Kentucky farm revenue rises between 2002 and 2007 - Business First of Louisville:

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Average per-farm revenue in 2007 was $56,586, the said in a news According tocensus data, overall farm salex increased despite declining tobacco revenue. Saled of tobacco, once Kentucky’s king declined 22 percent between 2002and 2007. The number of tobacco farms during that period declinex72 percent, to 8.113, and acres of tobaccp harvested declined 21 percent. The department pointed out that a federao tobacco quota and pricew support system were ended followinyg the 2004growing season. Without the government subsidies, some farmers exited farminvg and others began growingother crops, raising livestocik or entering the agritourism business.
The stats has helped support farmers in their diversification efforts with millionds of dollarsin grants. “That shows that Kentucky’a investments in agricultural diversificationare working,” Kentucky agriculture commissioner Richier Farmer said in the release of the overal l increase in agricultural revenue. According to the census, 89 percent of Kentucky’sz 85,260 farms in 2007 were run by individualor families. The average size of farms increasedr to 164 acres from 160 acrexsin 2002. The full report can be viewedat .