Utah Department of Agriculture & Food

 Mission Statement:
Protect and promote Utah agriculture and food

Core Values:             
– Employees who maintain high professional and ethical standards and take personal responsibility for their actions. 
­– Leaders who coach, motivate, and support a work environment where employees can develop and achieve their potential.
– Teamwork that expects participation from every member.
– An organizational system with clear expectations, supporting employees in accomplishing their objectives and recognizing their unique qualities.
– Technology that is innovative, current, and practical.
– A healthy working relationship with other local, state and federal government agencies and agricultural industries.
 A safe, wholesome and sustainable food supply. 

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006

 

Value of receipts
thousand $

Percent of state total
farm receipts

Percent of US value

1. Cattle and calves

412,536

33.2

0.8

2. Dairy products

217,980

17.5

0.9

3. Hogs

141,501

11.4

1.0

4. Hay

129,405

10.4

2.6

5. Greenhouse/nursery

66,100

5.3

0.4

 

All commodities

1,243,673

 

0.5

 

 

Farm income and value added data

 

2005

2006

 

Number of farms

15,200

15,100

 

 

Thousands $

       Final crop output

317,638

308,670

+     Final animal output

993,150

965,864

+     Services and forestry

348,938

367,958

=   Final agricultural sector output

1,659,726

1,642,492

 

-      Intermediate consumption outlays

829,761

912,916

+     Net government transactions

24,771

5,520

=   Gross value added

854,735

735,096

 

-      Capital consumption

202,562

221,792

 

=   Net value added

652,173

513,304

 

-    Factor payments

230,034

249,740

         Employee compensation (total hired labor)

147,023

156,210

         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords

20,808

22,962

         Real estate and nonreal estate interest

62,203

70,568

 

=   Net farm income

422,139

263,564

 


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