What Do Kentucky Farmers Grow?

To help you with the Kentucky Agriculture Poster and Essay Contest, we thought we would give you a list of the top products Kentucky farmers grow:

Kentucky Agriculture Sales in 2018:

• All commodities - $5.9 billion

• Animals and products - $3.4 billion

• Crops - $2.5 billion

• Broilers (chickens) - $1.1 billion

• Other animals and products (includes horses and stallion fees) - $1.1 billion

• Soybeans - $906 million

• Cattle and calves - $739 million

• Corn - $733 million

• Tobacco - $337 million

• Hay - $253 million

• Miscellaneous crops (hemp, produce) - $183 million

• Dairy products, Milk - $175 million

• Chicken eggs - $158 million

• Hogs - $115 million

• Wheat - $109 million

• Turkeys - $17.5 million

• On-farm chickens - $1.7 million

• Honey - $889,000

• Mushrooms - $173,000

• Wool - $60,000

• Mohair - $8,000

2018 State Agriculture Overview - NASS/USDA

2017 Census of Agriculture State Summary - USDA

Kentucky Food and Farm - Ky Ag and Environment in the Classroom