Ag census ranks Vernon County 10th in state
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
During a Nevada/ Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday, June 19 at the Nevada Country Club, Wayne Prewitt of the university extension office announced that "right now we are the number 10th county in the state of Missouri for agriculture." Prewitt said that Vernon County agriculture produces more than $129 million annually. About 30 percent of that is crop sales and the rest is from livestock, according to the recently-released 2007 ag census.