2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Mississippi

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/21/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	299
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	35,800
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	10,700,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	501,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	9,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	930,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	19,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	570,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	741,100,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	15,222
Milk - Production, Measured in $	25,893,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	137,000,000

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
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	2,190,000	2,170,000	53 BU / ACRE	115,010,000 BU	9.8 $ / BU	1,127,098,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	630,000	625,000	1,038 LB / ACRE	1,351,000 480 LB BALES	0.692 $ / LB	465,024,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				432,000 TONS	156 $ / TON	69,264,000
COTTON, UPLAND, IRRIGATED	349,000	348,000	1,073 LB / ACRE	778,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON	630,000	625,000	1,038 LB / ACRE	1,351,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, UPLAND, NON-IRRIGATED	281,000	277,000	993 LB / ACRE	573,000 480 LB BALES
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		500,000	189 BU / ACRE	94,500,000 BU	3.65 $ / BU	344,925,000
CORN, SILAGE		10,000	18 TONS / ACRE	180,000 TONS
CORN	520,000
HAY
HAY		610,000	2.4 TONS / ACRE	1,464,000 TONS	90 $ / TON	131,760,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		610,000	2.4 TONS / ACRE	1,464,000 TONS	90 $ / TON	131,760,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						131,760,000
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	30,000	29,000	170 CWT / ACRE	4,930,000 CWT	23.2 $ / CWT	114,376,000
RICE
RICE	115,000	114,000	7,400 LB / ACRE	8,436,000 CWT	11.4 $ / CWT	96,170,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	44,000	43,000	4,100 LB / ACRE	176,300,000 LB	0.207 $ / LB	36,494,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER	45,000	25,000	58 BU / ACRE	1,450,000 BU	4.15 $ / BU	6,018,000
WHEAT	45,000	25,000	58 BU / ACRE	1,450,000 BU	4.15 $ / BU	6,018,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN		4,000	72 BU / ACRE	288,000 BU	6 $ / CWT	968,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE		1,000	8 TONS / ACRE	8,000 TONS
SORGHUM	5,000

(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

Census State Profile: Mississippi

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	6,441,025	24	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	2,973,575	22	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	3,467,450	19	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	2,302,071	15	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	367,847	6	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	82,338	26	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	23,771	28	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	61,125	35	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	1,570	25	49
Other crops and hay	134,853	33	50
Poultry and eggs	2,744,048	5	50
Cattle and calves	332,491	35	50
Milk from cows	42,690	40	50
Hogs and pigs	141,139	17	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	2,306	43	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	10,013	39	50
Aquaculture	185,241	2	50
Other animals and other animal products	9,523	29	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Soybeans for beans	1,956,477	13	45
Corn for grain	793,762	19	49
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	634,505	29	50
Cotton, all	470,522	5	17
Upland cotton	470,522	5	17

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	134,479,892	5	50
Layers	5,593,802	17	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	3,519,525	11	50
Cattle and calves	921,508	31	50
Roosters	521,310	6	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	14,653
$1,000 to $2,499	2,967
$2,500 to $4,999	3,668
$5,000 to $9,999	4,222
$10,000 to $19,999	3,378
$20,000 to $24,999	954
$25,000 to $39,999	1,689
$40,000 to $49,999	599
$50,000 to $99,999	1,226
$100,000 to $249,999	848
$250,000 to $499,999	663
$500,000 or more	3,209

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	5,158,725
Average per farm ($)	135,485

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,632,266
Average per farm ($)	42,869

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	16,355
Other	21,721

Principal operators by sex
Male	32,794
Female	5,282

Average age of principal operator	60.4

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	216
Asian	129
Black or African American	6,576
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16
White	47,654
More than one race	187

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	564

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.