mahan, Director

Ext. Educator, Agr/CD

mahan.2@osu.edu

Sue Stormont

Office Associate

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Currently the county has over 168,500 acres in roughly 820 farms. This accounts for 62% of the Greene County land area. Average farm size is 206 acres.

Major crop include corn (54,000 acres), soybeans (68,610 acres), wheat (2,989 acres), hay (8,087 acres), pasture (6,400 acres), vegetables (681 acres), and woods (10,000 acres.)
Farms with livestock continue to decline with fewer livestock being raised. Those farms with livestock include cattle (218-6,998 head), hogs (35-13,258 head), sheep (48-2036 head), and horses (249 farms with 1,636 head.)
Other effects of an urbanizing county include more acreage devoted to fruits and vegetables and the subsequent flourishing of farmers’ markets.
Greene County has a large area of very productive soils with corn yields averaging 146.5 bushels per acre, soybeans averaging 50.2 bushels per acre, and wheat averaging 69.5 bushels per acre.*

*All figures taken from 2005 Census of Agriculture and 2005 Ohio Report of Agriculture Statistics.

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