2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Maryland

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/15/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	166
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	12,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	2,030,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	46,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	47,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	193,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	9,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	26,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	306,700,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	19,854
Milk - Production, Measured in $	169,634,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	953,000,000

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
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		420,000	172 BU / ACRE	72,240,000 BU	3.9 $ / BU	281,736,000
CORN	480,000
CORN, SILAGE		50,000	20.5 TONS / ACRE	1,025,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	500,000	495,000	51 BU / ACRE	25,245,000 BU	9.2 $ / BU	232,254,000
HAY
HAY		205,000	2.73 TONS / ACRE	559,000 TONS	150 $ / TON	78,315,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		170,000	2.4 TONS / ACRE	408,000 TONS	135 $ / TON	49,776,000
HAY, ALFALFA		35,000	4.3 TONS / ACRE	151,000 TONS	191 $ / TON	28,539,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						78,315,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	8,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER	410,000	185,000	71 BU / ACRE	13,135,000 BU	4.63 $ / BU	60,421,000
WHEAT	410,000	185,000	71 BU / ACRE	13,135,000 BU	4.63 $ / BU	60,421,000
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	7,200	7,100	125 CWT / ACRE	887,500 CWT	13.2 $ / CWT	11,647,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					26 $ / CWT	9,183,000
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING					93 $ / TON	2,464,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				883,100 CWT
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON	3,200	3,000	300 CWT / ACRE	900,000 CWT	11.1 $ / CWT	9,990,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					11.1 $ / CWT	9,990,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				900,000 CWT
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED				42,600,000 LB		8,251,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET				14,600,000 LB	0.34 $ / LB	4,964,000
APPLES, PROCESSING				28,000,000 LB	235 $ / TON	3,287,000
APPLES		1,600	26,900 LB / ACRE	43,000,000 LB	0.194 $ / LB
BARLEY
BARLEY	50,000	27,000	76 BU / ACRE	2,052,000 BU	2.9 $ / BU	5,746,000
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	3,000	3,000	74 CWT / ACRE	222,000 CWT	19.2 $ / CWT	4,264,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				222,000 CWT
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED				2,630 TONS		3,346,000
PEACHES		600	4.48 TONS / ACRE	2,690 TONS	1,270 $ / TON
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEACHES, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
SPINACH
SPINACH, UTILIZED				(D) CWT
SPINACH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SPINACH	(D)	(D)	(D) CWT / ACRE	(D) CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SPINACH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
POTATOES
POTATOES	2,600	2,500	365 CWT / ACRE	913,000 CWT	(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

Census State Profile: Maryland

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	2,271,397	36	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	1,050,557	35	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,220,840	37	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	716,348	28	50
Tobacco	1,026	16	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	70,711	30	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	20,065	31	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	204,808	22	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	1,792	23	49
Other crops and hay	35,806	42	50
Poultry and eggs	922,999	18	50
Cattle and calves	69,917	40	50
Milk from cows	187,497	28	50
Hogs and pigs	(D)	33	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	(D)	(D)	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	13,188	33	50
Aquaculture	9,011	26	50
Other animals and other animal products	(D)	(D)	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Soybeans for beans	475,615	21	45
Corn for grain	435,646	23	49
Wheat for grain, all	210,354	29	49
Winter wheat for grain	210,354	28	48
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	180,843	42	50

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	64,192,426	7	50
Layers	2,364,942	32	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	707,617	29	50
Cattle and calves	194,524	41	50
Turkeys	77,375	24	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	3,809
$1,000 to $2,499	989
$2,500 to $4,999	966
$5,000 to $9,999	1,207
$10,000 to $19,999	921
$20,000 to $24,999	305
$25,000 to $39,999	599
$40,000 to $49,999	394
$50,000 to $99,999	545
$100,000 to $249,999	768
$250,000 to $499,999	538
$500,000 or more	1,215

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	1,940,277
Average per farm ($)	158,312

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	477,002
Average per farm ($)	38,920

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	5,996
Other	6,260

Principal operators by sex
Male	9,960
Female	2,296

Average age of principal operator	59.0

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	48
Asian	174
Black or African American	200
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10
White	18,539
More than one race	84

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	211

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.