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Alabama, Crop Production & Agriculture

Alabama produces 1 major field crops across 375K acres. The top crop is Cotton with 276.8M bu.

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Major Crops

375K acres

Total Acreage

Cotton

Top Crop

What the Alabama Data Shows

Alabama reports 276.8M bu of field-crop production across 1 tracked crops — a meaningful regional contributor to U.S. row-crop output.

Alabama ranks #29 of 35 tracked states for total field-crop production, contributing about 0.2% of combined output — real output, but smaller in scale than the Corn Belt and Great Plains anchors.

Cotton alone accounts for roughly 100% of the state's tracked field-crop production by volume (276.8M bu) — effectively a single-crop economy by USDA's measurement.

Field-crop acreage in Alabama totals 375K acres in this dataset, a smaller share of working land than Corn Belt or Great Plains states.

Cotton is the only major field crop USDA NASS reports for Alabama.

Crop Production in Alabama

#CropProductionAcreage
1Cotton276.8M bu375K acres

Frequently Asked Questions

Alabama grows 1 major field crops: Cotton.

Cotton is Alabama's top crop with 276.8M bu produced across 375K acres.

Sources: USDA NASS

Data from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Production in bushels, bales, or tons depending on crop.

Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats, 2026.