Top 10 Major Agricultural Products
The major agricultural products can be broadly categorised into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials. Further we can divide it into primary food crops, secondary food crops and cash crops. Primary food crops includes cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, oils, meats and spices. Fibers include cotton, wool, hemp, silk and flax.
Following is the list of agricultural products in the United States as ranked by cash receipts.
One note: One of the items on the top agriculture product list was labeled as “miscellaneous crops.” It was not specified which agricultural items were included, so for the number 10 spot on the list, we’ve added another top agri product, cotton.
Here is an overview of the 10 agriculture products that are considered major ag products in the US. They are listed in the order of how they are ranked on the USDA ERS cash receipts commodity ranking:
Cattle
Corn
Soybeans
Dairy products, milk
Broilers (poultry)
Hogs
Chicken Eggs
Wheat
Hay
Cotton