Total Land Area: 497,862 acres

Farmland: 235,322 acres

Timberland: 177,677 acres

Number of Farms: 2,426

Population: 71,375

Total Employment: 34,073 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $4.2 billion

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Construction

Total ProductionIn 2010, $612.5 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionDeKalb County ranked second in the state in broiler production. Poultry and egg contributed 74.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the largest agricultural commodity.

DeKalb County also ranked second in the state in cattle production. It contributed 4.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production, making it the second largest agricultural commodity.

The third largest agricultural commodity was soybeans. It contributed 2.8 percent of the county’s total.

DeKalb County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $1.3 Billion and 10,662 Jobs

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* 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 458.7 2,223 147.6 8.0

Cattle 29.9 301 8.1 0.8

Soybeans 17.1 238 9.2 0.6

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 35.7 percent of the surface land area of DeKalb County. Total forestry production contributed 1.7 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to DeKalb CountyDeKalb County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 10,662 full- and part-time jobs, representing 31.3 percent of the county’s total workforce (34,073 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $1.3 billion, which was 31.2 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($4.2 billion). The indirect business taxes impact was $36.1 million, 30.4 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

For more information, visit the DeKalb County Extension office online at www.aces.edu/ DeKalb. Look in your telephone directory under DeKalb County to find the telephone number.

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)DeKalb 10.5 117 4.0 0.3

Economic ImpactsProduction

(Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 1,170.4 8,225 405.6 22.2Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 612.5 4,815 225.0 12.8Food & affiliated products manufacturing 456.5 2,756 141.8 7.1Forest products manufacturing 101.3 654 38.8 2.3

Related Industries 134.2 2,437 77.9 13.9Agricultural inputs & services 7.8 177 3.5 0.2Food & affiliated products distribution 126.4 2,259 74.4 13.7Total 1,304.6 10,662 483.5 36.1