2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

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

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation171
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated1,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )10,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )30,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )81,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )4,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,000
Milk - Production, Measured in $122,850,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb630,000,000
County outlines for MAINE

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
POTATOES
POTATOES48,00047,500320 CWT / ACRE15,200,000 CWT10.2 $ / CWT155,040,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE33,395,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)29,127,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0004,268,000
HAY
HAY125,0001.93 TONS / ACRE241,000 TONS151 $ / TON33,395,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)115,0001.9 TONS / ACRE219,000 TONS133 $ / TON29,127,000
HAY, ALFALFA10,0002.2 TONS / ACRE22,000 TONS194 $ / TON4,268,000
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP0.376 GALLONS / TAP715,000 GALLONS33.7 $ / GALLON24,096,000
BLUEBERRIES
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, UTILIZED3,980 LB / ACRE67,650,000 LB17,561,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, PROCESSING67,300,000 LB0.249 $ / LB16,791,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, FRESH MARKET350,000 LB2.2 $ / LB770,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD17,00067,800,000 LB0.26 $ / LB
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED37,500,000 LB16,473,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET27,500,000 LB0.563 $ / LB15,483,000
APPLES, PROCESSING10,000,000 LB198 $ / TON990,000
APPLES2,70014,500 LB / ACRE39,200,000 LB0.439 $ / LB
OATS
OATS22,00021,00067 BU / ACRE1,407,000 BU2.8 $ / BU3,940,000
CORN
CORN31,000
CORN, SILAGE27,00018 TONS / ACRE486,000 TONS
CORN, GRAIN(NA) $ / BU
(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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