The category of "specialy crops" is a catch-all term for a variety of traditional, regional produce. Arkansas farmers grow a wide variety of these specialty crops, including Southern staples like tomatoes, sweet potatoes and watermelons.
Arkansas Specialty Crop Facts
Sweet Potatoes
4000 acres valued at over $20 million
Tomatoes
2000 acres valued at over $10 million
Watermelons
1600 acres valued at over $5 million
Total vegetable production in Arkansas
- 15000 Acres
- 650 Farms
- $450,000,000 value of dollars generated for state
Total Fruit Production
- 1100 farms
- $180,000,000 value of dollars generated for state
Total Nursery and Christmas tree
- 400 farms
- $43,000,000 value of dollars generated for state