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Which state leads in hay? 🚜

1Guess
Which states grow the most hay? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Wisconsin — all those cows are hungry!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Texas produces about 1.9× as much as #2 Missouri!
    📚 Background Hay is the giant harvest you never see in a grocery store — dried grass to feed cattle and horses. Almost every state grows it, and Texas, with its huge cattle herds, grows the most. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
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    I bet… Wisconsin — all those cows are hungry!
    3Compare
    Hay (tons, by state, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)122,462,000 tons
    Texas #1 11,960,000 tons
    Most: Texas (11,960,000 tons); least of this top group: California (4,640,000 tons).

    Note: measured in tons. Only the top states are shown; ranks can shift between years. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Where things grow has a reason!
    4Recap
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: HAY - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS, 2024, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick HAY / PRODUCTION in TONS, year 2024, and compare states.