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Agriculture as a percentage of the state's GDP has declined over time; in 1963 agriculture accounted for an estimated 5% of the state's GDP. [7] In 2007, the state had 85,260 farms; by 2012, this number had declined to 77,064. [7] In 2013, the average market value of agricultural products per farm in Kentucky was $65,755. [8]
The horticulture industry embraces the production, processing and shipping of and the market for fruits and vegetables. As such it is a sector of agribusiness and industrialized agriculture . Industrialized horticulture sometimes also includes the floriculture industry and production and trade of ornamental plants .
Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen to 76%. By 1973 soybeans were the United States' "number one cash crop, and leading export commodity, ahead of both wheat and corn". [8] Although soybeans developed as the top cash crop, corn also remains as an important ...
This is a list of U.S. states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by exports of goods and imports of goods as of 2018. [ note 1 ] An export in international trade is a good or service produced in one country that is bought by someone in another country.
In 2006, it was reported in a study [23] by Jon Gettman, a marijuana policy researcher, that in contrast to government figures for legal crops such as corn and wheat and using the study's projections for U.S. cannabis production at that time, cannabis was cited as "the top cash crop in 12 states and among the top three cash crops in 30". [22]
In South America, Colombia is the leading cut flower producer and exporter accounting for 59% of all flowers imported to The United States in 2006. The United States imports 82% of its cut flowers. Growers in the United States state that 3 out of 4 flowers in the United States are grown outside the US with Colombia being the biggest exporter.
Pages in category "Horticultural organizations based in the United States" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As of July 2019, under the direction of the state Department of Agriculture, the program has preserved more than 44,500 acres on 370 farms. The long-term goal is to preserve 130,000 acres. [16] In 1986, the state authorized a Joint State-Town Farmland Preservation Program to encourage municipalities to create their own preservation programs. [17]