Talladega County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries · Talladega County’s...
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Total Land Area: 473,299 acres Farmland: 118,750 acres Timberland: 310,448 acres Number of Farms: 625 Population: 81,664 Total Employment: 34,132 jobs Total Economic Activity: $8.3 billion Top Industry Groups: Manufacturing Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Government-related Services Total Production In 2010, $82.1 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector. Agricultural Production Poultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 53.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. The second largest was cattle, which contributed 9.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. The third largest was corn, which contributed 7.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production. Talladega County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries Total Impacts: $1.2 Billion and 8,474 Jobs ALABAMA COUNCIL AGRIBUSINESS Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry www.AlabamaAgImpact.com * Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution. Top Agricultural Commodities Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added* (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$) Poultry & egg 44.1 230 13.5 0.7 Cattle 7.6 121 2.0 0.2 Corn 6.3 176 2.6 0.1
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Total Land Area: 473,299 acres
Farmland: 118,750 acres
Timberland: 310,448 acres
Number of Farms: 625
Population: 81,664
Total Employment: 34,132 jobs
Total Economic Activity: $8.3 billion
Top Industry Groups:
Manufacturing
Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries
Government-related Services
Total ProductionIn 2010, $82.1 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.
Agricultural ProductionPoultry and egg production was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 53.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The second largest was cattle, which contributed 9.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
The third largest was corn, which contributed 7.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Talladega County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.2 Billion and 8,474 Jobs
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
www.AlabamaAgImpact.com
* Value Added is the value that is added to a product at the stage of its manufacture or distribution.
Top Agricultural Commodities
Commodity Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added*
(Mn$)Indirect Business
Taxes (Mn$)Poultry & egg 44.1 230 13.5 0.7
Cattle 7.6 121 2.0 0.2
Corn 6.3 176 2.6 0.1
Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 65.6 percent of the surface land area of Talladega County. Total forestry production contributed 0.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.
Overall Contributions to Talladega CountyTalladega County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 8,474 full- and part-time jobs, representing 24.8 percent of the county’s total workforce (34,132 jobs).
The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.2 billion, which was 15.0 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($8.3 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $40.7 million, 28.5 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.
For more information, visit the Talladega County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ Talladega. Look in your telephone directory under Talladega County to find the telephone number.
Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.
June 2013, ANR-1531© 2013 by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved. www.aces.edu
ALABAMA
COUNCILAGRIBUSINESS
Promoting and Developing Alabama’s #1 Industry
Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Talladega 0.4 4 0.2 0.0
Economic ImpactsProduction (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)
Agricultural & Forestry Industries 863.7 4,905 367.3 21.4 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 82.1 1,315 29.0 2.1 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 129.8 582 37.6 1.6 Forest products manufacturing 651.7 3,008 300.7 17.8
Related Industries 379.0 3,569 152.3 19.3 Agricultural inputs & services 241.1 1,120 70.7 4.8 Food & affiliated products distribution 137.9 2,449 81.6 14.5 Total 1,242.7 8,474 519.6 40.7
