2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Kentucky
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/19/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation171
Farm Operations - Number of Operations76,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated13,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )1,033,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )57,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )2,160,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )17,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )57,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )6,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )58,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )410,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head295,800,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head18,607
Milk - Production, Measured in $196,938,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,042,000,000
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
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS1,950,0001,940,00053 BU / ACRE102,820,000 BU9.7 $ / BU997,354,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN1,220,000178 BU / ACRE217,160,000 BU3.69 $ / BU801,320,000
CORN, SILAGE85,00020 TONS / ACRE1,700,000 TONS
CORN1,320,000
HAY
HAY2,125,0002.43 TONS / ACRE5,170,000 TONS131 $ / TON624,019,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,940,0002.35 TONS / ACRE4,559,000 TONS109 $ / TON496,931,000
HAY, ALFALFA185,0003.3 TONS / ACRE611,000 TONS208 $ / TON127,088,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE624,019,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)496,931,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA17,000127,088,000
TOBACCO
TOBACCO80,5002,277 LB / ACRE183,300,000 LB2.135 $ / LB391,355,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER480,000310,00077 BU / ACRE23,870,000 BU4.68 $ / BU111,712,000
WHEAT480,000310,00077 BU / ACRE23,870,000 BU4.68 $ / BU111,712,000
(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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