1. Products of the Gulf Coastal Plain

3. Murphy Oil Corporation has its headquarters in El Dorado. Today, Murphy Oil Corporation is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom and crude oil and natural gas exploration and production operations in Canada.

4. Murphy Oil Corporation owns retail gasoline stations under the Murphy USA® brand in 21 states in the U.S. These are gasoline stations found in the parking lots of Wal-Mart Supercenters. The first Murphy USA station was opened in December 1996.

5. Oil & Natural Gas The largest oil field in Arkansas is located in Norphelt.

6. Bromine Arkansas is the world’s largest producer of Bromine. 40% of the world’s bromine comes from Arkansas. Bromine is used as a fire retardant and is an additive for fire extinguishers. Bromine is also used in disinfectants, film developing chemicals, dyes, and hair care products.

7. Watermelons In August, thousands of people come to Hope to celebrate the Hope Watermelon Festival. This area is said to grow some of the biggest watermelons in the world. The largest watermelon grown in Arkansas weighed 260 pounds.

8. Timber The Levi Wilcox Forest, near Hamburg, has pine trees ranging from 150 to 200 years old. Crossett is home to the world’s largest softwood plywood plant. Crossett is also home to a paper mill that is one of the largest producers of paper and tissue.

9. Paper Mills

10. Poultry The Gulf Coastal Plain is a huge producer of Arkansas’s chicken and eggs.

11. Agriculture The Gulf Coastal Plain produces soybeans, cotton, corn and wheat.