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Our nation's agricultural economy is diverse, and farming practices have beneficial and adverse impacts on our land, air and water. We collaborate with a broad set of federal, state, local, and non-government partners to protect, maintain and improve the quality of our land, air and water.

Agriculture in our region is highly diverse, ranging from large dairies in upstate New York and cranberry bogs in New Jersey to poultry operations in Puerto Rico and small sugar cane farms in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Some statistics compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2002 Census of Agriculture highlight the wide range of agriculture in Region 2 as well as it’s importance to the economy of the region.

As recently as 2002, the Region had 65,029 farms on more than 9 million acres of land.
The combined crop and livestock sales in 2002 grossed nearly $4.5 billion.

	# of Farms	Acres of Farms	Market Value of Products Sold	Average Sales/ Farm
New York	37,255	7,660,969	$3,117,834,000	$83,689
New Jersey	9,924	805,682	$749,872,000	$75,560
Puerto Rico	17,659	690,687	$581,544,000	$32,930
Virgin Islands	191	9,168	$3,018,665	$15,806

EPA Region 2 encompasses the states of New York and New Jersey, the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and 7 federally recognized Indian Nations.

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