2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Massachusetts
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/20/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation68
Farm Operations - Number of Operations7,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated490,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )6,500
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )11,500
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )38,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )7,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head17,583
Milk - Production, Measured in $39,668,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb211,000,000
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, UTILIZED154 BARRELS / ACRE1,894,400 BARRELS59,652,000
CRANBERRIES, PROCESSING1,762,500 BARRELS30.2 $ / BARREL53,228,000
CRANBERRIES, FRESH MARKET131,900 BARRELS48.7 $ / BARREL6,424,000
CRANBERRIES12,3001,911,400 BARRELS31.5 $ / BARREL
HAY
HAY78,0001.78 TONS / ACRE139,000 TONS159 $ / TON18,696,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)70,0001.7 TONS / ACRE119,000 TONS124 $ / TON14,756,000
HAY, ALFALFA8,0002.5 TONS / ACRE20,000 TONS197 $ / TON3,940,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE18,696,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)14,756,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0003,940,000
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED48,500,000 LB18,539,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET31,000,000 LB0.519 $ / LB16,089,000
APPLES, PROCESSING17,500,000 LB280 $ / TON2,450,000
APPLES3,30015,000 LB / ACRE49,600,000 LB0.382 $ / LB
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP0.263 GALLONS / TAP84,000 GALLONS50.2 $ / GALLON4,217,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN(NA) $ / BU
CORN, SILAGE12,00019 TONS / ACRE228,000 TONS
CORN15,000
(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


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