Kentucky

Kentucky has about 91,000 farms, which average 155 acres in size. Livestock and livestock products provide about half the yearly farm income. Beef cattle are the “bluegrass state’s” leading livestock product. Some of the nation’s best tobacco, horses, and whiskey come from Kentucky. The state ranks first in both the thoroughbred horse breeding industry and in the value of sales which add up to 790 million. Most of Kentucky’s famous thoroughbred racehorses are raised on bluegrass pastures near Lexington. Kentucky ranks second among the U.S. states in the production of tobacco, the state’s most valuable crop with Lexington being the world’s largest burley tobacco market.