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News and Facts About Arkansas Agriculture
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