2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Mississippi
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/11/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation331
Farm Operations - Number of Operations31,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated10,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )424,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )6,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )810,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )21,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head660,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head12,333
Milk - Production, Measured in $16,428,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb74,000,000
County outlines for MISSISSIPPI

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
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS2,180,0002,130,00056 BU / ACRE119,280,000 BU13.2 $ / BU1,598,352,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN770,000181 BU / ACRE139,370,000 BU5.35 $ / BU745,630,000
CORN, SILAGE6,00015 TONS / ACRE90,000 TONS
CORN790,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND400,000395,0001,083 LB / ACRE891,000 480 LB BALES0.822 $ / LB311,856,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED277,000 TONS264 $ / TON73,656,000
COTTON400,000395,0001,083 LB / ACRE891,000 480 LB BALES
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)580,0001.9 TONS / ACRE1,102,000 TONS137 $ / TON150,974,000
HAY580,0001.9 TONS / ACRE1,102,000 TONS137 $ / TON150,974,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE150,974,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)150,974,000
RICE
RICE121,000120,0007,470 LB / ACRE8,964,000 CWT15.9 $ / CWT142,528,000
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES30,00029,500130 CWT / ACRE3,835,000 CWT21.7 $ / CWT80,740,000
SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET29.5 $ / CWT66,750,000
SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING192 $ / TON13,990,000
SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED3,720,000 CWT
WHEAT
WHEAT120,00095,00052 BU / ACRE4,940,000 BU6.15 $ / BU32,110,000
WHEAT, WINTER120,00095,00052 BU / ACRE4,940,000 BU6.15 $ / BU32,110,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS18,00016,0003,600 LB / ACRE57,600,000 LB0.264 $ / LB16,013,000
(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


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