Today is National Agriculture Day
Today is National Agriculture Day. 🐮 🚜 🐷
Here is a list of the 20 towns that have most land used for agriculture in the state (based on the 2016 NLCD).
County | Town | Acres Hay/Pasture | Acres Cultivated | Total Farmland |
St. Lawrence | Lisbon town | 17,160 | 11,300 | 28,460 |
Seneca | Fayette town | 2,157 | 25,908 | 28,065 |
Schuyler | Hector town | 20,397 | 7,392 | 27,788 |
Niagara | Royalton town | 11,225 | 15,678 | 26,903 |
Ontario | Phelps town | 3,879 | 22,075 | 25,954 |
Jefferson | Clayton town | 23,908 | 1,989 | 25,898 |
Jefferson | Ellisburg town | 7,276 | 18,052 | 25,328 |
Orleans | Seneca town | 1,337 | 22,786 | 24,123 |
Livingston | York town | 2,833 | 20,881 | 23,714 |
Jefferson | Cape Vincent town | 17,207 | 5,512 | 22,719 |
Jefferson | Lyme town | 19,945 | 2,251 | 22,197 |
Ontario | Gorham town | 3,210 | 18,652 | 21,862 |
Jefferson | Brownville town | 20,654 | 989 | 21,642 |
Tompkins | Lansing town | 9,908 | 11,549 | 21,457 |
St. Lawrence | Canton town | 17,080 | 4,322 | 21,402 |
Jefferson | Orleans town | 20,435 | 870 | 21,305 |
Montgomery | Minden town | 14,737 | 6,303 | 21,040 |
Orleans | Barre town | 2,097 | 18,744 | 20,841 |
Ontario | Canandaigua town | 8,514 | 12,297 | 20,810 |
Niagara | Wilson town | 3,947 | 16,724 | 20,671 |