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Orleans ranks 15th among counties in NYS for ag revenue

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 February 2024 at 1:06 pm

Cayuga dethrones Wyoming County as state’s top ag producer

Photo by Tom Rivers: Farm equipment heads down Route 31 in Ridgeway on Sept. 19, 2023. Agriculture is a huge economic driver in Orleans County.

Orleans County saw a big jump in farm revenue in the 2022 census, and the county’s $233.6 million puts it as the 15th-leading county in the state for ag revenue.

The county’s revenue for farm products sold totaled $233.6 million, up 50.4 percent from the $155.3 million in 2017, a growth of $78.3 million

The county’s ag bounty is only about half of the state’s top county for agricultural revenue. Cayuga tops the 62 counties at $461.9 million. Cayuga also dethroned Wyoming as the state’s agricultural king.

The ag census is done every five years. During the previous census in 2017, Wyoming was the top ag producer at $307.5 million, followed by Cayuga at $287.9 million, Genesee in third at $234.9 million, Suffolk at fourth $225.6 million and Wayne in fifth at $221.3 million.

With the new ag census, Genesee drops from third to fifth, while Wayne jumps up two spots to third place.

Overall, statewide ag revenue was $8.04 billion in 2022, up by 49.7 percent from the $5.37 billion in 2017.

The 2022 Ag Census was released on Tuesday by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Here are the ag revenues for the 62 counties in NYS:

  • Albany – $47.9 million
  • Allegany – $69.8 million
  • Bronx – D (withheld)
  • Broome – $54.1 million
  • Cattaraugus – $144.8 million
  • Cayuga – $461.9 million
  • Chautauqua – $242.0 million
  • Chemung – $34.5 million
  • Chenango – $123.0 million
  • Clinton – $325.8 million
  • Columbia – $111.2 million
  • Cortland – $108.1 million
  • Delaware – $66.8 million
  • Dutchess – $45.1 million
  • Erie – $192.0 million
  • Essex – $11.8 million
  • Franklin – $149.0 million
  • Fulton – $9.4 million
  • Genesee – $359.7 million
  • Greene – $25.0 million
  • Hamilton – D (withheld)
  • Herkimer – $93.1 million
  • Jefferson – $238.9 million
  • Kings (Brooklyn) – D (withheld)
  • Lewis – $178.6 million
  • Livingston – $288.1 million
  • Madison – $190.7 million
  • Monroe – $101.1 million
  • Montgomery – $126.1 million
  • Nassau – $8.8 million
  • New York (Manhattan) – D (withheld)
  • Niagara – $156.9 million
  • Oneida – $190.1 million
  • Onondaga – $271.5 million
  • Ontario – $293.6 million
  • Orange – $95.6 million
  • Orleans – $233.6 million
  • Oswego – $68.9 million
  • Otsego – $62.6 million
  • Putnam – $1.5 million
  • Queens – $285,000
  • Rensselaer – $61.9 million
  • Richmond (Staten Island) – $79,000
  • Rockland – $4.0 million
  • St. Lawrence – $270.4 million
  • Saratoga – $115.5 million
  • Schenectady – $6.4 million
  • Schoharie – $63.5 million
  • Schuyler – $68.1 million
  • Seneca – $110.4 million
  • Steuben – $251.8 million
  • Suffolk – $364.2 million
  • Sullivan – $37.5 million
  • Tioga – $67.0 million
  • Tompkins – $89.8 million
  • Ulster – $105.5 million
  • Warren – $2.5 million
  • Washington – $263.0 million
  • Wayne – $381.5 million
  • Westchester – $11.6 million
  • Wyoming – $421.0 million
  • Yates – $152.4 million

Note: “D” is used in the ag census for a county with few farms to avoid disclosing information on individual producers.