2021 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Massachusetts
† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/18/2022

Farms Operations†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation69
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated500,000

Livestock Inventory †

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2022 )8,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2022 )9,500
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2022 )38,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2021 )8,500

Milk Production †

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head19,700
Milk - Production, Measured in $38,218,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb197,000,000
County outlines for MASSACHUSETTS

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
CRANBERRIES
CRANBERRIES, UTILIZED1,742,400 BARRELS65,689,000
CRANBERRIES, PROCESSING1,706,400 BARRELS37.5 $ / BARREL63,990,000
CRANBERRIES, FRESH MARKET36,000 BARRELS47.2 $ / BARREL1,699,000
CRANBERRIES12,000150.2 BARRELS / ACRE1,800,000 BARRELS37.7 $ / BARREL
HAY
HAY55,0001.45 TONS / ACRE80,000 TONS158 $ / TON12,650,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)50,0001.4 TONS / ACRE70,000 TONS150 $ / TON10,500,000
HAY, ALFALFA5,0001.9 TONS / ACRE10,000 TONS215 $ / TON2,150,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE12,650,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)10,500,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0002,150,000
CORN
CORN14,000
CORN, SILAGE11,00017 TONS / ACRE187,000 TONS
(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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