New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food

The mission of the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food is to promote agriculture in the public interest and to serve farmers and consumers in the marketplace. The department assures safe and healthy food supplies, provides accurate information on prices and availability of farm commodities and crops and develops markets for the state's farmers.

 

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006

 

Value of receipts
thousand $

Percent of state total
farm receipts

Percent of US value

1. Greenhouse/nursery

62,130

38.4

0.4

2. Dairy products

41,038

25.4

0.2

3. Cattle and calves

10,515

6.5

0.0

4. Apples

7,634

4.7

0.4

5. Hay

6,277

3.9

0.1

 

All commodities

161,804

 

0.1

 

Farm income and value added data

 

2005

2006

 

Number of farms

3,400

3,400

 

 

Thousands $

       Final crop output

92,229

99,300

+     Final animal output

69,102

59,352

+     Services and forestry

45,311

42,663

=   Final agricultural sector output

206,641

201,315

 

-      Intermediate consumption outlays

80,341

82,142

+     Net government transactions

-8,456

-10,336

=   Gross value added

117,844

108,837

 

-      Capital consumption

28,667

29,934

 

=   Net value added

89,177

78,903

 

-    Factor payments

34,923

36,335

         Employee compensation (total hired labor)

30,623

31,490

         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords

-3,704

-4,226

         Real estate and nonreal estate interest

8,004

9,071

 

=   Net farm income

54,254

42,568


http://agriculture.nh.gov/