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Kentucky Corn Facts

• Corn is grown in every county in Kentucky, mostly Western Kentucky.
• Corn grown in Kentucky is used mainly for livestock feed.
• 2005 corn grown "for all purposes" top producing counties: Union, Christian, Henderson, Daviess, Graves
• Corn for grain production was estimated at 173.3 million bushels (2004).
• Estimated that 152 bushels per acre were harvested (2004).
• Acreage harvested for grain averaged 1.14 millions acres (2004).
• Kentucky ranks 13th in the nation in corn for grain production (2004).

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