Alaska         : Leading commdities for cash receipts, 2008
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R                                                       Percent                          Percent          Value
a             Item                        Value of      of total       Cumulative        of U.S.          of U.S.
n                                         receipts      receipts       percent 1/        value 2/        receipts
k
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                                       1,000 dollars   ----------      Percent          ----------       1,000 dollars

     All commodities                       31,241        100.0             --               0.0          324,186,533
     Crops                                 24,848         79.5             --               0.0          183,096,155
     Livestock and products                 6,393         20.5             --               0.0          141,090,378

 1   Greenhouse/nursery                    15,000         48.0           48.0               0.1           16,096,699
 2   Hay                                    3,465         11.1           59.1               0.0            7,402,735
 3   Potatoes                               2,719          8.7           67.8               0.1            3,689,343
 4   Cattle and calves                      1,877          6.0           73.8               0.0           48,189,205
 5   Dairy products                         1,392          4.5           78.3               0.0           34,772,735
 6   Barley                                   388          1.2           79.5               0.0            1,016,539
 7   Hogs                                     306          1.0           80.5               0.0           16,077,382
 8   Oats                                      31          0.1           80.6               0.0              159,156


     Government payments 4/                 5,013           --             --               0.0           12,237,568
     Net farm income 5/                     5,194           --             --               0.0           87,073,789
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 -- = Not applicable

1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each               commodity and all preceding commodities.
2/ Percent State receipts are of U.S. receipts for same line item.
3/ Commodities at the bottom of the above ranked list of commodities and having no accompanying data would have appeared
within the ranked list of leading commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of confidential information about
individual producers.
4/ Government payments made directly to farmers in cash or Payment-in-Kind.
5/ Net farm income, a value of production measure, is the farm operator's share of the sector's net value added
to the National economy from production activities within a calendar year.