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Agriculture Statistics - Kentucky
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
May 25, 2006, 13:59 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Horses/mules	800,000	22.5	81.2
2. Tobacco	566,276	16.0	30.1
3. Broilers	503,997	14.2	3.0
4. Cattle and calves	499,782	14.1	1.2
5. Corn	284,184	8.0	1.7

All commodities	3,548,328		1.7

For more details about Kentucky's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Live animals and meat 5 298.0

2.     Tobacco unmfd. 2 285.2

3.     Other 16 113.6

4.     Soybeans and products 14 111.9

5.     Feed grains and products 15 90.9

Overall 19 1,010.1

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Fayette 4.5 139.3

2.     Woodford 3.8 115.4

3.     Graves 3.7 114.7

4.     Bourbon 2.9 89.9

5.     Christian 2.7 82.6

State total 3,064.5

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about Kentucky Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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