2016 Planted Acreage for Corn,Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Soybeansand Wheat in Tennessee by County

Compiled by:Becky Bowling, Extension Specialist, Agricultural & Resource Economics (AREC)

Aaron Smith, Crop Marketing Specialist, ARECTina Johnson, Information Specialist, AREC

Data Source: USDA-FSA Crop Acreage Data, August 1, 2016

For the 2016 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified corn acres planted in Tennessee totaled 815,766 acres. Tennessee planted 13.5 percent more acres of corn in 2016 than 2015’s 718,674 acres. The top 5 counties for corn planted acres in Tennessee were Obion, Gibson, Weakley, Robertson, and Henry. The top 5 counties planted 35 percent of Tennessee’s total corn acres.

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery

Lake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

Hamblen

Trousdale

Acres Planted0 to 10,00010,000 to 25,00025,000 to 50,00050,000 +NA

Figure 2. Top Five Counties, Corn, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2016

Figure 1. Corn, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2016

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon Unicoi Cheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock Houston

Van Buren Sequatchie

Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Obion (1) 75,582 acres

Gibson (2) 70,940 acres

Weakley (3) 63,608 acres

Robertson (4) 37,337 acresHenry (5)

37,181 acres

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COUNTY TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED

STATE 815,766 9% HAMBLEN 3,243 0% MOORE 27 0%ANDERSON 11 0% HAMILTON 136 0% MORGAN 166 0%BEDFORD 5,017 1% HANCOCK 16 0% OBION 75,582 13%BENTON 6,128 0% HARDEMAN 9,517 8% OVERTON 1,261 0%BLEDSOE 2,330 0% HARDIN 9,865 7% PERRY 1,759 0%BLOUNT 1,652 0% HAWKINS 1,014 0% PICKETT 506 0%BRADLEY 2,192 0% HAYWOOD 28,171 35% POLK 2,790 0%CAMPBELL 28 0% HENDERSON 10,339 0% PUTNAM 904 0%CANNON 4,105 0% HENRY 37,181 7% RHEA 889 0%CARROLL 26,613 8% HICKMAN 3,729 0% ROANE 242 0%CARTER 380 0% HOUSTON 492 0% ROBERTSON 37,337 1%CHEATHAM 838 0% HUMPHREYS 4,584 17% RUTHERFORD 6,904 1%CHESTER 2,940 0% JACKSON 528 0% SCOTT 75 0%CLAIBORNE 922 0% JEFFERSON 949 0% SEQUATCHIE 562 0%CLAY 997 0% JOHNSON 883 0% SEVIER 204 0%COCKE 862 0% KNOX 468 0% SHELBY 10,124 18%COFFEE 19,923 1% LAKE 12,631 22% SMITH 2,456 1%CROCKETT 21,245 17% LAUDERDALE 20,731 13% STEWART 2,549 0%CUMBERLAND 1,063 0% LAWRENCE 21,867 4% SULLIVAN 1,168 5%DAVIDSON 517 0% LEWIS 601 0% SUMNER 10,489 0%DECATUR 1,848 0% LINCOLN 16,708 8% TIPTON 34,425 19%DEKALB 3,469 0% LOUDON 3,293 0% TROUSDALE 834 0%DICKSON 1,947 0% MACON 4,272 0% UNICOI - 0%DYER 34,162 23% MADISON 24,720 18% UNION - 0%FAYETTE 20,512 18% MARION 1,766 0% VAN BUREN 244 1%FENTRESS 825 0% MARSHALL 3,503 0% WARREN 9,136 0%FRANKLIN 18,553 0% MAURY 9,571 4% WASHNGTON 3,193 6%GIBSON 70,940 6% MCMINN 4,534 0% WAYNE 2,978 0%GILES 13,122 19% MCNAIRY 5,881 6% WEAKLEY 63,603 0%GRAINGER 572 23% MEIGS 1,465 0% WHITE 3,068 0%GREENE 5,973 0% MONROE 5,066 1% WILLIAMSON 2,509 9%GRUNDY 2,708 0% MONTGOMERY 17,995 2% WILSON 1,672 0%

Table 1: FSA Planted Acres, Corn, Tennessee Counties, 2016

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For the 2016 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified cotton acres planted in Tennessee totaled 248,516 acres. Tennessee planted 80 percent more acres in 2016 than 2015’s 138,284 acres. The top 5 counties for cotton planted acres in Tennessee were Haywood, Crockett, Lauderdale, Carroll, and Fayette. The top 5 counties planted 56 percent of Tennessee’s total cotton acres.

