New Castle’s County Extension Agent, Dan Severson, came to speak about the Livestock Industry in Delaware. 40% of Delaware’s land area is in farms. With more than half of the farms in Delaware being under 50 acres. Delaware ranks number one in the U.S. in value of agricultural production per acre and number two in value per farm. We learned the different livestock in Delaware and what each was used for. The largest annual per capita consumption was beef. Pigs are used for showing along with Sheep. Goats are used mostly for milk and meat. We learned that the number of dairy farms have decreased as the herd size in farms have increased. an also told us about other/unusual livestock in Delaware such as Bison, Water buffalo and Alpacas.