2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Utah

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/12/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	604
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	18,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	11,000,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	338,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	97,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	800,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	20,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	275,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	550,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head	5,200,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	23,316
Milk - Production, Measured in $	392,055,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	2,215,000,000

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
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						332,304,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	60,000
HAY
HAY		700,000	3.69 TONS / ACRE	2,583,000 TONS	134 $ / TON	332,304,000
HAY, ALFALFA		530,000	4.2 TONS / ACRE	2,226,000 TONS	134 $ / TON	291,606,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		170,000	2.1 TONS / ACRE	357,000 TONS	116 $ / TON	40,698,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	134,000	120,000	52 BU / ACRE	6,240,000 BU	5.2 $ / BU	28,954,000
WHEAT, WINTER	120,000	108,000	52 BU / ACRE	5,616,000 BU	5 $ / BU	24,430,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)	14,000	12,000	52 BU / ACRE	624,000 BU	7 $ / BU	4,524,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		20,000	176 BU / ACRE	3,520,000 BU	3.96 $ / BU	12,848,000
CORN, SILAGE		56,000	25 TONS / ACRE	1,400,000 TONS
CORN	80,000
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, TART, PROCESSING				25,000,000 LB	0.304 $ / LB	7,600,000
CHERRIES, TART, UTILIZED				25,000,000 LB		7,600,000
CHERRIES, TART, FRESH MARKET					(X) $ / LB
CHERRIES, TART		3,100	8,390 LB / ACRE	26,000,000 LB	0.304 $ / LB
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED				3,370 TONS		4,931,000
PEACHES		1,200	2.83 TONS / ACRE	3,400 TONS	1,460 $ / TON
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEACHES, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
BARLEY
BARLEY	25,000	18,000	75 BU / ACRE	1,350,000 BU	3.08 $ / BU	4,118,000
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER	15,500	14,500	1,000 LB / ACRE	14,500,000 LB	(D) $ / CWT	(D)

(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: Utah

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	1,816,147	37	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	574,099	38	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,242,049	36	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	117,489	40	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	19,382	43	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	31,299	21	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	108,742	27	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	36	44	49
Other crops and hay	297,151	19	50
Poultry and eggs	140,131	30	50
Cattle and calves	364,214	33	50
Milk from cows	326,364	23	50
Hogs and pigs	290,632	14	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	36,122	8	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	20,629	22	50
Aquaculture	6,709	30	50
Other animals and other animal products	57,246	6	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	761,515	26	50
Wheat for grain, all	138,100	32	49
Winter wheat for grain	124,785	31	48
Corn for silage	52,481	24	49
Corn for grain	33,879	39	49

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Layers	3,814,859	24	50
Turkeys	2,894,895	12	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	814,903	27	50
Cattle and calves	776,833	36	50
Hogs and pigs	731,666	15	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	5,263
$1,000 to $2,499	1,937
$2,500 to $4,999	2,055
$5,000 to $9,999	2,068
$10,000 to $19,999	1,709
$20,000 to $24,999	471
$25,000 to $39,999	1,017
$40,000 to $49,999	407
$50,000 to $99,999	1,117
$100,000 to $249,999	897
$250,000 to $499,999	530
$500,000 or more	556

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	1,588,996
Average per farm ($)	88,145

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	298,404
Average per farm ($)	16,553

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	6,939
Other	11,088

Principal operators by sex
Male	16,009
Female	2,018

Average age of principal operator	58.3

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	894
Asian	77
Black or African American	9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25
White	27,079
More than one race	46

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	496

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.