Livestock consisting of beef, dairy and sheep are the main enterprises. Ninety percent of the value of all farm products sold are livestock or livestock products. A dairies and a few sheep flocks making up the rest. There are also quite a few pleasure horses and a few llamas and ostriches. Native pasture, hay, corn and small grains are the principle crops grown, with the bulk of these used to feed the livestock.
Some burley tobacco is grown in the western area of the county.
Much of the land is limestone soil which is very productive grass and crop land. The area receives about 35-40 inches of rain fall and 26 inches of snow per year. The average maximum temperature is 72 degrees and the average minimum temperature is 36 degrees. The 1998 farm census showed about 45,000 acres devoted to crop land and pasture, averaging about 128 acres per farm on the 350 farms. With woodland acreage the average farm size is about 250 acres.