Agribusiness in the Bluegrass State
Kentucky is world-renowned for its beautiful horse farms and stunning natural scenery.
Kentucky's farmers are gaining a reputation for producing the finest quality products in the world.
For retailers and restaurants, this provides an unequalled opportunity to provide your customers with the finest products available. Total land area: 25,388,000 acres.
Farms: 84,000. (Ranked 4th in nation, behind Texas, Missouri and Iowa.)
Land in farms: 13,800,000 acres. Farmland accounts for 54 per cent of the total acreage in Kentucky.
Average Farm Size: 163 acres.
Top 5 Farm Commodities in Kentucky in 2005:
Horses (25.4%)
Broilers (17.7%)
Cattle & Calves (14.1%)
Tobacco (8.6%)
Corn (8.5%)
Kentucky Agricultural Exports, 2005, Top 10 Categories (in millions of dollars)
Tobacco, unmanufactured, $339.9
Live animals & Meat (including horses, excluding poultry ) $260.5
Soybeans and soy products, $154.0
Feed grains and products, $92.5
Wheat and products, $77.7
Poultry and products, $76.4
Feeds and fodders, $42.7
Dairy products, $13.3
Seeds, $8.6
Hides and skins, $1.6
Please find more detailed information on Kentucky’s agribusiness here.