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Total Land Area: 505,446 acres Farmland: 223,200 acres Timberland: 248,526 acres Number of Farms: 620 Population: 232,032 Total Employment: 173,063 jobs Total Economic Activity: $22.8 billion Top Industry Groups: Manufacturing Government-related Services Finance and Insurance Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Total Production In 2010, $106.9 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector. Agricultural Production Poultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 32.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. The second largest agricultural commodity was greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production, which contributed 18.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. The third largest was cattle, which contributed 11.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. Montgomery County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Total Impacts: $2.6 Billion and 24,575 Jobs ALABAMA COUNCIL AGRIBUSINESS Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry www.AlabamaAgImpact.com Top Agricultural Commodities Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added* (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$) Poultry & egg 34.6 174 12.6 0.6 Cattle 20.0 264 13.1 0.6 Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture 12.7 222 2.3 0.3 * Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
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Total Land Area: 505,446 acres
Farmland: 223,200 acres
Timberland: 248,526 acres
Number of Farms: 620
Population: 232,032
Total Employment: 173,063 jobs
Total Economic Activity: $22.8 billion
Top Industry Groups:
Manufacturing
Government-related Services
Finance and Insurance
Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries
Total ProductionIn 2010, $106.9 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.
Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 32.4 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The second largest agricultural commodity was greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production, which contributed 18.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The third largest was cattle, which contributed 11.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Montgomery County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $2.6 Billion and 24,575 Jobs
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
www.AlabamaAgImpact.com
Top Agricultural Commodities
Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*
(Mn$)Indirect Business
Taxes (Mn$)Poultry & egg 34.6 174 12.6 0.6
Cattle 20.0 264 13.1 0.6
Greenhouse, nursery & floriculture
12.7 222 2.3 0.3
* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 49.2 percent of the surface land area of Montgomery County. Total forestry production contributed 9.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Overall Contributions to Montgomery CountyMontgomery County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 24,575 full- and part-time jobs, representing 14.2 percent of the county’s total workforce (173,063 jobs).
The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $2.6 billion, which was 11.5 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($22.8 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $107.8 million, 17.5 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.
For more information, visit the Montgomery County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Montgomery. Look in your telephone directory under Montgomery County to find the telephone number.
Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.
June 2013, ANR-1503© 2013 by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved. www.aces.edu
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Montgomery 9.9 68 5.4 0.4
Economic ImpactsProduction (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)
Agricultural & Forestry Industries 1,502.6 8,665 560.9 26.3 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 106.9 1,199 52.2 2.8 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 1,134.8 6,011 401.5 17.8 Forest products manufacturing 261.0 1,455 107.2 5.7
Related Industries 1,118.8 15,910 637.9 81.5 Agricultural inputs & services 343.2 3,225 157.6 7.7 Food & affiliated products distribution 775.6 12,685 480.3 73.7 Total 2,621.4 24,575 1,198.8 107.8
