2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Maine
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/31/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation171
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated1,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )11,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )25,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )75,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )4,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,308
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb554,000,000
County outlines for MAINE

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
POTATOES
POTATOES52,00051,600350 CWT / ACRE18,060,000 CWT14.3 $ / CWT258,258,000
HAY
HAY134,0002.02 TONS / ACRE271,000 TONS172 $ / TON46,603,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)125,0002 TONS / ACRE250,000 TONS166 $ / TON41,500,000
HAY, ALFALFA9,0002.3 TONS / ACRE21,000 TONS243 $ / TON5,103,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE46,603,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)41,500,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA2,0005,103,000
OATS
OATS26,00024,00086 BU / ACRE2,064,000 BU4.3 $ / BU8,875,000
BARLEY
BARLEY11,00010,00065 BU / ACRE650,000 BU5.55 $ / BU3,608,000
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP0.341 GALLONS / TAP672,000 GALLONS
CORN
CORN, SILAGE24,00017 TONS / ACRE408,000 TONS
CORN29,000
(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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