2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Massachusetts
Farms Operations
Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 66 |
Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 7,100 |
Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 470,000 |
Livestock Inventory
Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 5,500 |
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 9,000 |
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 ) | 31,000 |
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 ) | 7,500 |
Milk Production
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 19,889 |
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 179,000,000 |
Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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HAY |
HAY | | 54,000 | 1.78 TONS / ACRE | 96,000 TONS | 175 $ / TON | 16,830,000 |
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 50,000 | 1.8 TONS / ACRE | 90,000 TONS | 171 $ / TON | 15,390,000 |
HAY, ALFALFA | | 4,000 | 1.5 TONS / ACRE | 6,000 TONS | 240 $ / TON | 1,440,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE |
HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 16,830,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 15,390,000 |
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 1,000 | | | | | 1,440,000 |
CORN |
CORN, SILAGE | | 11,000 | 16 TONS / ACRE | 176,000 TONS | | |
CORN | 14,000 | | | | | |
CRANBERRIES |
CRANBERRIES | | | | 2,000,000 BARRELS | | |
(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