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Overview
of Tennessee Agriculture
Tennessee
agriculture includes farming and related industries, as well as value-added
food and fiber production, processing and manufacturing. Agriculture accounts
for 11.4 percent of the state’s economy and generates $44.2 billion
in output. Agriculture employs about 342,000 Tennesseans, with 130,000
(both full- and part-time) in agricultural production. Tennessee has approximately
84,000 farms covering 11.6 million acres. Approximately 74.4 percent of
the farms had sales in the $1,000 to $9,999 sales category, 20.8 percent
of the farms had sales in the $10,000 to $99,999 sales category, and 4.7
percent of the farms had sales of $100,000 and over. Average farm size
in the state is 138 acres. Listed below is an overview of Tennessee’s
top 15 agriculture commodities. Most values are for 2005. Mouse over each
picture for additional information.
Source: Tennessee
Agricultural 2006, Department Report & Statistical Summary, available
at: http://www.tennessee.gov/agriculture/annualreport/
(cattle and
calves, corn, cotton, dairy, greenhouse/nursery, hay, horses, soybeans,
and wheat pictures are courtesy of USDA NRCS)
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