2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Maine
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/19/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation171
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated1,200,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )12,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )24,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )73,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )4,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,720
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb543,000,000
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
POTATOES53,00052,600340 CWT / ACRE17,884,000 CWT16.3 $ / CWT291,509,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE38,988,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)34,776,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0004,212,000
HAY
HAY128,0001.83 TONS / ACRE234,000 TONS167 $ / TON38,988,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)120,0001.8 TONS / ACRE216,000 TONS161 $ / TON34,776,000
HAY, ALFALFA8,0002.3 TONS / ACRE18,000 TONS234 $ / TON4,212,000
OATS
OATS22,00021,00062 BU / ACRE1,302,000 BU3.6 $ / BU4,687,000
BARLEY
BARLEY11,0009,00045 BU / ACRE405,000 BU5.6 $ / BU2,268,000
CORN
CORN28,000
CORN, SILAGE23,00015 TONS / ACRE345,000 TONS
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP0.25 GALLONS / TAP470,000 GALLONS
(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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