PIKE COUNTY STATISTICS: 2005-2006

Last year Pike County Farmers produced:

1,954,000 Bushels of Wheat

3.12 Tons of Hay

1,701,000 Bushels of Soybeans

4,395,000 Bushel of Corn

40 acres of vegetables, sweet corn & melons

Total Crop Receipts: $13,786,000

Total Livestock Receipts: $6,265,000

288 farms in pike county 757,000Acres

Agriculture in Pike County Spends each Year:

$300,000 for propane and natural gas

$781,000 for gasoline and diesel fuel

$1,280,000 for farm mechanical repairs

$370,000 in county property taxes

$4,774,000 for fertilizer and chemicals

$1,511,000 for seed costs

$1,505,000 in interest on ag related loans

$3,200,000 for livestock feed

$250,000 for electricity

At any given time you will find in Pike County:

3,400 Beef & Dairy Cattle

6,000 Swine

136,000 Chickens & Turkeys

128 Sheep & Lambs

140 Horses & Ponies

554 Farm Pick-up & Grain Trucks

783 Tractors

203 Combines

Did you Know?

Out of every two bushels of soybeans grown in Pike County is exported overseas.

Last Year, Indiana Farmers:

Harvested 5.6 million acres of Corn

Harvested 5 million acres of soybeans

Harvested 700,000 acres of Hay

Harvested 500,000 acres of Wheat

Last year, the average starting salary of a Purdue Agriculture graduate was $30,323.

This year, there will be almost 5,000 job opportunities for college graduates in agriculture, but there will only be 2,500 people who will graduate in the U.S. with degrees from agriculture colleges.

1 acre of land is roughly the size of a football field.

1 acre will produce 36,000 pounds of potatoes.

1 acre will produce 24,000 pounds of lettuce.

1 acre will produce 14,000 pounds of sweet corn.

1 acre of wheat will produce 4,200 loaves of bread.

1 cow will produce 7 gallons of milk or 6 pounds of cheese per day.

 By the start of the 21st Century, agriculture is expected to generate 25% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product.

  The average U.S. citizen works 40 days to buy an entire year’s supply of food, where as the same citizen works 130 days to pay their yearly taxes.

ONE Pike County Farmer Feeds: 129 People in the World!

Only 1.9% of Americans live on farms. 

Percentage of income spent on Food:

9.3% - United States

11.5% - Great Britain

17% - Japan & Germany

27% - South Africa

33% - Mexico

53% - India

American Farmers Produce:

42% of the world’s supply of soybeans

34% of the world’s supply of Corn

25% of the world’s supply of Beef

20% of the world’s supply of Eggs, Grain & Milk