2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Maine

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/20/2026

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	174
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	6,900
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	1,200,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )

71,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	22,833
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	548,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
POTATOES
POTATOES	52,000	51,900	335 CWT / ACRE	17,387,000 CWT	14.8 $ / CWT	257,328,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						41,395,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)						36,225,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	1,000					5,170,000
HAY
HAY		125,000	1.83 TONS / ACRE	229,000 TONS	181 $ / TON	41,395,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		115,000	1.8 TONS / ACRE	207,000 TONS	175 $ / TON	36,225,000
HAY, ALFALFA		10,000	2.2 TONS / ACRE	22,000 TONS	235 $ / TON	5,170,000
OATS
OATS	18,000	17,000	86 BU / ACRE	1,462,000 BU	3.3 $ / BU	4,825,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	7,000	6,000	79 BU / ACRE	474,000 BU	5.9 $ / BU	2,797,000
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP			0.312 GALLONS / TAP	549,000 GALLONS
CORN
CORN	30,000
CORN, SILAGE		25,000	13 TONS / ACRE	325,000 TONS

(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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