2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Mississippi
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/04/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation302
Farm Operations - Number of Operations34,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated10,300,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )449,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )6,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )860,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )19,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )180,000
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head670,700,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head12,857
Milk - Production, Measured in $24,750,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb90,000,000
County outlines for MISSISSIPPI

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
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS2,310,0002,290,00054 BU / ACRE123,660,000 BU13.9 $ / BU1,718,874,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN565,000165 BU / ACRE93,225,000 BU6.87 $ / BU643,253,000
CORN580,000
CORN, SILAGE5,00015 TONS / ACRE75,000 TONS
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND530,000525,0001,084 LB / ACRE1,186,000 480 LB BALES0.937 $ / LB488,803,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED374,000 TONS293 $ / TON126,224,000
COTTON530,000525,0001,084 LB / ACRE1,186,000 480 LB BALES
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE148,680,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)148,680,000
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)590,0002 TONS / ACRE1,180,000 TONS126 $ / TON148,680,000
HAY590,0002 TONS / ACRE1,180,000 TONS126 $ / TON148,680,000
RICE
RICE85,00084,0007,370 LB / ACRE6,191,000 CWT16.9 $ / CWT104,628,000
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES30,00029,500145 CWT / ACRE4,277,500 CWT21.6 $ / CWT91,540,000
SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET29 $ / CWT80,632,000
SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING150 $ / TON10,908,000
SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED4,234,700 CWT
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER100,00075,00052 BU / ACRE3,900,000 BU8.45 $ / BU33,345,000
WHEAT100,00075,00052 BU / ACRE3,900,000 BU8.45 $ / BU33,345,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS15,00014,0004,500 LB / ACRE63,000,000 LB0.272 $ / LB17,136,000
(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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