Former Fayette County tobacco farm

home to 20,000 Christmas trees

Nieman Tree Farm has Fraser firs of all sizes growing on a 48-acre former tobacco farm in eastern Fayette County. In the early 2000s, owner Tom Nieman opted for the Tobacco Buyout and transitioned to Christmas trees. "We took the money and bought trees," he said. "If it wouldn’t have been for that, we probably wouldn't have made it."

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Kentucky harvested 223.7 million bushels of corn, 99.1 million bushels of soybeans, and 91.4 million pounds of tobacco during the 2023-24 fiscal year.

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