St. Lawrence County’s agricultural and agri-business sectors are “growing” – thanks to native good soils, low-cost renewable energy, and a cow-friendly climate. Some of the world’s safest, most wholesome, and delicious food and dairy products are grown, processed, and packed fresh on the County’s farms, greenhouses, and in our cheese and yogurt plants.

The county is home to 1,253 farms on 342,595 acres of land, according to the 2017 Agriculture Census. While the majority of these farms and resulting sales revenues are related to dairy and field crops, there is an increasing number of small, direct-to-consumer producers that includes 462 livestock and specialty crop producers, 59 vegetable farms, 33 fruit and nut producers, 32 greenhouse operators.