2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Delaware
Farms Operations
Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 242 |
Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 2,150 |
Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 520,000 |
Livestock Inventory
Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 1,500 |
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 2,600 |
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 10,500 |
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 ) | 2,800 |
Milk Production
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 17,815 |
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 48,100,000 |
Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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CORN |
CORN, GRAIN | | 172,000 | 189 BU / ACRE | 32,508,000 BU | 4.9 $ / BU | 159,289,000 |
CORN, IRRIGATED | 85,000 | | | | | |
CORN | 175,000 | | | | | |
CORN, NON-IRRIGATED, GRAIN | | 87,900 | 165.7 BU / ACRE | 14,563,000 BU | | |
CORN, IRRIGATED, GRAIN | | 84,100 | 213.4 BU / ACRE | 17,945,000 BU | | |
CORN, SILAGE | | 2,000 | 25 TONS / ACRE | 50,000 TONS | | |
CORN, NON-IRRIGATED | 90,000 | | | | | |
SOYBEANS |
SOYBEANS | 150,000 | 148,000 | 46 BU / ACRE | 6,808,000 BU | 12.6 $ / BU | 85,781,000 |
SOYBEANS, IRRIGATED | 58,000 | 57,000 | 49.3 BU / ACRE | 2,808,000 BU | | |
SOYBEANS, NON-IRRIGATED | 92,000 | 91,000 | 44 BU / ACRE | 4,000,000 BU | | |
WHEAT |
WHEAT, WINTER | 80,000 | 69,000 | 92 BU / ACRE | 6,348,000 BU | 5.05 $ / BU | 32,057,000 |
WHEAT | 80,000 | 69,000 | 92 BU / ACRE | 6,348,000 BU | 5.05 $ / BU | 32,057,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE |
HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 6,345,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 3,381,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 2,000 | | | | | 2,964,000 |
HAY |
HAY | | 12,000 | 2.83 TONS / ACRE | 34,000 TONS | 187 $ / TON | 6,345,000 |
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 8,000 | 2.6 TONS / ACRE | 21,000 TONS | 161 $ / TON | 3,381,000 |
HAY, ALFALFA | | 4,000 | 3.2 TONS / ACRE | 13,000 TONS | 228 $ / TON | 2,964,000 |
BARLEY |
BARLEY | 21,000 | 12,000 | 95 BU / ACRE | 1,140,000 BU | 4.4 $ / BU | 5,016,000 |
(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