2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Massachusetts
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/01/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation69
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated500,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )7,500
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )9,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )33,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )7,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head20,889
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb188,000,000
County outlines for MASSACHUSETTS

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
HAY
HAY60,0001.67 TONS / ACRE100,000 TONS166 $ / TON16,630,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)55,0001.65 TONS / ACRE91,000 TONS160 $ / TON14,560,000
HAY, ALFALFA5,0001.8 TONS / ACRE9,000 TONS230 $ / TON2,070,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE16,630,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)14,560,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0002,070,000
CORN
CORN14,000
CORN, SILAGE11,00015 TONS / ACRE165,000 TONS
CRANBERRIES
CRANBERRIES2,000,000 BARRELS
(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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