2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Maine

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

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	171
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	7,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	1,200,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

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

73,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	22,667
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	544,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
POTATOES
POTATOES	54,000	53,900	345 CWT / ACRE	18,596,000 CWT	15.5 $ / CWT	288,238,000
HAY
HAY		118,000	1.85 TONS / ACRE	218,000 TONS	176 $ / TON	38,378,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		110,000	1.8 TONS / ACRE	198,000 TONS	171 $ / TON	33,858,000
HAY, ALFALFA		8,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	20,000 TONS	226 $ / TON	4,520,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						38,378,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)						33,858,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	2,000					4,520,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	10,000	9,000	65 BU / ACRE	585,000 BU	6.6 $ / BU	3,861,000
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP			0.369 GALLONS / TAP	701,000 GALLONS
CORN
CORN, SILAGE		26,000	19 TONS / ACRE	494,000 TONS
CORN	30,000
OATS
OATS	20,000	16,000	73 BU / ACRE	1,168,000 BU	(D) $ / BU	(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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