2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

New Jersey

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/20/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	76
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	9,900
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	750,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	9,500
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	5,500
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	30,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	8,500

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	18,333
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	110,000,000

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
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	4,200	4,100	230 CWT / ACRE	943,000 CWT		42,411,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						41,275,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						1,136,000
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					110 $ / TON
TOMATOES					59.2 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				716,700 CWT
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					80.9 $ / CWT
HAY
HAY		114,000	1.93 TONS / ACRE	220,000 TONS	186 $ / TON	41,032,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		105,000	1.8 TONS / ACRE	189,000 TONS	182 $ / TON	34,398,000
HAY, ALFALFA		9,000	3.45 TONS / ACRE	31,000 TONS	214 $ / TON	6,634,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						41,032,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	1,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL	3,500	3,400	275 CWT / ACRE	935,000 CWT	42.7 $ / CWT	39,726,000
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					44.8 $ / CWT	38,788,000
PEPPERS, BELL, PROCESSING					295 $ / TON	938,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				929,400 CWT
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	105,000	103,000	40 BU / ACRE	4,120,000 BU	8 $ / BU	32,960,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		61,000	141 BU / ACRE	8,601,000 BU	3.5 $ / BU	30,104,000
CORN, SILAGE		6,000	19 TONS / ACRE	114,000 TONS
CORN	72,000
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	6,500	6,400	87 CWT / ACRE	556,800 CWT	25.5 $ / CWT	13,868,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				542,900 CWT
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS	2,200	2,100	33 CWT / ACRE	69,300 CWT	167 $ / CWT	11,562,000
ASPARAGUS, UTILIZED				69,300 CWT
ASPARAGUS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
ASPARAGUS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH
SQUASH	4,100	3,500	93 CWT / ACRE	325,500 CWT	27.3 $ / CWT	8,387,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED				307,300 CWT
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	2,600	2,600	94 CWT / ACRE	244,400 CWT	29.2 $ / CWT	7,028,000
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					29.2 $ / CWT	7,028,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				240,700 CWT
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	2,900	2,700	44 CWT / ACRE	118,800 CWT	50.9 $ / CWT	5,986,000
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					50.9 $ / CWT	5,986,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				117,600 CWT
SPINACH
SPINACH	2,200	2,000	115 CWT / ACRE	230,000 CWT	22.7 $ / CWT	5,230,000
SPINACH, UTILIZED				230,000 CWT
SPINACH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
SPINACH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
POTATOES
POTATOES	2,000	2,000	265 CWT / ACRE	530,000 CWT	8.91 $ / CWT	4,722,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	18,000	15,000	62 BU / ACRE	930,000 BU	4.9 $ / BU	4,557,000
WHEAT, WINTER	18,000	15,000	62 BU / ACRE	930,000 BU	4.9 $ / BU	4,557,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					38.4 $ / CWT	4,178,000
PUMPKINS	2,100	1,700	65 CWT / ACRE	110,500 CWT	38.4 $ / CWT	4,178,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				108,800 CWT
PEACHES
PEACHES				32,000 TONS
CRANBERRIES
CRANBERRIES				556,000 BARRELS
APPLES
APPLES				49,200,000 LB

(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: New_Jersey

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	1,006,936	40	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	890,767	36	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	116,169	46	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	126,967	38	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	191,704	17	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	145,351	12	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	405,247	10	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	1,827	22	49
Other crops and hay	19,671	44	50
Poultry and eggs	40,081	38	50
Cattle and calves	8,829	48	50
Milk from cows	26,119	45	50
Hogs and pigs	1,682	40	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	2,598	41	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	17,014	26	50
Aquaculture	12,396	24	50
Other animals and other animal products	7,450	34	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	102,624	43	50
Soybeans for beans	93,833	29	45
Corn for grain	85,006	33	49
Vegetables harvested, all	50,396	18	50
Wheat for grain, all	26,545	38	49

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Layers	1,543,699	36	50
Ducks	(D)	5	50
Pheasants	51,098	11	50
Cattle and calves	31,449	47	50
Horses and ponies	27,658	39	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	2,307
$1,000 to $2,499	1,501
$2,500 to $4,999	1,030
$5,000 to $9,999	958
$10,000 to $19,999	758
$20,000 to $24,999	274
$25,000 to $39,999	443
$40,000 to $49,999	157
$50,000 to $99,999	524
$100,000 to $249,999	428
$250,000 to $499,999	264
$500,000 or more	427

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	913,289
Average per farm ($)	100,682

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	177,242
Average per farm ($)	19,539

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	4,493
Other	4,578

Principal operators by sex
Male	7,239
Female	1,832

Average age of principal operator	59.5

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	23
Asian	196
Black or African American	84
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13
White	13,787
More than one race	49

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	232

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.