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| Food |
1998 Yield |
Value |
| Milk |
529 million pounds |
$87.4 million |
| Oysters (1995) |
802,000 bushels |
$49.8 million |
| Eggs |
839 million |
$41.2 million |
| Chickens |
3,959,000 chickens |
$9.1 million |
| Apples |
17 million pounds |
$5.92 million |
| Peaches |
2.3 million pounds |
$1.6 million |
| Maple Syrup |
9,000 gallons |
$370,000 |
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| Connecticut ranks 14th
in milk production per cow |
Connecticut oysters rank
first in the nation in value and 2nd
in production |
Connecticut ranks 10th
in production of maple syrup |
Source:
New England Agricultural Statistics Service: New England Agricultural
Statistics 1999, published January 2000 .
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