Alabama's Agribusiness, Food, & Beverage Industry

Alabama is a national leader in agribusiness. Alabama exports freshwater fish, poultry, peanuts and more.

Alabama is fertile soil for business. With around over 38,000 farms on over eight million acres of bountiful land, Alabama's agribusiness cash receipts are estimated to total $6 billion a year. Our warm climate and ecological richness help power the second greatest freshwater fish production in the nation as well as being a national leader in poultry, peanuts, and cotton.

Several of the nation's leading agribusiness research and development institutions are located right here in Alabama. Helping to make the food industry more productive and safe is the driving force behind research being conducted at Auburn University's College of Agriculture, the Aquaculture and Fisheries Business Institute, the Food Systems Institute, the National Poultry Center, Alabama A&M's Department of Food and Animal Sciences, and Tuskegee University's Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences.

Over 30 nonalcoholic beverage production plants and distribution facilities can be found throughout Alabama. Directly employing nearly 5,000 workers and generating over $3 billion of economic impact, Alabama bottles and distributes everything from the world's largest and most established brands to the latest small-batch concoctions to hit the entrepreneurial market.

To learn more about locating and growing your agribusiness, food, or beverage company in Alabama, please contact: