ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW A glimpse at the state’s leading agricultural products Arkansas’s top agricultural commodities in terms of cash receipts Soybeans Broilers Cattle/Calves Rice Turkeys Eggs Cotton Lint Corn Hogs $384 $434 $485 $489 $201 $64 $3,136 $1,028 $1,437 Arkansas commodities rank nationally as: • No. 1 in Rice • No. 2 in Broilers • No. 3 in Turkeys • No. 3 in Catfish (foodsize) • No. 4 in Cotton (upland) • No. 4 in Cottonseed • No. 10 in Grain Sorghum • No. 10 in Chicken Eggs Arkansas has 13.7 million acres of farm land with an average farm size of 322 acres. Cash Receipts (In Millions) ARKANSAS RANKS NATIONALLY IN THE TOP 25 IN THE PRODUCTION OF 15 DIFFERENT AG COMMODITIES. 264,215 JOBS provided by Arkansas Agriculture 41% of land is comprised of farms 50% of all U.S. rice production. Sources: 2017 University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Arkansas Agriculture Profile (2016 data), USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (2016 data) INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. 57% of the state is forestland AGRICULTURE IS THE LARGEST INDUSTRY IN ARKANSAS, CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN $21 BILLION ANNUALLY TO THE STATE’S ECONOMY. Arkansas rice accounts for over
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