2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Delaware
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/09/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation230
Farm Operations - Number of Operations2,300
Farm Operations - Acres Operated530,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )1,200
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )2,600
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )10,200
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )2,900
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head234,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head17,815
Milk - Production, Measured in $12,121,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb48,100,000
County outlines for DELAWARE

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN166,000170 BU / ACRE28,220,000 BU6.68 $ / BU191,633,000
CORN, IRRIGATED, GRAIN78,600212.4 BU / ACRE16,695,000 BU
CORN, IRRIGATED79,000
CORN, SILAGE3,00019 TONS / ACRE57,000 TONS
CORN170,000
CORN, NON-IRRIGATED, GRAIN88,400132.3 BU / ACRE11,695,000 BU
CORN, NON-IRRIGATED91,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS160,000158,00043 BU / ACRE6,794,000 BU14 $ / BU92,398,000
SOYBEANS, NON-IRRIGATED103,000102,00040.6 BU / ACRE4,144,000 BU
SOYBEANS, IRRIGATED57,00056,00047.3 BU / ACRE2,650,000 BU
WHEAT
WHEAT80,00054,00076 BU / ACRE4,104,000 BU7.4 $ / BU32,627,000
WHEAT, WINTER80,00054,00076 BU / ACRE4,104,000 BU7.4 $ / BU32,627,000
BARLEY
BARLEY21,00016,00087 BU / ACRE1,392,000 BU5.1 $ / BU6,960,000
HAY
HAY11,0002.55 TONS / ACRE28,000 TONS172 $ / TON4,698,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)9,0002.4 TONS / ACRE22,000 TONS164 $ / TON3,432,000
HAY, ALFALFA2,0002.85 TONS / ACRE6,000 TONS201 $ / TON1,266,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE4,698,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)3,432,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0001,266,000
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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