2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Delaware
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 242 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 2,150 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 520,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 ) | 10,500 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 172,000 | 191 BU / ACRE | 32,852,000 BU | 4.4 $ / BU | 144,549,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 2,000 | 25 TONS / ACRE | 50,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 175,000 | | | | | |
| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 140,000 | 138,000 | 49 BU / ACRE | 6,762,000 BU | 10.1 $ / BU | 68,296,000 |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 53,000 | 41,000 | 86 BU / ACRE | 3,526,000 BU | 4.65 $ / BU | 16,396,000 |
| WHEAT | 53,000 | 41,000 | 86 BU / ACRE | 3,526,000 BU | 4.65 $ / BU | 16,396,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY | | 10,000 | 2.9 TONS / ACRE | 29,000 TONS | 200 $ / TON | 5,790,000 |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 7,000 | 2.6 TONS / ACRE | 18,000 TONS | 175 $ / TON | 3,150,000 |
| HAY, ALFALFA | | 3,000 | 3.5 TONS / ACRE | 11,000 TONS | 240 $ / TON | 2,640,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 5,790,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 3,150,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 1,000 | | | | | 2,640,000 |
| BARLEY |
| BARLEY | 20,000 | 13,000 | 95 BU / ACRE | 1,235,000 BU | 3.25 $ / BU | 4,014,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED | | | | (D) CWT | | |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, PROCESSING | | | | | (D) $ / TON | (D) |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | (D) | (D) | (D) CWT / ACRE | (D) CWT | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
(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