Pittsburgh and San Jose kick off their series Monday night
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
On Monday night, the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins and Western Conference champion San Jose Sharks will play in game one of the Stanley Cup Final.
For days, analysts and experts have dissected matchups, goaltending, penalty killing and other stats to determine which team has the advantage going into the series.
Here at Farms.com, we’re about to do the same thing, but with the agricultural industries of the represented states: Pennsylvania and California.
The information used is from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s agricultural overview of each state.
? Signals advantage for each team.
| | Pennsylvania | California |
| NHL Team | Pittsburgh Penguins  | San Jose Sharks
|
| Number of farm operations | 57,900 | 77,500 ? |
| Acres operated | 7,700,000 | 25,500,000 ? |
| Milk production (lbs) | 10,805,000,000 | 40,898,000,000 ? |
| Top commodity value | Hay & Haylage - $1,010,007,000 | Strawberries - $1,855,326,000 ? |
| Winter Wheat production ($) | 59,719,000 | 66,675,000 ? |
| Aquaculture ($) | 26,123,000 | 103,016,000 ? |
| Average age of principal operator | 56.1 ? | 60.1 |
| Beef cows (as of Jan 1, 2016) | 180,000 | 625,000 ? |
| Total value of ag products sold | More than $7.4 billion | More than $42 billion ? |
Based on the categories used to compare the two teams, the San Jose Sharks will have a distinct advantage in the Stanley Cup Final.