Tobacco has historically been a very important part of the Kentucky agricultural economy and culture. In fact, Kentucky is the most tobacco dependent state in the U.S. Although North Carolina surpasses Kentucky in tobacco production, tobacco accounts for a larger percentage of Kentucky's agricultural income. In 2005, Kentucky made more than $342.5 million dollars in sales from tobacco. The 2002 U.S. Census of Agriculture accounted for nearly 87,000 farms in Ketucky, with more than 29,000 growing tobacco!
Photo 1: Curing Tobacco in Kentucky.
Photo 2: A tobacco farm in Kentucky.
Sources:
http://www.ca.uky.edu
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kentucky
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