2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Rhode Island
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/28/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation57
Farm Operations - Number of Operations1,050
Farm Operations - Acres Operated60,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )1,200
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )500
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )3,900
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )1,200

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head19,400
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb9,700,000
County outlines for RHODE ISLAND

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
HAY
HAY6,0002.17 TONS / ACRE13,000 TONS188 $ / TON2,450,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)5,0002.1 TONS / ACRE11,000 TONS180 $ / TON1,980,000
HAY, ALFALFA1,0002 TONS / ACRE2,000 TONS235 $ / TON470,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE2,450,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,980,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA470,000
CORN
CORN, SILAGE1,00021 TONS / ACRE21,000 TONS
CORN2,000
(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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