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

Map: Land Resource Regions (Agriculture)
Map: Major Land Resource Regions
Map: Major Land Resource Regions with Major Dense Cities Overlayed
SVGZ Graphic: 2012 Plant Hardiness Zones in NYS
SVGZ Graphic: Agricultural Land Cover by NYS Watershed Subregion
SVGZ Graphic: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
SVGZ Graphic: Change in Agricultural Land Use, 2001-2019
SVGZ Graphic: Change in Plant Hardiness Zones, 2012 to 2023 in New York State
SVGZ Graphic: How Much of a State's Land is Farmed?
SVGZ Graphic: Plant Hardiness Zones 2023
SVGZ Graphic: Square Miles, Cultivated Crops
SVGZ Graphic: US Turkey Production
Thematic Map: 2020 Major Farm Crops Grown in New York
Thematic Map: 2022 Lands Planted with Corn in NYS
Thematic Map: Agriculture in New England
Thematic Map: Agriculture in New York
Thematic Map: Farm Land by New York State County in 2021
Thematic Map: Farmland in NY
Thematic Map: Forest Cover of Moose River Plains
Thematic Map: Most Agricultural Town in New York State
Thematic Map: Pasture and Haylands of New York
Thematic Map: Percent of Town Landmass Used for Agriculture
Thematic Map: Percent of Town Landmass Used for Crops
Thematic Map: The Barns of Schoharie County
Thematic Map: The fertile lands of the Black River Valley are Surounded by Tug Hill and Adirondacks
Thematic Map: Town Landmass Used for Pasture and Hay

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