Ohio and California square off for the third straight year
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
The NBA takes center stage Thursday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors meet for the third consecutive year in the NBA Finals.
Last year, Cleveland brought a championship back to Ohio. And in 2015 it was Golden State emerging victorious.
Basketball analysts have debated whether the dominance of LeBron James or Golden State’s addition of Kevin Durant will lift their respective teams to a championship.
Once again, Farms.com will use data from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service to determine the winner of the NBA championship.
** Signals advantage for each team
| | Ohio | California |
| NBA Team |  |  |
| Number of farms | 74,500 | 76,700** |
| Total acres operated | 14,000,000 | 25,400,000** |
| Beef cow inventory (as of Jan 1, 2017) | 288,000 | 655,000** |
| Milk production ($) | $929,376,000 | $6,070,350,000** |
| Top commodity ($) | Soybeans - $2,545,477,000** | Strawberries - $1,834,783,000 |
| Total value of ag products sold ($) | $10,064,085,000 | $42,627,472,000** |
| Average age of principal operator | 56.8** | 60.1 |
| Number of farms with more than $500,000 in sales | 4,639 | 9,519** |
| Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops ($) | $3,988,000** | $2,706,000 |
Judging by the data, the Golden State Warriors will be the 2017 NBA champions.
Be sure to also check out Farms.com's agricultural breakdown of the Stanley Cup Final.