Top Agricultural Commodities

Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*

(Mn$)Indirect Business Taxes

(Mn$)Poultry & egg 100.2 510 30.4 1.5

Soybeans 33.3 563 17.0 1.1

Cattle 17.3 216 4.3 0.4

Total Land Area: 690,394 acres

Farmland: 242,157 acres

Timberland: 429,231 acres

Number of Farms: 1,523

Population: 53,291

Total Employment: 23,714 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $3.3 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Government-related Services

Total ProductionIn 2010, $203.7 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 49.2 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Jackson County ranked second in the state in soybean production. It contributed 16.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest was cattle, which contributed 8.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Jackson County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $868.5 Million and 7,168 Jobs

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* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 62.2 percent of the surface land area of Jackson County. Total forestry production contributed 6.6 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Jackson CountyJackson County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 7,168 full- and part-time jobs, representing 30.2 percent of the county’s total workforce (23,714 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $868.5 million, which was 26.1 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($3.3 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $29.1 million, 32.0 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

For more information, visit the Jackson County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Jackson. Look in your telephone directory under Jackson County to find the telephone number.

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Forestry Industry County Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Jackson 13.4 127 6.1 0.4

Economic ImpactsProduction

(Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 759.9 5,202 311.2 18.7Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 203.7 2,236 75.5 4.3Food & affiliated products manufacturing 2.3 18 0.4 0.1Forest products manufacturing 553.9 2,948 235.2 14.3

Related Industries 108.6 1,967 62.6 10.4Agricultural inputs & services 13.9 319 5.8 0.3Food & affiliated products distribution 94.7 1,648 56.8 10.1Total 868.5 7,168 373.8 29.1