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery

Lake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

Hamblen

Trousdale

Acres Planted

0 to 5,000

5,000 to 10,000

10,000 to 15,000

15,000+

NA

Dyer

PolkMarion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery

Lake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

HamblenTrousdale

Haywood (1)43,067 acres

Crockett (2)29,087 acres

Lauderdale (3)23,201 acres

Carroll (4)22,908 acres

Fayette (5)21,695 acres

Figure 4. Top Five Counties, Cotton, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2016

Figure 3. Cotton, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2016

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COUNTY TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED

STATE 248,516 13% HAMBLEN - 0% MOORE - 0%ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON - 0% MORGAN - 0%BEDFORD - 0% HANCOCK - 0% OBION 1,552 28%BENTON - 0% HARDEMAN 11,388 9% OVERTON - 0%BLEDSOE - 0% HARDIN 436 0% PERRY - 0%BLOUNT - 0% HAWKINS - 0% PICKETT - 0%BRADLEY - 0% HAYWOOD 43,067 13% POLK - 0%CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 2,202 0% PUTNAM - 0%CANNON - 0% HENRY 1,124 23% RHEA - 0%CARROLL 22,908 8% HICKMAN - 0% ROANE - 0%CARTER - 0% HOUSTON - 0% ROBERTSON - 0%CHEATHAM - 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 978 0%CHESTER 1,314 0% JACKSON - 0% SCOTT - 0%CLAIBORNE - 0% JEFFERSON - 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0%CLAY - 0% JOHNSON - 0% SEVIER - 0%COCKE - 0% KNOX - 0% SHELBY 7,265 18%COFFEE 133 0% LAKE 7,262 25% SMITH - 0%CROCKETT 29,087 7% LAUDERDALE 23,201 17% STEWART - 0%CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE - 0% SULLIVAN - 0%DAVIDSON - 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER - 0%DECATUR - 0% LINCOLN 5,523 4% TIPTON 12,013 6%DEKALB - 0% LOUDON - 0% TROUSDALE - 0%DICKSON - 0% MACON - 0% UNICOI - 0%DYER 17,818 40% MADISON 12,837 1% UNION - 0%FAYETTE 21,695 18% MARION - 0% VAN BUREN - 0%FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL - 0% WARREN - 0%FRANKLIN 2,887 0% MAURY - 0% WASHNGTON - 0%GIBSON 16,370 4% MCMINN - 0% WAYNE - 0%GILES 797 0% MCNAIRY 6,495 0% WEAKLEY 164 0%GRAINGER - 0% MEIGS - 0% WHITE - 0%GREENE - 0% MONROE - 0% WILLIAMSON - 0%GRUNDY - 0% MONTGOMERY - 0% WILSON - 0%

Table 2: FSA Acres Planted, Cotton, Tennessee Counties, 2016

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For the 2016 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified grain sorghum acres planted in Tennessee totaled 5,380 acres. Tennessee planted 96 percent fewer acres in 2016 than 2015’s 123,800 acres. The top 5 counties for grain sorghum planted acres in Tennessee were Hardin, Bedford, Tipton, Lawrence, and Robertson. The top 5 counties planted 42 percent of Tennessee’s total grain sorghum acres.

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

MontgomeryLake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

HamblenTrousdale

Acres Planted0 to 100100 to200

NA200+

Figure 6. Top Five Counties, Grain Sorghum, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2016

Figure 5. Grain Sorghum, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2016

Hardin (1) 662 acres

Bedford (2) 555 acres

Tipton (3) 390 acres

Lawrence (4) 360 acres

Robertson (5) 309 acres

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon Unicoi Cheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock Houston

Van Buren Sequatchie

Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

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COUNTY TOTAL ACRES % IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED

