2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Maryland
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 159 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 12,600 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 2,000,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 154,000 |
| Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head | 311,000,000 |
Milk Production
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 21,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in $ | 196,560,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 819,000,000 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 380,000 | 143 BU / ACRE | 54,340,000 BU | 4.4 $ / BU | 245,388,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 40,000 | 16 TONS / ACRE | 640,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 440,000 | | | | | |
| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 495,000 | 485,000 | 44 BU / ACRE | 21,340,000 BU | 9.8 $ / BU | 202,730,000 |
| HAY |
| HAY | | 195,000 | 2.97 TONS / ACRE | 579,000 TONS | 181 $ / TON | 103,927,000 |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 155,000 | 2.6 TONS / ACRE | 403,000 TONS | 161 $ / TON | 63,271,000 |
| HAY, ALFALFA | | 40,000 | 4.4 TONS / ACRE | 176,000 TONS | 226 $ / TON | 40,656,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 103,927,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 63,271,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 8,000 | | | | | 40,656,000 |
| WHEAT |
| WHEAT | 325,000 | 180,000 | 75 BU / ACRE | 13,500,000 BU | 5 $ / BU | 68,850,000 |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 325,000 | 180,000 | 75 BU / ACRE | 13,500,000 BU | 5 $ / BU | 68,850,000 |
| MELONS |
| MELONS, WATERMELON | 3,000 | 2,900 | 355 CWT / ACRE | 1,029,500 CWT | 12.8 $ / CWT | 13,178,000 |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED | | | | 1,029,500 CWT | | |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET | | | | | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
| MELONS, WATERMELON, PROCESSING | | | | | (D) $ / TON | (D) |
| BARLEY |
| BARLEY | 31,000 | 19,000 | 82 BU / ACRE | 1,558,000 BU | 3.15 $ / BU | 4,596,000 |
(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