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Value of agricultural products was $5 billion in 2012, of which slightly less than half was crops.<sup id="cite_ref-Knopf_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knopf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Crops grown in the state include corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Historically, <a href="/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">hemp</a> has been a <a href="/wiki/Cash_crop" title="Cash crop">cash crop</a> in the state (see <a href="/wiki/Hemp_in_Kentucky" title="Hemp in Kentucky">hemp in Kentucky</a>). Finished agricultural products produced in the state include <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_bourbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky bourbon">Kentucky bourbon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_wine" title="Kentucky wine">Kentucky wine</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agricultural_regions">Agricultural regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agriculture_in_Kentucky&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Agricultural regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kentucky's <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">bluegrass region</a> contains the state's best farmland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By contrast, the agricultural potential of the <a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">Knobs region</a> (which borders the Bluegrass region) is limited because of its inferior soil and steep topography.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennyrile_Plateau&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pennyrile Plateau (page does not exist)">Pennyrile</a> is also a productive agricultural region.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agriculture_in_Kentucky's_economy"><span id="Agriculture_in_Kentucky.27s_economy"></span>Agriculture in Kentucky's economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agriculture_in_Kentucky&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Agriculture in Kentucky&#039;s economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Kentucky, farm employment makes up an estimated 0.7% of total employment, and the agricultural sector accounts for about 2% of Kentucky's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2015AER_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015AER-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Agriculture as a percentage of the state's GDP has declined over time; in 1963 agriculture accounted for an estimated 5% of the state's GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-2015AER_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015AER-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007, the state had 85,260 farms; by 2012, this number had declined to 77,064.<sup id="cite_ref-2015AER_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015AER-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2013, the average market value of agricultural products per farm in Kentucky was $65,755.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agricultural_products">Agricultural products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agriculture_in_Kentucky&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Agricultural products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kentucky's most important agricultural products in terms of cash receipts were <a href="/wiki/Poultry_farming" title="Poultry farming">poultry</a> (22% of projected 2015 sales), equine (16%), cattle (16%), <a href="/wiki/Soybean" title="Soybean">soybeans</a> (13%) and corn (13%).<sup id="cite_ref-Burdine_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burdine-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other products, including hogs, dairy, tobacco, <a href="/wiki/Goat_farming" title="Goat farming">goats</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticulture</a>, play smaller roles.<sup id="cite_ref-Burdine_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burdine-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tobacco was the state's leading cash crop by the middle of the 19th century, producing over 53 million pounds in 1840 and over 108 million pounds in 1860, and continuing to increase until its peak in 1982 at 589 million pounds.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark_1992,_p._7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark_1992,_p._7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobacco farming">Tobacco cultivation</a> and production steadily declined in importance in the state, however, due to the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act" title="Agricultural Adjustment Act">limitation of acreage</a>, increased competition from other tobacco-producing states, and the increasing awareness of the negative <a href="/wiki/Health_effects_of_tobacco" title="Health effects of tobacco">health effects of tobacco</a> from the 1970s onward.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark_1992,_p._7_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark_1992,_p._7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Supplanting tobacco as the state's most important agriculture product was <a href="/wiki/Poultry" title="Poultry">poultry</a>, which has dramatically increased in importance to the state's agricultural sector. Collectively, farm chickens, <a href="/wiki/Broiler_chicken" class="mw-redirect" title="Broiler chicken">broiler chickens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicken_egg" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicken egg">chicken eggs</a> rose from 1% of the state's total farm receipts in 1990 to 18.6% in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Burdine_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burdine-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over the same time period, tobacco went from 23.8% of the state's total farm receipts in 1990 to 18.6% in 2000 to 7.3% in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Burdine_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burdine-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, Kentucky remains the United States' second-largest producer of tobacco.<sup id="cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kentucky is the United States' #1 producer of horses.<sup id="cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDA-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The equine industry contributed $3 billion to the state economy in 2012 and generated 40,665 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cattle are a billion-dollar-a-year industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Knopf_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knopf-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Department_of_Agriculture">Department of Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDave_Knopf2014" class="citation cs2">Dave Knopf (April 30, 2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.usda.gov/2015/04/30/kentucky-agriculture-snapshot-of-bluegrass-state-farming/">"Kentucky Agriculture – Snapshot of Bluegrass State Farming"</a>, <i>USDA Blog</i>, United States Department of Agriculture</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=USDA+Blog&amp;rft.atitle=Kentucky+Agriculture+%E2%80%93+Snapshot+of+Bluegrass+State+Farming&amp;rft.date=2014-04-30&amp;rft.au=Dave+Knopf&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.usda.gov%2F2015%2F04%2F30%2Fkentucky-agriculture-snapshot-of-bluegrass-state-farming%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgriculture+in+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-USDA-overview-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-USDA-overview_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverview.php?state=KENTUCKY">"2015 State Agriculture Overview"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Agricultural_Statistics_Service" title="National Agricultural Statistics Service">National Agricultural Statistics Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a>. 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=2015+State+Agriculture+Overview&amp;rft.pub=National+Agricultural+Statistics+Service%2C+United+States+Department+of+Agriculture&amp;rft.date=2015&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nass.usda.gov%2FQuick_Stats%2FAg_Overview%2FstateOverview.php%3Fstate%3DKENTUCKY&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgriculture+in+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Bluegrass-region">"Bluegrass region"</a>, <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i>, October 20, 2011</cite><span 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Acre for acre, it is the state's richest agricultural area, as evidenced by the high cost of land."