2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Mississippi
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 331 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 30,800 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 10,200,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 810,000 |
| Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 19,000 |
| Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head | 669,800,000 |
Milk Production
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 11,818 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in $ | 15,795,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 65,000,000 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 2,300,000 | 2,270,000 | 56 BU / ACRE | 127,120,000 BU | 10.1 $ / BU | 1,334,760,000 |
| COTTON |
| COTTON, UPLAND | 520,000 | 515,000 | 1,157 LB / ACRE | 1,241,000 480 LB BALES | 0.651 $ / LB | 393,000,000 |
| COTTON, COTTONSEED | | | | 376,000 TONS | 237 $ / TON | 92,430,000 |
| COTTON | 520,000 | 515,000 | 1,157 LB / ACRE | 1,241,000 480 LB BALES | | |
| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 470,000 | 186 BU / ACRE | 87,420,000 BU | 3.99 $ / BU | 340,938,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 7,000 | 16 TONS / ACRE | 112,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 490,000 | | | | | |
| HAY |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 600,000 | 2.3 TONS / ACRE | 1,380,000 TONS | 136 $ / TON | 193,200,000 |
| HAY | | 600,000 | 2.3 TONS / ACRE | 1,380,000 TONS | 136 $ / TON | 193,200,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 193,200,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 193,200,000 |
| RICE |
| RICE | 155,000 | 154,000 | 7,540 LB / ACRE | 11,613,000 CWT | 14.5 $ / CWT | 168,389,000 |
| SWEET POTATOES |
| SWEET POTATOES | 32,000 | 31,500 | 120 CWT / ACRE | 3,780,000 CWT | 21.8 $ / CWT | 81,822,000 |
| SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET | | | | | 27.3 $ / CWT | 71,616,000 |
| SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING | | | | | 180 $ / TON | 10,206,000 |
| SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED | | | | 3,757,300 CWT | | |
| PEANUTS |
| PEANUTS | 26,000 | 25,000 | 3,900 LB / ACRE | 97,500,000 LB | 0.249 $ / LB | 23,680,000 |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT | 60,000 | 35,000 | 50 BU / ACRE | 1,750,000 BU | 5.5 $ / BU | 9,625,000 |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 60,000 | 35,000 | 50 BU / ACRE | 1,750,000 BU | 5.5 $ / BU | 9,625,000 |
(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