2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Delaware
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/31/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation242
Farm Operations - Number of Operations2,150
Farm Operations - Acres Operated520,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )10,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head18,154
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb47,200,000
County outlines for DELAWARE

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
CORN
CORN, GRAIN162,000171 BU / ACRE27,702,000 BU4.4 $ / BU121,889,000
CORN165,000
CORN, SILAGE2,00023 TONS / ACRE46,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS155,000153,00045 BU / ACRE6,885,000 BU9.5 $ / BU65,408,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER70,00052,00072 BU / ACRE3,744,000 BU5.1 $ / BU19,094,000
WHEAT70,00052,00072 BU / ACRE3,744,000 BU5.1 $ / BU19,094,000
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON2,8002,700295 CWT / ACRE796,500 CWT8 $ / CWT6,372,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED796,500 CWT
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
MELONS, WATERMELON, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
HAY
HAY10,0002.5 TONS / ACRE25,000 TONS186 $ / TON4,659,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)7,0002.4 TONS / ACRE17,000 TONS163 $ / TON2,771,000
HAY, ALFALFA3,0002.5 TONS / ACRE8,000 TONS236 $ / TON1,888,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE4,659,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)2,771,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA1,0001,888,000
BARLEY
BARLEY21,00014,00085 BU / ACRE1,190,000 BU2.95 $ / BU3,511,000
(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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