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/goky/pages/gokych16.htm">Geology of Kentucky: Knobs Region</a>, Kentucky Paleontological Society, University of Kentucky (accessed November 27, 2016).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Spetz (1992), p. 368.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2015AER-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2015AER_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2015AER_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2015AER_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cber.uky.edu/Downloads/CBER_2015_AnnualReport.pdf">Kentucky Annual Economic Report</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161127153441/http://cber.uky.edu/Downloads/CBER_2015_AnnualReport.pdf">Archived</a> 2016-11-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Kentucky <a href="/wiki/Gatton_College_of_Business_and_Economics" title="Gatton College of Business and Economics">Gatton College of Business and Economics</a> (2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nkytribune.com/2015/02/new-study-offers-snapshot-of-agricultures-total-impact-on-kentuckys-economy/">New study offers snapshot of agriculture's total impact on Kentucky's economy</a>, <i>Northern Kentucky Tribune</i> (February 25, 2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Burdine-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Burdine_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Burdine_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Burdine_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Burdine_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenny Burdine et al., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uky.edu/Ag/AgEcon/pubs/extoutlook151601.pdf">2015–2016 Kentucky Agricultural Economic Situation and Outlook</a>, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Clark_1992,_p._7-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Clark_1992,_p._7_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clark_1992,_p._7_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Clark (1992), p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolly_Wiemers2013" class="citation cs2">Holly Wiemers (September 6, 2013), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.ca.uky.edu/article/study-shows-state%E2%80%99s-equine-industry-has-3-billion-economic-impact">"Study shows state's equine industry has $3 billion economic impact"</a>, <i>UK AgNews</i>, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=UK+AgNews&amp;rft.atitle=Study+shows+state%27s+equine+industry+has+%243+billion+economic+impact&amp;rft.date=2013-09-06&amp;rft.au=Holly+Wiemers&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ca.uky.edu%2Farticle%2Fstudy-shows-state%25E2%2580%2599s-equine-industry-has-3-billion-economic-impact&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgriculture+in+Kentucky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Kentucky_Executive_Budget_1954_p.-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Kentucky_Executive_Budget_1954_p._12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hVseAQAAMAAJ"><i>The Kentucky Executive Budget</i></a>. 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States">Black land loss</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Hawaiian_aquaculture" title="Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture">Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_drives_in_the_United_States" title="Cattle drives in the United States">Cattle drives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbian_exchange" title="Columbian exchange">Columbian exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex" title="Eastern Agricultural Complex">Eastern Agricultural Complex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)" title="Three Sisters (agriculture)">Three Sisters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_history_of_food_regulation_in_the_United_States" title="Early history of food regulation in the United States">Early history of food regulation in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude_in_British_America" title="Indentured servitude in British America">Indentured servitude in British America</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude_in_Virginia" title="Indentured servitude in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude_in_Pennsylvania" title="Indentured servitude in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_crops" title="New World crops">New World crops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_food_plants_native_to_the_Americas" title="List of food plants native to the Americas">List of food plants native to the Americas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_agriculture_in_Virginia" title="Native American agriculture in Virginia">Native American in Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_agriculture_on_the_Great_Plains" title="Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains">Prehistoric agriculture on the Great Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_agriculture_in_the_Southwestern_United_States" title="Prehistoric agriculture in the Southwestern United States">Prehistoric agriculture in the Southwestern United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_wine" title="History of American wine">Wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Range_war" title="Range war">Range war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheep_wars" title="Sheep wars">Sheep wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">Slavery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_among_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery among Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_colonial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the colonial history of the United States">Colonial</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IHC_corn_picker,_Story_County,_Iowa,_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Beekeeping_in_the_United_States" title="Beekeeping in the United States">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackcurrant_production_in_the_United_States" title="Blackcurrant production in the United States">Blackcurrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Cannabis in the United States">Cannabis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hemp_in_the_United_States" title="Hemp in the United States">Hemp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_production_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherry production in the United States">Cherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree_production_in_the_United_States" title="Christmas tree production in the United States">Christmas tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_production_in_the_United_States" title="Corn production in the United States">Corn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_production_in_the_United_States" title="Cotton production in the United States">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cider_in_the_United_States" title="Cider in the United States">Cider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dairy_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Dairy industry in the United States">Dairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hop_production_in_the_United_States" title="Hop production in the United States">Hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poultry_farming_in_the_United_States" title="Poultry farming in the United States">Poultry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_production_in_the_United_States" title="Rice production in the United States">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinach_in_the_United_States" title="Spinach in the United States">Spinach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_the_United_States" title="Sugar industry of the United States">Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_the_United_States" title="Tea production in the United States">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_in_the_United_States" title="Tobacco in the United States">Tobacco</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_shade_tobacco" title="Connecticut shade tobacco">Connecticut shade tobacco</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_production_in_the_United_States" title="Wheat production in the United States">Wheat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_wine" title="American wine">Wine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State, commonwealth,<br /> or territory-specific</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in Alabama">Alabama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_wine" title="Alabama wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Alaska" title="Agriculture in Alaska">Alaska</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture_in_Alaska" title="Aquaculture in