United States Agriculture

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Although agriculture employs a very low percentage of the working population, it is an essential sector of the American economy. Indeed, it makes the United States the strongest agricultural power in the world and plays a key role in the recovery of the country's commercial balance. The United States is, for example, the world's leading grain producer, mainly with corn and soybeans.

Farmland surface area:

the areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 179,000,000 hectares in the United States.

Number of farms:

2,087,759

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Corn	253,208,000	29,434,000	86,026
Wheat	60,512,000	21,460,000	28,198
Potatoes	23,404,000	546,98	427,877
Sorghum	11,940,000	3,125,400	38,203
Rice Paddy	8,669,000	1,232,000	70,365

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Cattle	98,048,000
Porcins	59,337,000
Ovine races	7,215,000
Horses	5,320,000
Poultry ( 1000 )	1,820,000

Number of tractors:

4,800,000

Irrigated land (surface area):

21,400,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
1,140,146 Tm	3,701,333 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

5,614,534 Tm.