2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Arkansas
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/29/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation366
Farm Operations - Number of Operations37,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated13,600,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )848,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )2,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )1,560,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )31,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )4,100
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head25,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head12,381
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb26,000,000
County outlines for ARKANSAS

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
SOYBEANS3,050,0003,020,00055 BU / ACRE166,100,000 BU10.2 $ / BU1,694,220,000
RICE
RICE1,448,0001,432,0007,640 LB / ACRE109,407,000 CWT13.5 $ / CWT1,476,995,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND650,000640,0001,313 LB / ACRE1,750,000 480 LB BALES0.662 $ / LB556,080,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED545,000 TONS229 $ / TON124,805,000
COTTON650,000640,0001,313 LB / ACRE1,750,000 480 LB BALES
CORN
CORN, GRAIN480,000187 BU / ACRE89,760,000 BU4.4 $ / BU394,944,000
CORN, SILAGE5,00020 TONS / ACRE100,000 TONS
CORN500,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE374,535,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)374,535,000
HAY
HAY1,230,0002.1 TONS / ACRE2,583,000 TONS145 $ / TON374,535,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,230,0002.1 TONS / ACRE2,583,000 TONS145 $ / TON374,535,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS45,00044,0005,500 LB / ACRE242,000,000 LB0.245 $ / LB59,290,000
WHEAT
WHEAT130,00085,00056 BU / ACRE4,760,000 BU5.65 $ / BU26,894,000
WHEAT, WINTER130,00085,00056 BU / ACRE4,760,000 BU5.65 $ / BU26,894,000
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED(D) CWT
SWEET POTATOES(D)(D)(D) CWT / ACRE(D) CWT(D) $ / CWT(D)
SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
(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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