Alaska">aquaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Alaska" title="Cannabis in Alaska">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_wine" title="Alaska wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Arizona <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_wine" title="Arizona wine">wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Arizona" title="Cannabis in Arizona">cannabis</a></li></ul></li> <li>Arkansas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rice_cultivation_in_Arkansas" title="Rice cultivation in Arkansas">rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_wine" title="Arkansas wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_California" title="Agriculture in California">California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almonds_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Almonds in California">almonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_California" title="Cannabis in California">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnuts_in_California" title="Walnuts in California">walnuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_wine" title="California wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in Colorado">Colorado</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_wine" title="Colorado wine">wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Colorado" title="Cannabis in Colorado">cannabis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Connecticut" title="Agriculture in Connecticut">Connecticut</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Connecticut" title="Cannabis in Connecticut">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_wine" title="Connecticut wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Delaware <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Delaware" title="Cannabis in Delaware">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_wine" title="Delaware wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Florida" title="Agriculture in Florida">Florida</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_wine" title="Florida wine">wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomato_production_in_Florida" title="Tomato production in Florida">tomato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mango_production_in_Florida" title="Mango production in Florida">mango</a></li></ul></li> <li>Georgia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)_wine" title="Georgia (U.S. state) wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Hawaii" title="Agriculture in Hawaii">Hawaii</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Hawaii" title="Coffee production in Hawaii">coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_Hawaii" title="Sugar plantations in Hawaii">sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_wine" title="Hawaii wine">wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_in_Hawaii" title="Genetically modified food in Hawaii">genetically modified food</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Idaho" title="Agriculture in Idaho">Idaho</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_wine" title="Idaho wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Illinois <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Illinois" title="Cannabis in Illinois">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_wine" title="Illinois wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in Indiana">Indiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_wine" title="Indiana wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in Iowa">Iowa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_wine" title="Iowa wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kansas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_wine" title="Kansas wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_wine" title="Kentucky wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Louisiana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_wine" title="Louisiana wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Maine <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture_in_Maine" title="Aquaculture in Maine">aquaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Maine" title="Cannabis in Maine">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_wine" title="Maine wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Maryland" title="Agriculture in Maryland">Maryland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Maryland" title="Cannabis in Maryland">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_wine" title="Maryland wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Massachusetts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Massachusetts" title="Cannabis in Massachusetts">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_wine" title="Massachusetts wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Michigan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Michigan" title="Cannabis in Michigan">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_production_in_Michigan" title="Cherry production in Michigan">cherries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_wine" title="Michigan wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Minnesota <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_wine" title="Minnesota wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Mississippi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_wine" title="Mississippi wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> 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title="Agriculture in New York">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_New_York" title="Cannabis in New York">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_wine" title="New York wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>New Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_New_Mexico" title="Cannabis in New Mexico">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_chile" title="New Mexico chile">chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_wine" title="New Mexico wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in North Carolina">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_wine" title="North Carolina wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>North Dakota <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_wine" title="North Dakota wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ohio <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_wine" title="Ohio wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Oklahoma <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_wine" title="Oklahoma wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Oregon <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_wine" title="Oregon wine">wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Oregon" title="Cannabis in Oregon">cannabis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Pennsylvania" title="Agriculture in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_wine" title="Pennsylvania wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Agriculture in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Cannabis in Puerto Rico">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Coffee production in Puerto Rico">coffee</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rhode Island <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Rhode_Island" title="Cannabis in Rhode Island">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_wine" title="Rhode Island wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>South Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_wine" title="South Carolina wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>South Dakota <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_wine" title="South Dakota wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tennessee <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_wine" title="Tennessee wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Utah <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Utah_wine" title="Utah wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vermont <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Vermont" title="Cannabis in Vermont">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermont_wine" title="Vermont wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Virginia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Virginia" title="Cannabis in Virginia">cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_wine" title="Virginia wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Virgin Islands <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Cannabis in the United States Virgin Islands">cannabis</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_apples" title="Washington apples">apples</a></li> <li><a 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