Commerical agriculture in arizona?

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Agriculture is a $6.3 billion industry for the state of

Arizona.

The state’s total land area in acres is 72,730,000. The

total farmland is 26,500,000 acres with irrigated

crops on 1,280,000 acres and pasture for animals on

23,680,000.

The state has the largest contiguous stand of

Ponderosa pine forest in the world.

There are 7,300 farms and ranches in Arizona with an

average size of 3,630 acres.

The top agricultural crop commodities in Arizona are

lettuce, cotton and hay. Lettuce production represents

15% of the state’s total farm receipts. Yuma, Arizona is

the winter lettuce capitol of the world. Cotton

produced 798,200 bales representing 8.2% of total

farm receipts for the state. Hay was 3.8% of farm

receipts.

The top agricultural crop exports are vegetables,

cotton, fruits and seeds.

Arizona ranks 2nd nationally in it’s production of

cantaloupe & honeydew melons, head & leaf lettuce,

spinach, broccoli and cauliflower and 5th in the

production of watermelon.

The southern half of the state is mainly desert and is

good for year round crop growth in irrigated areas.

Arizona is on the western end of the Rocky Mountain

chain and the northern half of the state is very

mountainous. Cattle and sheep are the main

agricultural commodities in this region.

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