Commodity Production and Value Report

Peanuts showed the greatest overall loss, with cash farm receipt value dropping 47.4%. This was followed by sweet potatoes which dropped by almost 25.1%, wheat (-17.3%), hay (-17.0%), soybeans (-15.0%), oats (-8.2%), and cottonseed (-3.9%). On the animal production side, chicken eggs sales saw the greatest gain at 6.8%. This was followed by broilers (5.0%), hogs (3.4%), and catfish (2.5%). All other animal sectors showed a decline in cash receipt value from 2017 to 2018. This includes: honey (-34.2%), turkeys (-21.8%), dairy products (-18.1%), cattle and calves (-13.1%) and farm chickens (-6.3%). 17

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