2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Utah
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/19/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation587
Farm Operations - Number of Operations18,400
Farm Operations - Acres Operated10,800,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )338,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )97,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )790,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )20,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )275,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )550,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head5,200,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head23,073
Milk - Production, Measured in $392,055,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb2,215,000,000
County outlines for UTAH

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
HAY
HAY705,0003.74 TONS / ACRE2,636,000 TONS134 $ / TON347,356,000
HAY, ALFALFA550,0004.2 TONS / ACRE2,310,000 TONS134 $ / TON309,540,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)155,0002.1 TONS / ACRE326,000 TONS116 $ / TON37,816,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE347,356,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA60,000309,540,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)37,816,000
WHEAT
WHEAT134,000120,00052 BU / ACRE6,240,000 BU5.2 $ / BU32,448,000
WHEAT, WINTER120,000108,00052 BU / ACRE5,616,000 BU5 $ / BU28,080,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)14,00012,00052 BU / ACRE624,000 BU7 $ / BU4,368,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN20,000176 BU / ACRE3,520,000 BU3.96 $ / BU13,939,000
CORN80,000
CORN, SILAGE56,00025 TONS / ACRE1,400,000 TONS
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, TART, PROCESSING25,000,000 LB0.304 $ / LB7,600,000
CHERRIES, TART, UTILIZED25,000,000 LB7,600,000
CHERRIES, TART, FRESH MARKET(X) $ / LB
CHERRIES, TART3,3007,880 LB / ACRE26,000,000 LB0.304 $ / LB
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED3,370 TONS4,931,000
PEACHES1,2002.83 TONS / ACRE3,400 TONS1,460 $ / TON
PEACHES, PROCESSING(D) TONS(D) $ / TON(D)
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET(D) TONS(D) $ / TON(D)
BARLEY
BARLEY25,00018,00075 BU / ACRE1,350,000 BU3.08 $ / BU4,158,000
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER17,00016,500900 LB / ACRE14,850,000 LB(D) $ / CWT(D)
(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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