A complete state-by-state breakdown that reflects the number of turfgrass sod farms, acreage and dollar sales as reported to the United States Department of Agiculture (USDA).

The 2007 Census of Agriculture released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported that there were 1,881 turfgrass sod farms in operation throughout the United States at the time of the census. This number reflects an 11.4% decrease in the number of turfgrass farms when compared to the 2,124 reported in the 2002 Census. Although the number of turfgrass farms has decreased to levels reported a decade ago, there was a considerable increase in both acres in production and overall sales.

Acres in production increased to 409,440 in 2007 as compared to the 386,504 reported in 2002. This represents nearly a 6% increase in total acres. Along with an increase in acreage, there was a considerable increase in dollar sales when compared to five years ago. Whereas TPI had calculated sales of $1,001,250,000 in 2002; actual reported sales to the USDA for 2007 were $1,353,422,529, which represents an increase in sales of 35%.

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Turfgrass Sod Farms
2002 AG Census Report
2007 AG Census Report