2) Gross Production of Major Agricultural Products and of Sweetpotatoes

(1) Gross production value (Unit: billion yen)	(2) Number of farm households (Unit: 1,000 households)	(3) Harvest (Unit: 1,000 t)
Rank Crop Gross production Percentage 1 Paddy Rice 2,455.9 24.9 2 Raw milk 701.9 7.1 3 Swine 525.4 5.3 ・ ・ ・ ・ 8 Tomato 203.3 2.1 9 Cucumber 182.0 1.8 10 Green onion 171.6 1.7 ・ ・ ・ ・ 13 Potatoes 139.7 1.4 ・ ・ ・ ・ 22 Sweetpotatoes 105.3 1.1	Crop Number of households 1990 1995 Rice 2,580 2,300 Vegetables 2,300 1,970 Root and tuber crops 1,120 1,260 Beans 1,050 750 Industrial crop 270 210 Fodder Crop 360 210 Cereals 620 250 Flower and flowering trees 100 90 Farm households harvesting 3,500 2,570	Crop Production Rice 8,960 Potatoes 3,060 Japanese radishes 1,900 Cabbage 1,400 Onions 1,360 Mandarine oranges 1,190 Sweetpotatoes 1,130

Source:	"Statistics of Agricultural Income Produced," Statistics and Information Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the "World Agriculture and Fisheries Census," Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Note :	Figures for gross production and harvest are taken from 1998 data.