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Most Valuable Crops by U.S. State

Name the most valuable crop produced by each of the 50 states.
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A crop is a plant that is grown for a human use or animal feed
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State
Crop
Alabama
Cotton
Alaska
Hay
Arizona
Lettuce
Arkansas
Soybeans
California
Almonds
Colorado
Hay
Connecticut
Hay
Delaware
Corn
Florida
Oranges
Georgia
Cotton
Hawaii
Coffee
Idaho
Potatoes
Illinois
Corn
Indiana
Corn
Iowa
Corn
Kansas
Corn
Kentucky
Corn
State
Crop
Louisiana
Soybeans
Maine
Potatoes
Maryland
Corn
Massachusetts
Cranberries
Michigan
Corn
Minnesota
Corn
Mississippi
Soybeans
Missouri
Soybeans
Montana
Wheat
Nebraska
Corn
Nevada
Hay
New Hampshire
Hay
New Jersey
Blueberries
New Mexico
Hay
New York
Hay
North Carolina
Soybeans
North Dakota
Corn
State
Crop
Ohio
Soybeans
Oklahoma
Hay
Oregon
Hay
Pennsylvania
Hay
Rhode Island
Hay
South Carolina
Corn
South Dakota
Corn
Tennessee
Corn
Texas
Cotton
Utah
Hay
Vermont
Hay
Virginia
Hay
Washington
Apples
West Virginia
Hay
Wisconsin
Corn
Wyoming
Hay
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46 Comments
Packerswin14
+11
Level 84
Nov 12, 2016
It's interesting how few of the states that are known for something have that as their biggest dollar crop. Wisconsin grows more cranberries than any other state, yet that's not the biggest cash crop. Likewise most of the states we think of as cotton states have a different top product, Idaho with potatoes, as well as some of the other tobacco states. California is a huge producer of crops, and I knew almonds were in the mix, but surprised they top oranges or the common cash crops.
jellyperson
+1
Level 55
May 3, 2017
It wouldn't surprise me if oranges used to be California's most valuable crop, but the fields have almost entirely been replaced with suburbs. For example, Orange County has only 71 acres of its namesake left, and most of that is historic parks: http://www.latimes.com/visuals/graphics/la-me-g-the-decline-of-the-orange-20150116-htmlstory.html
tom88
+1
Level 74
May 3, 2017
I would imagine peaches in georgia are similar, in that they used to produce much more than they do now.
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Mar 13, 2023
probably the high price of almonds contributes to that. Maybe by weight or unit would be different?
French2010
+12
Level 94
Nov 12, 2016
I never realized that cotton candy was made out of real cotton
Tomtrific
+8
Level 83
Oct 18, 2017
Huh?
Coitus
+20
Level 21
Jan 9, 2018
I never realized that sugar could fry your brain like it has
JackintheBox
+4
Level 80
May 9, 2021
It isn't
Neodymium
+1
Level 61
Oct 8, 2024
it is
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Nov 13, 2016
According to this data, marijuana crop values exceed that crops stated in this quiz in at least California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Hawaii, Alabama and West Virginia. This is 2006 data, which will have surely gotten higher, if you'll excuse the pun, since then.
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
May 3, 2017
I am generally skeptical of data that comes from political advocacy groups. One problem with most of these "pot is the biggest crop" stories is that they confuse street value with wholesale cost. Surely, there must be better data from the many states where marijuana is legal?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Feb 6, 2021
Edit 2021. Marijuana is not even close to the most valuable crop in California, or any of the states you mentioned. Did you know that California's almond crop is six times more valuable than the entire U.S. tobacco crop?

Now consider that about 15% of American adults smoke, and the ones who do consume an average of 19 cigarettes per day. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out that overall tobacco consumption is much greater than marijuana consumption.

The only state where marijuana is possibly the most valuable crop is Alaska, and only because they have almost no agricultural.

