Food
& Agriculture
•Number Employed:
39,969 (2002)
•Major Companies: Adolph Coors Co., Leprino Foods, Horizon Organic
Dairy,
Swift Co., Cargill, Longmont Foods
•Major Locations: Eastern Plains, Western Plateau, the San Luis Valley
•Agribusiness Gross Sales: $15.9 Billion*
•Farm Marketing Receipts: $4.8 Billion (2002)
•Farms and Ranches: 30,000 (2002)
•Land in Farms: 31.3 million acres (2002)
•Leading Commodities: cattle, corn, wheat, hay
•Additional Information & Statistics:
- Colorado ranks 17th in the nation for agricultural production
- Colorado is 11th in the nation for livestock production.
- Colorado ranks in the top 10 states for 16 field crops, fruits and vegetables,
including barley, beans, potatoes, sugar beets, sunflowers, wheat (winter
and spring), peaches, cantaloupe, carrots, sweet corn and spinach
* 1997 Federal Census of Agriculture
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