2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Jersey
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/29/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation70
Farm Operations - Number of Operations10,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated700,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )9,500
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )4,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )26,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )6,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,500
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb86,000,000
County outlines for NEW JERSEY

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
CORN
CORN, GRAIN65,000168 BU / ACRE10,920,000 BU4.95 $ / BU54,054,000
CORN, SILAGE6,00018 TONS / ACRE108,000 TONS
CORN74,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS100,00098,00043 BU / ACRE4,214,000 BU12.8 $ / BU53,939,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL2,5002,400395 CWT / ACRE948,000 CWT38.1 $ / CWT36,059,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED946,100 CWT
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
PEPPERS, BELL, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE30,938,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)23,715,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA2,0007,223,000
HAY
HAY97,0001.9 TONS / ACRE184,000 TONS168 $ / TON30,938,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)85,0001.8 TONS / ACRE153,000 TONS155 $ / TON23,715,000
HAY, ALFALFA12,0002.6 TONS / ACRE31,000 TONS233 $ / TON7,223,000
SQUASH
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET47.3 $ / CWT15,718,000
SQUASH2,9002,800120 CWT / ACRE336,000 CWT47.3 $ / CWT15,718,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED332,300 CWT
WHEAT
WHEAT34,00032,00082 BU / ACRE2,624,000 BU5.6 $ / BU14,694,000
WHEAT, WINTER34,00032,00082 BU / ACRE2,624,000 BU5.6 $ / BU14,694,000
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS2,0001,90032 CWT / ACRE60,800 CWT206 $ / CWT12,504,000
ASPARAGUS, FRESH MARKET206 $ / CWT12,504,000
ASPARAGUS, UTILIZED60,700 CWT
SPINACH
SPINACH, UTILIZED(D) CWT
SPINACH, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
SPINACH(D)(D)(D) CWT / ACRE(D) CWT(D) $ / CWT(D)
SPINACH, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
CRANBERRIES
CRANBERRIES550,000 BARRELS
PEACHES
PEACHES16,000 TONS
(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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