Editing Haywood County, Tennessee (section)

==Economy==
The largest industry in Haywood County is agriculture. Haywood County grows more cotton than any other county in Tennessee and produced 189,000 bales in 2003 on {{convert|103000|acre|km2}}. Soybeans were the county's secondary crop, followed by corn. Agriculture and other related businesses contributed more than $130 million to the Haywood County economy in 2004. By 2017, grains, oilseeds, drybeans, drypeas and tobacco drew the most income, but Haywood County still grew the most cotton in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2017 Census of Agriculture County Profile|url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47075.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=US Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}}</ref>

In 2009, under the leadership of Tennessee Governor [[Phil Bredesen]] and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, a {{convert|3836|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract in southwestern Haywood County near Stanton was designated for a state-supported industrial megasite, intended for a large-scale industrial or business development such as an automobile assembly plant. In September 2009, Tennessee's State Building Commission authorized spending of $40 million for purchase of the land.<ref>Chad Sisk, [http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090930/NEWS02/909300409/1009/NEWS02/+40M+approved+for+West+TN+megasite+development $40M approved for West TN megasite development]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Tennessean]]'', September 30, 2009</ref> On September 27, 2021, it was announced that [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[SK Group#Subsidiaries|SK Innovation]] would construct a complex at the megasite called "[[Blue Oval City]]" to manufacture [[electric vehicle]]s and [[electric battery|batteries]]. The facility, which is expected to be operational in 2025, will cost approximately $5.6 billion, making it the most expensive single investment in state history, and employ approximately 5,700.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=September 27, 2021 |title=Ford to invest $5.6 billion in Memphis-area Megasite to build electric vehicles and batteries |url=https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/ford-invest-56-billion-memphis-area-megasite-build-electric-vehicles-batteries/HUPBF7DLRNDDLANOOLCDEG2YRI/ |work=[[WHBQ-TV]] |location=Memphis |access-date=September 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Round |first1=Ian |last2=Dries |first2=Bill |last3=Moore |first3=Rob |title=Ford, SK Innovation to invest $5.6B in Memphis Regional Megasite |url=https://dailymemphian.com/article/24344/ford-motor-co-electric-5-billion-memphis-regional-megasite |access-date=September 28, 2021 |work=The Daily Memphian |date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>