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Arkansas Agriculture
Agriculture Works for Arkansas

Agriculture is a vital and growing component of the state’s economy. Facts include:

Nearly 287,000 Arkansas workers, or 20 percent of the state’s jobs, were employed as a result of agricultural production and processing.
These workers received $8.9 billion wages and salaries – about 19 percent of the state’s total employee income.
The total value added as a result of agricultural production and processing in the state was approximately $15.3 billion, or roughly 20 percent of all the value added in the state.
Arkansas ranks No. 1 in the U.S. in rice production.
In 2005, Arkansas farmers harvested 7.5 million acres of crops.

Please select the county of your choice below for specific county agricultural related information. Counties are listed alphabetically.

Arkansas Counties
Arkansas	Ashley	Baxter
Benton	Boone	Bradley
Calhoun	Carroll	Chicot
Clark	Clay	Cleburne
Cleveland	Columbia	Conway
Craighead	Crawford	Crittenden
Cross	Dallas	Desha
Drew	Faulkner	Franklin
Fulton	Garland	Grant
Greene	Hempstead	Hot Spring
Howard	Independence	Izard
Jackson	Jefferson	Johnson
Lafayette	Lawrence	Lee
Lincoln	Little River	Logan
Lonoke	Madison	Marion
Miller	Mississippi	Monroe
Montgomery	Nevada	Newton
Ouachita	Perry	Phillips
Pike	Poinsett	Polk
Pope	Prairie	Pulaski
Randolph	St. Francis	Saline
Scott	Searcy	Sebastian
Sevier	Sharp	Stone
Union	Van Buren	Washington
White	Woodruff	Yell
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