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Lawrence County Agriculture statistics

Last updated on Wednesday, December 14, 2005

BEDFORD—Dave Redman, Lawrence County Extension Agent, left a copy of the very latest Indiana Agriculture statistics for Lawrence County on our desk.

Here are a few facts about Lawrence County you will find of interest:

There are 147,295 farm acres in Lawrence County
86,633 are in crops in Lawrence County: some of those acres are harvested, some in pasture
Lawrence County has 825 farms.
The average value of an acre of land and buildings in Lawrence County is $1,575
Finally, Lawrence County has 32, 923 acres in woodland.

Many folks realize Lawrence County is a very beautiful, scenic, productive county.