Jacktheguy
+13
Level 91
May 9, 2021
I love how almost every quiz about crops in the United States features a comment asking about marijuana and an annoyed reply from Quizmaster saying that any data that includes marijuana is practically bullcrap.
bestanford
+1
Level 71
May 9, 2021
Lol he's right though.
WolfCam
+5
Level 66
Apr 10, 2017
I was expecting Pineapple for Hawaii. Literally 98% of the island of Lanai is Pineapple Farms
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 3, 2017
Surprised me, too. Though coffee was my second guess.
ander217
+1
Level 74
May 3, 2017
We spent a week on Kaua'i, enjoying the free coffee every morning at Kauai Coffee plantation. I guessed pineapples, sugar cane, papayas, guavas, taro... but no coffee. Only one I missed. :(
NV1
+1
Level 51
May 9, 2021
All of Larry Ellison's land is pineapple farms?
Quizley
+2
Level 67
May 3, 2017
Idaho really throws you for a loop. Not what I expected!
s246
+3
Level 33
May 9, 2021
In Canada I only ever heard about Idaho in relation to potatoes lol
fuanacdc
+2
Level 86
May 3, 2017
Was going through the obvious answers, or so I thought, and had to do a double take when potatoes showed up under Maine instead of Idaho.
ander217
+1
Level 74
May 3, 2017
I wonder how many people would have missed hay if it hadn't been the crop in the photo? Even with the photo it's currently at 41%.
jellyperson
+1
Level 55
May 3, 2017
It's because most of us don't see it in our everyday lives, we just see the end products in our grocery store meat section :P
oastone
+3
Level 60
May 3, 2017
I imagine most people saw it and thought, "wheat," and didn't realize there is a difference between the two.
grantdon
+1
Level 74
May 3, 2017
That's not a wheat crop - looks like lucerne to me (alfalfa to you Americans)
JBrommit
+4
Level 65
May 20, 2017
Well, my parents would always go "Look, giant shredded wheat!" out the car window when I was little and it was hay baling season... and then I tried to take a bite of a hay bale when I was six and found out the hard way. :P
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Feb 7, 2021
I missed it because I was only thinking of things that a human would normally consume.
manchesterutd10
+1
Level 57
May 8, 2017
Out here where I live in NC all you see are rolling fields of tobacco. Occasionally some soy and cotton, but mainly tobacco.
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 61
May 19, 2017
Very true; I'm from southern Virginia, and tobacco used to be just like that here, too. But I've noticed it's been on a sharp decline since the middle of last decade. Farmers around here who used to grow it are switching to more profitable crops since our state's crazy tax increases on the plant that has such a rich history here. When I drive through NC, though, it's a different story altogether.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 6, 2021
Tobacco is no longer the top crop in any U.S. state, although it is still very nearly the top crop in North Carolina which produces about half the total U.S. supply.
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
May 9, 2021
Yeah I remember taking this quiz before and tobacco was on it
ingriddurden
+1
Level 59
Oct 12, 2017
could grass be accepted for hay ?
Berney
+2
Level 82
May 24, 2018
Agreed. The crop itself is grass and it becomes hay when it's dried for use as animal feed.
qcumber
+1
Level 45
May 31, 2018
HEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
overtired
+2
Level 85
Oct 16, 2020
Hay isn't necessarily made of grass. It can be other dried plants.

(Corn and wheat are grasses though. As are rice, barley, rye...)

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 6, 2021
Alfalfa is accepted, but grass will not be.
Trepach
+1
Level 47
Mar 12, 2019
I thought hay was grass
blizzrd33
+3
Level 80
Feb 7, 2021
It is, but QM appears to be against letting that be accepted in place of hay.
mschiesser
+3
Level 92
Feb 7, 2021
Arizona = Lettuce? Interesting.
tshalla
+1
Level 76
May 9, 2021
Dateland, Arizona would lead you to believe otherwise.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 69
May 9, 2021
Hay isn't a specific plant, though. It seems weird to accept it as an answer. That's like if you accepted "flour" as an answer.
zakatan
+1
Level 65
May 9, 2021
I concur. Hay is an array of crops to dry for animal feed, isn't it? It strikes odd to me.
idontkn1
+1
Level 91
May 10, 2021
Just a general question, is lumber considered a crop?
YamatoFans
+1
Level 69
May 15, 2021
I thoroughly misunderstood the instructions and thought it has to be human or animal food. Was pretty confused when "cotton" showed up, thinking 'what animals eat cotton?'
wkrpnyc
+1
Level 82
Dec 30, 2021
I had a student in her 70s in the 2000s who told me that when she was young and a cotton picker, they would eat it because sometimes they were so hungry. I think this was during the colonization of Korea by Japan, or soon after. So, to answer your question, humans can eat cotton.

She didn't seem to like to eat it. She made a face when she told the story.

GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Aug 2, 2023
Hey Hay Hey!
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