2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Maryland
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 159 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 12,600 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 2,000,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 ) | 155,000 |
Milk Production
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 21,158 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 804,000,000 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 410,000 | 171 BU / ACRE | 70,110,000 BU | 4.4 $ / BU | 308,484,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 40,000 | 18 TONS / ACRE | 720,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 460,000 | | | | | |
| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 465,000 | 460,000 | 44 BU / ACRE | 20,240,000 BU | 10.1 $ / BU | 204,424,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY | | 185,000 | 2.54 TONS / ACRE | 470,000 TONS | 193 $ / TON | 90,650,000 |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 150,000 | 2.2 TONS / ACRE | 330,000 TONS | 175 $ / TON | 57,750,000 |
| HAY, ALFALFA | | 35,000 | 4 TONS / ACRE | 140,000 TONS | 235 $ / TON | 32,900,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 90,650,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 57,750,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 7,000 | | | | | 32,900,000 |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT | 315,000 | 160,000 | 79 BU / ACRE | 12,640,000 BU | 4.65 $ / BU | 58,776,000 |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 315,000 | 160,000 | 79 BU / ACRE | 12,640,000 BU | 4.65 $ / BU | 58,776,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | 3,500 | 3,400 | 400 CWT / ACRE | 1,360,000 CWT | 19.4 $ / CWT | 26,384,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | 19.4 $ / CWT | 26,384,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED | | | | 1,360,000 CWT | | |
| BARLEY |
| BARLEY | 31,000 | 18,000 | 96 BU / ACRE | 1,728,000 BU | 3.25 $ / BU | 5,616,000 |
(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