STATE 5,380 5% HAMBLEN 14 0% MOORE - 0%ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON 33 0% MORGAN - 0%BEDFORD 555 0% HANCOCK - 0% OBION - 0%BENTON 79 0% HARDEMAN 80 0% OVERTON 139 0%BLEDSOE 69 0% HARDIN 662 0% PERRY - 0%BLOUNT - 0% HAWKINS 23 0% PICKETT - 0%BRADLEY 45 0% HAYWOOD 14 0% POLK - 0%CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 202 0% PUTNAM - 0%CANNON - 0% HENRY 78 0% RHEA 24 0%CARROLL 61 0% HICKMAN 145 0% ROANE - 0%CARTER - 0% HOUSTON - 0% ROBERTSON 309 0%CHEATHAM - 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 191 0%CHESTER - 0% JACKSON - 0% SCOTT - 0%CLAIBORNE 22 0% JEFFERSON 14 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0%CLAY - 0% JOHNSON 4 0% SEVIER - 0%COCKE - 0% KNOX - 0% SHELBY 183 5%COFFEE - 0% LAKE - 0% SMITH - 0%CROCKETT - 0% LAUDERDALE 66 0% STEWART - 0%CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE 360 0% SULLIVAN - 0%DAVIDSON - 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER - 0%DECATUR - 0% LINCOLN 91 0% TIPTON 390 63%DEKALB - 0% LOUDON 134 0% TROUSDALE - 0%DICKSON - 0% MACON - 0% UNICOI - 0%DYER 12 0% MADISON - 0% UNION - 0%FAYETTE 261 0% MARION 193 0% VAN BUREN - 0%FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL 49 0% WARREN 32 0%FRANKLIN 48 0% MAURY 37 0% WASHNGTON - 0%GIBSON 144 0% MCMINN - 0% WAYNE 28 0%GILES 18 0% MCNAIRY 33 0% WEAKLEY 182 0%GRAINGER 12 0% MEIGS 9 0% WHITE 41 0%GREENE 11 0% MONROE 196 4% WILLIAMSON 91 0%GRUNDY - 0% MONTGOMERY - 0% WILSON - 0%

Table 3: FSA Acres Planted, Grain Sorghum, Tennessee Counties, 2016

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For the 2016 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified soybean acres planted in Tennessee totaled 1,561,964 acres. Tennessee planted 6 percent fewer acres in 2016 than 2015’s 1,662,877 acres. The top 5 counties for soybean planted acres in Tennessee were Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley, and Haywood. The top 5 counties planted 33 percent of Tennessee’s total soybean acres.

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery

Lake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

Hamblen

Trousdale

Acres Planted0 to 10,00010,000 to 25,00025,000 to 50,00050,000 to 100,000100,000+NA

Figure 8. Top Five Counties, Soybeans, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2016

Figure 7. Soybean, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2016

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon Unicoi Cheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock Houston

Van Buren Sequatchie

Moore

Hamblen Trousdale Dyer (1)

126,600 acres

Gibson (2) 113,636 acres

Obion (3) 105,368 acres

Weakley (4) 84,075 acres

Haywood (5) 83,969 acres

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COUNTY TOTAL ACRES % IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED

STATE 1,561,964 5% HAMBLEN 2,175 0% MOORE 324 0%ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON 46 0% MORGAN 185 0%BEDFORD 12,923 0% HANCOCK 9 0% OBION 105,368 5%BENTON 13,170 1% HARDEMAN 28,581 3% OVERTON 1,176 0%BLEDSOE 2,036 0% HARDIN 28,809 4% PERRY 2,040 0%BLOUNT 4,515 0% HAWKINS 490 0% PICKETT 499 0%BRADLEY 2,445 0% HAYWOOD 83,969 10% POLK 4,705 0%CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 33,588 0% PUTNAM 2,063 0%CANNON 5,985 4% HENRY 44,431 4% RHEA 1,070 0%CARROLL 35,721 0% HICKMAN 5,630 11% ROANE - 0%CARTER 48 0% HOUSTON 714 0% ROBERTSON 50,129 0%CHEATHAM 3,261 1% HUMPHREYS 5,459 13% RUTHERFORD 14,110 0%CHESTER 12,045 0% JACKSON 1,255 0% SCOTT - 0%CLAIBORNE 292 0% JEFFERSON 2,036 0% SEQUATCHIE 928 0%CLAY 835 0% JOHNSON 6 0% SEVIER 149 9%COCKE 1,559 0% KNOX 672 0% SHELBY 40,488 0%COFFEE 30,457 4% LAKE 49,497 12% SMITH 3,340 0%CROCKETT 59,410 0% LAUDERDALE 83,864 6% STEWART 3,759 0%CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE 26,800 3% SULLIVAN 54 0%DAVIDSON 1,539 0% LEWIS 195 0% SUMNER 16,925 3%DECATUR 10,722 0% LINCOLN 20,636 8% TIPTON 65,360 0%DEKALB 7,192 0% LOUDON 4,756 4% TROUSDALE 2,410 0%DICKSON 2,560 4% MACON 4,968 0% UNICOI - 0%DYER 126,600 17% MADISON 51,037 8% UNION - 0%FAYETTE 60,200 6% MARION 4,273 0% VAN BUREN 134 0%FENTRESS 836 0% MARSHALL 8,994 0% WARREN 19,857 0%FRANKLIN 25,128 0% MAURY 13,283 1% WASHNGTON 1,127 0%GIBSON 113,636 5% MCMINN 7,402 0% WAYNE 4,316 5%GILES 13,373 12% MCNAIRY 24,256 1% WEAKLEY 84,075 0%GRAINGER 882 0% MEIGS 1,598 0% WHITE 4,365 0%GREENE 2,455 0% MONROE 6,678 0% WILLIAMSON 6,315 0%GRUNDY 2,777 0% MONTGOMERY 24,853 0% WILSON 3,132 5%

