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Matanuska-Susitna valleys
Beef, pork, sheep, goats Carrots, potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables
Dairy Hay
Diversified livestock Greenhouse crops
  Grains
Total value of crops: $6.55 million Total value of livestock: $2.53 million
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: $9.08 million

Tanana Valley
Beef, Dairy Barley, oats
Hogs Hay, grass seed
Diversified livestock Carrots, potatoes and other vegetables
  Greenhouse crops
Total value of crops: $2.03 million Total value of livestock: $1.62 million
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: $3.65 million

Kenai Peninsula
Beef, Hay
Diversified livestock Carrots, potatoes and other vegetables
  Greenhouse crops
Total value of crops: $618,000 Total value of livestock: $206,100
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: $824,100

Southwest
Aquaculture Grasses
Reindeer Hay
Total value of crops: $22,000 Total value of livestock: $292,100
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: $314,100*

Southeast
Sheep Garden vegetables
Aquaculture Nursery/greenhouse crops
Total value of crops: Not available Total value of livestock: Not available
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: Included in SW figures*

Other areas
Aleutian Chain - Bering Sea Islands Kodiak Island
Beef, sheep, reindeer Beef
Diversified livestock Diversified Livestock
  Nursery/greenhouse crops
Seward Peninsula  
 Reindeer  
Total value of crops and livestock: included in SW figures
Total value of on-farm production in 2000: Included in SW figures*

What about above the Arctic Circle?
While there may be some raising of crops and livestock for personal use in the northern reaches of Alaska, much of the area is unpopulated or very sparsely populated, and no data is available on animals and garden crops raised strictly for personal consumption.

State Totals
Total value of crops: $9.22 million Total value of livestock: $4.65 million
Total value of on-farm production 2000: $13.87 million

Preliminary 2001 figures for cash receipts for farm marketing

Total livestock products: $31.7 million Total all crops: $20.2 million

Total cash receipts from all farm products in 2001*: $51.9 million


Statistics provided by the Alaska Agricultural Statistics Service.