News Release
USDA Economic Research Service Cash Receipt Data Reveals Virginia’s Top Ag Products for 2024
Richmond, Va. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service has released cash receipt data for calendar year 2024. This data is a primary tool for identifying which agricultural products are driving economic trends and production value in the Commonwealth. Total cash receipts for Virginia agricultural commodities in 2024 were $4,552,075,000, which includes $2,983,928,000 in animals and animal products, and $1,568,147,000 in crops.
“Agriculture continues to be a strong economic driver for the Commonwealth, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Virginia farmers,” said Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “The variety of commodities in which the Commonwealth ranks nationally demonstrates the breadth of Virginia’s agricultural diversity.”
Virginia’s top seven commodities for 2024 as determined by cash receipts are broilers (chicken for meat); cattle and calves; miscellaneous crops (includes most Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), nurseries, tomatoes, and potatoes, among others); dairy products – milk; soybeans; turkeys; and corn. When ranking states by commodity cash receipts, Virginia is third nationally in tobacco; fifth in apples; sixth in turkeys; eighth in peanuts; ninth in trout; and tenth in pumpkins and other animals and products.
Virginia’s Top 20 Agricultural Commodities for Calendar Year 2024
Ranked by cash receipt value rounded to the nearest thousand
| 1 | Broilers | $1,254,235,000 |
| 2 | Cattle and calves | $712,285,000 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous crops | $483,285,000 |
| 4 | Dairy products, Milk | $363,132,000 |
| 5 | Soybeans | $260,192,000 |
| 6 | Turkeys | $241,191,000 |
| 7 | Corn | $227,193,000 |
| 8 | All other animals and products | $222,960,000 |
| 9 | Hay | $160,627,000 |
| 10 | Chicken eggs | $146,011,000 |
| 11 | Floriculture | $132,911,000 |
| 12 | Cotton lint, Upland | $67,703,000 |
| 13 | Apples | $64,042,000 |
| 14 | Tobacco | $63,119,000 |
| 15 | Wheat | $42,264,000 |
| 16 | Hogs | $39,749,000 |
| 17 | Peanuts | $37,408,000 |
| 18 | Pumpkins | $14,681,000 |
| 19 | Cottonseed | $12,440,000 |
| 20 | Trout | $2,637,000 |
