Mississippi Commodities

Broilers

• 756,000,000 broilers produced in 2019
• 1,237 farms
• $2.6 billion value of production in 2019

Catfish

• 205 operations
• 36,300 acres of production
• $172 million value of production in 2019

Cotton

• 700,000 acres harvested in 2019
• 1,600,000 bales produced in 2019
• 780 farms
• $585 million value of production in 2019

Eggs

• 1,410 million eggs produced in 2019
• 234 farms with 100+ layers
• $155 million value of production in 2019

Hogs

• 190,000 hogs and pigs
• 1,021,000 piglets born in 2019
• 437 farms with hogs
• $96 million value of production for 2019

Horses

• 126,000 horses
• 72 public arenas
• $1.15 billion total economic impact
• $890 million value of depreciated investments
• 39,500 jobs

Peanuts

• 19,000 acres harvested
• 76 million pounds produced in 2019
• 113 farms
• $16 million value of production in 2019

Soybeans

• 1,630,000 acres produced in 2019
• 81,500,000 bushels produced in 2019
• 3,0874 farms
• $762 million value of production in 2019

Visit the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board for a summary of funded projects

Cattle and Calves

• 900,000 head in 2019
• 15,980 farms
• $268 million value of production in 2019

Corn

• 620,000 acres harvested in 2019
• 107,880,000 bushels produced in 2019
• 1,427 farms
• $455 million value of production in 2019

Dairy Herds

• 65 Grade A Dairy Herds
• 8,000 milk cows in 2019
• $24 million value of production of milk in 2019

Hay

• 610,000 acres harvested in 2019
• 1.40 million tons produced in 2019
• 11,565 farms
• $151 million value of production in 2019

Horticulture Crops

• $106 million value of production for 2019 in horticulture crops excluding sweet potatoes
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• Horticulture crops include vegetables, melons, potatoes, fruits, tree nuts, berries, nursery, greenhouses, floriculture, sod, and Christmas tree farms.

Grain Sorghum

• 40 farms
• $1 million value of production in 2019

Rice

• 113,000 acres harvested in 2019
• 8,302,000 hundredweight produced in 2019
• 221 farms
• $91 million value of production in 2019

Sweet Potatoes

• 20,000 acres harvested
• 4.55 million hundredweight produced in 2019
• 172 farms
• $95 million value of production in 2019

Wheat

• 21,000 acres harvested in 2019
• 987,000 bushels produced in 2019
• 162 farms
• $5 million value of production in 2019