Total Land Area: 387,104 acres

Farmland: 84,822 acres

Timberland: 318,065 acres

Number of Farms: 422

Population: 14,311

Total Employment: 5,363 jobs

Total Economic Activity: $690.4 million

Top Industry Groups:

Manufacturing

Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Industries

Finance and Insurance

Total ProductionIn 2010, $55.5 million was generated through the county’s agricultural and forestry production sector.

Agricultural ProductionCattle ranching and farming was the largest agricultural commodity, contributing 6.3 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The second largest was dairy cattle and milk production, which contributed 1.6 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

The third largest was vegetable and melon farming, which contributed 1.5 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Lamar County Agriculture, Forestry, and Related IndustriesTotal Impacts: $154.2 Million and 1,725 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$)

Cattle 3.5 107 0.9 0.1

Dairy cattle & milk 0.9 26 0.4 0.0

Vegetables & melons 0.8 16 0.4 0.0

Forestry ProductionTimberland accounted for 82.2 percent of the surface land area of Lamar County. Total forestry production contributed 52.9 percent of the county’s total agricultural and forestry production.

Overall Contributions to Lamar CountyLamar County’s agricultural, forestry, and related industries generated 1,725 full- and part-time jobs, representing 32.2 percent of the county’s total workforce (5,363 jobs).

The total impact of agriculture, forestry, and related industries was $154.2 million, which was 22.3 percent of the county’s total economic activity ($690.4 million). The indirect business taxes impact was $5.9 million, 29.9 percent of the county’s total indirect business taxes.

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

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Forestry IndustryCounty Production (Mn$) Jobs Value Added (Mn$) Indirect Business Taxes (Mn$)Lamar 29.3 297 12.7 0.9

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

Agricultural & Forestry Industries 133.2 1,305 51.9 3.5 Crop, livestock, forestry & fisheries production 55.5 741 20.8 1.5 Food & affiliated products manufacturing 0.2 2 0.0 0.0 Forest products manufacturing 77.6 563 31.0 2.0

Related Industries 21.0 420 11.7 2.4 Agricultural inputs & services 2.5 59 1.0 0.1 Food & affiliated products distribution 18.5 360 10.7 2.3 Total 154.2 1,725 63.6 5.9