Indiana
Agriculture
Thad Tutterrow
Indiana is ranked 5th nationally of the production of corn.
Indiana is the 2nd largest producer of popcorn in the nation.
Indiana ranks 2nd in tomatoes for processing 249,000 tons.
Indiana ranks 4th in peppermint producing 293,000 lbs. and 5th in spearmint producing 81,000 pounds.
Indiana ranks 2nd in the number of layer chickens. The state is also 3rd in the nation for total number of eggs.
Indiana produces more ducks than any other state in the nation.
Indiana ranks 2nd in the production of both regular and fat free ice cream.
• In 2009 Indiana ranked 15th nationally for total farm sales in the United States.
• There are 794,994 acres of Miami soils in Indiana.
Indiana ranks 4th in the production of soybeans with 211 million bushels produced in 2007.