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Mississippi

Total population (1990 census): 57525
County seat: Blytheville

Extension office

CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 39 10565 1330589 bu
Sorghum for Grain or Seed 40 5871 414930 bu
Wheat 150 46132 1822509 bu
Rice 51 17885 978783 cwt
Grain Legumes Farms Acres Yield
Soybeans for Beans 330 209904 6396422 bu
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Total Hay* 25 1840 4239 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay 3 D D
Tame Hay 11 971 D
Wild Hay 11 D 2063 tons dry
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Watermelons 7 424  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Pecans 5 54 530 in shell
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 7 D 338 474
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 5 X 338 X
Sod Harvested 3 X 334 434

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.