Agriculture in Hunterdon County
While Hunterdon County has lost some of its scenic vistas of rolling cornfields and dairy barns, agriculture is still alive and well. Hunterdon County continues to have the largest land area of farms in the New Jersey: 160,000 farmland assessed acres. The average farm size is 80 acres according to the 1997 Census of Agriculture. There is a trend towards high value crops and specialty crops and animals, such as vegetables, horticulture and organic foods and herbs. Horse farms continue to be popular, hence the market for the County's large hay production.