2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Kentucky
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/06/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation182
Farm Operations - Number of Operations67,700
Farm Operations - Acres Operated12,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )862,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )38,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )1,820,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )57,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )5,800
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )74,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2025 )470,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head20,385
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb795,000,000
County outlines for KENTUCKY

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN1,420,000167 BU / ACRE237,140,000 BU4.55 $ / BU1,078,987,000
CORN1,520,000
CORN, SILAGE70,00021 TONS / ACRE1,470,000 TONS
HAY
HAY2,295,0002.33 TONS / ACRE5,345,000 TONS197 $ / TON987,325,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)2,200,0002.3 TONS / ACRE5,060,000 TONS182 $ / TON920,920,000
HAY, ALFALFA95,0003 TONS / ACRE285,000 TONS233 $ / TON66,405,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE987,325,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)920,920,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA10,00066,405,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS1,800,0001,790,00042 BU / ACRE75,180,000 BU10.9 $ / BU819,462,000
TOBACCO
TOBACCO29,4002,245 LB / ACRE65,995,000 LB2.648 $ / LB174,743,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER490,000330,00081 BU / ACRE26,730,000 BU5.5 $ / BU147,015,000
WHEAT490,000330,00081 BU / ACRE26,730,000 BU5.5 $ / BU147,015,000
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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