Agriculture in Kentucky

[1] Crops grown in the state include corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and tobacco.

[8] Kentucky's most important agricultural products in terms of cash receipts were poultry (22% of projected 2015 sales), equine (16%), cattle (16%), soybeans (13%) and corn (13%).

[9] Other products, including hogs, dairy, tobacco, goats, and horticulture, play smaller roles.

[10] Tobacco cultivation and production steadily declined in importance in the state, however, due to the New Deal's limitation of acreage, increased competition from other tobacco-producing states, and the increasing awareness of the negative health effects of tobacco from the 1970s onward.

[2] The equine industry contributed $3 billion to the state economy in 2012 and generated 40,665 jobs.