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News and Facts About Arkansas Agriculture

2024 Arkansas Ag Profile 

Everywhere you look, you're surrounded by agriculture. Even if there's not a farm for miles around, agriculture is deeply interwoven with your life. It's on your grocery store shelves. It's at the farmers market. It's the cotton in your jeans, the biofuel in your gas tank, or even the leather in your baseball mitt. 

Did you know?

  • Arkansas has more than 41,000 farms.

  • 57 percent of the state's land is forested

  • Agriculture accounts for more than $20 billion in value added to the state's economy

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