Mississippi alpaca farms  will continue to make a larger contribution to the State's agricultural production as the industry grows. Agriculture is a major segment of the state's economy. Second in the nation in cotton production, the state's farmlands also yield important harvests of corn, peanuts, pecans, rice, sugar cane, and sweet potatoes as well as poultry, eggs, meat animals, dairy products, feed crops, and horticultural crops. Mississippi remains the world's leading producer of pond-raised catfish.