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Click here for Georgia 2017 Census of Agriculture State and County Profiles featuring land, sales, and demographic highlights and much more.
Nov 3, 2023 · In 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Georgia farmers spent $7.1 billion to grow their crops. The average Georgia farm is 235 acres. In 2022, farmers saw a record increase in diesel fuel. Farmers need workers, seed, fertilizer and pesticide.
- Early History
- “King Cotton”
- Farm Population
WhenGeneral James E. Oglethorpeled the first settlement of English colonists at Savannahin 1733, one of their goals was to find crops that could be profitably grown and exported to England. Oglethorpe sought the advice and counsel of Tomochichi, leader of the Yamacraw people, who were skilled in hunting, fishing, and cultivating maize (corn), beans...
Cotton and tobacco became the major crops in Georgia after American independence because the loss of British markets and subsidies undercut other lucrative crops like indigo. Initially, cotton was limited to Georgia’s sea islands, but the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 near Savannah revolutionized the cotton industry. Short-stap...
Georgia remained an agrarian state until after World War II (1941-45). The rural population did not decrease much between 1920, when there were 2.1 million rural people and 310,000 farms, and 1960, when there were still 1.98 million rural residents. Over time, though, the proportion of the population living in rural areas decreased from about 85 pe...
May 20, 2024 · However, there are still more than 9.9 million acres of farm land in Georgia, and the state’s average farm size is 253 acres. The market value of crops grown in Georgia, including nursery and greenhouse crops, totaled more than $4.3 billion in 2022.
The 2022 Ag Snapshots report on Georgia’s agricultural economy is based on the 2020 Georgia Farm Gate Value Report, an annual, county-level economic valuation for all food and fiber production in the state. Together these commodities directly represent a value of over $12.2 billion to the Georgia economy. Beyond their farm gate values, these ...
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Georgia Field Office (Part of the Southern Regional Field Office) County Estimates. The Georgia Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collects and publishes data about all aspects of Georgia agriculture.
In 2020, there were 42,439 farms in Georgia encompassing 9,953,730 acres of land. The average farm size was 235 acres. Georgia is blessed with a climate that allows tremendous opportunities for farmers. Virtually any crop or animal can be grown successfully somewhere within the state.
