In 2012, the last year for which figures are available, total value of agricultural sales in Carbon County was $9,339,000. That figure came from a county-by-county breakdown in the latest issue of the Center For Rural Pennsylvania Newsletter. The largest commodity group for Carbon was nursery and greenhouse, which surprised me, since I wasn’t aware of all that many nurseries and greenhouses.
The figure for Monroe County to our east was $10,974,000 with the largest commodity being grains. Lancaster County, of course, was first and the only county over a billion: $1,474,954,000. The main commodity was poultry and eggs.
Take a drive through Weatherly and see all the large tree growers just along the main highway. Mahoning valley has a lot of tree farms as well. Its a big industry in its self.
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