Agriculture & Natural Resources

Welcome to the Fulton County
Agriculture & Natural Resources Program

Greg LaBarge
Extension Educator
Agriculture & Natural Resources
labarge.1@osu.edu

Crop & Livestock Production in Fulton County

Fulton County has 260,288 total acres of which 198,000 acres are involved in farming. Fulton County is a strong agricultural county ranking 11^th in total agricultural receipts (2004) for the state of Ohio. Fulton County agriculture generates a total of $103 million in cash farm receipts with $78 million from crop enterprises and $25 million from livestock annually.  The importance of individual crops to total crop receipts are corn (6^th), soybeans (23^rd), specialty crops (11^th) and wheat (13^th) respectively with the number in parenthesis representing state ranking of the 88 counties.  Greenhouse, processing vegetable crops and nurseries make up a thriving speciality crop industry. The importance of individual livestock enterprises are hogs (6^th), dairy (32^nd) and beef (24^th) respectively.

A ten year history crop yields show the productivity of the area and it’s value in agricultural production. Records back to 1927 show how county yields have progressed for corn, soybeans and wheat.

Weather history for Fulton County from nearby weather stations

Fulton County Agricultural Statistics Profiles:

Year 2006
Year 2005
Year 2004
Year 2003
Year 2002
Year 2001
Year 2000