Table 4: FSA Acres Planted, Soybeans, Tennessee Counties, 2016

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For the 2016 crop year, USDA Farm Service Agency’s certified wheat acres planted in Tennessee totaled 345,367 acres. Tennessee planted 13 percent fewer acres in 2016 than 2015’s 395,049 acres. The top 5 counties for wheat planted acres in Tennessee were Gibson, Robertson, Dyer, Weakley, and Haywood. The top 5 counties planted 43 percent of Tennessee’s total wheat acres.

Dyer

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery

Lake

ChesterMeigs

AndersonJefferson

LoudonCannon

UnicoiCheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock

Houston

Van Buren

SequatchieMoore

Hamblen

Trousdale

5,000 to 15,00015,000 to 25,000

Acres Planted0 to 5,000

25,000+NA

Figure 10. Top Five Counties, Wheat, FSA Planted Acreage, Tennessee, 2016

Figure 9. Wheat, FSA Acreage Planted, Tennessee, 2016

Polk

Carroll

Marion

Humphreys

Henderson

Montgomery Lake

Chester Meigs

Anderson Jefferson

Loudon Cannon Unicoi Cheatham Washington

Pickett Hancock Houston

Van Buren Sequatchie

Moore

Hamblen Trousdale

Weakley (4) 20,701 acres

Robertson (2) 33,396 acres

Dyer (3) 21,963 acres

Gibson (1) 52,070 acres

Haywood (5) 20,590 acres

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COUNTY TOTAL ACRES % IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED COUNTY

TOTAL ACRES

% IRRIGATED

STATE 345,367 2% HAMBLEN 312 0% MOORE 42 0%ANDERSON - 0% HAMILTON 36 0% MORGAN - 0%BEDFORD 5,733 3% HANCOCK - 0% OBION 11,638 0%BENTON 380 0% HARDEMAN 1,964 0% OVERTON 359 0%BLEDSOE 891 0% HARDIN 1,160 0% PERRY 88 0%BLOUNT 339 0% HAWKINS 4 0% PICKETT 32 0%BRADLEY 159 0% HAYWOOD 20,590 0% POLK 2,071 0%CAMPBELL - 0% HENDERSON 2,496 0% PUTNAM 396 0%CANNON 653 0% HENRY 9,872 2% RHEA 58 0%CARROLL 10,331 8% HICKMAN 282 0% ROANE 89 0%CARTER 127 0% HOUSTON 461 0% ROBERTSON 33,396 0%CHEATHAM 367 0% HUMPHREYS - 0% RUTHERFORD 3,450 0%CHESTER 382 0% JACKSON - 0% SCOTT - 0%CLAIBORNE 21 0% JEFFERSON 578 0% SEQUATCHIE - 0%CLAY - 0% JOHNSON 28 0% SEVIER 261 0%COCKE 52 0% KNOX 342 0% SHELBY 3,077 21%COFFEE 4,269 0% LAKE 8,935 8% SMITH 1,840 0%CROCKETT 17,046 5% LAUDERDALE 8,176 0% STEWART 496 0%CUMBERLAND - 0% LAWRENCE 7,375 0% SULLIVAN 150 0%DAVIDSON - 0% LEWIS - 0% SUMNER 6,825 0%DECATUR - 0% LINCOLN 6,513 10% TIPTON 8,027 3%DEKALB 384 0% LOUDON 1,256 0% TROUSDALE 895 0%DICKSON 266 0% MACON 380 0% UNICOI - 0%DYER 21,963 0% MADISON 17,203 7% UNION - 0%FAYETTE 4,552 5% MARION 1,307 0% VAN BUREN 158 0%FENTRESS - 0% MARSHALL 2,849 0% WARREN 3,031 0%FRANKLIN 8,184 0% MAURY 3,384 0% WASHNGTON - 0%GIBSON 52,070 2% MCMINN 2,699 0% WAYNE - 0%GILES 3,731 0% MCNAIRY 342 0% WEAKLEY 20,701 0%GRAINGER 407 0% MEIGS 501 0% WHITE 1,080 0%GREENE 231 0% MONROE 1,607 0% WILLIAMSON 1,028 0%GRUNDY 825 0% MONTGOMERY 11,679 0% WILSON 446 0%

Table 5: FSA Acres Planted, Wheat, Tennessee Counties, 2016

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