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Hay Acres Harvested

Hay acres harvested, annual. Every state, back to 1950. Acres × yield = production.

All hay 202650.11M acresSum of state-level harvested areaUSDA NASS SURVEY annual
Alfalfa 202514.70M acresAlfalfa-only acresUSDA NASS SURVEY annual
Grass hay 202534.88M acresAll hay excluding alfalfaUSDA NASS SURVEY annual
National hay acres harvested, last 30 years47.2M56.3M65.5M199720032009201420202026

By region (7 regions, summed across states)

RegionStatesAll hay acresAlfalfa acresGrass acres
Southern Plains3/38.32M450K8.24M
Northern Plains4/48.45M4.68M3.46M
Corn Belt8/812.27M4.37M7.76M
West2/21.88M1.10M700K
Southeast11/129.63M182K9.43M
Pacific6/64.33M2.52M1.56M
Northeast12/123.56M542K3.00M

By state (49 states, sorted by acres)

StateRegionAll hay acres10-yr trend% of national5-yr avgvs 5-yrAlfalfaGrass
TexasSouthern Plains5.10MTexas 10-yr acres range: low 3.9M, high 5.5M, last 5.1M10.2%4.82M+5.9%100K5.00M
MissouriCorn Belt3.15MMissouri 10-yr acres range: low 2.9M, high 3.9M, last 3.1M6.3%3.21M-1.9%285K2.70M
OklahomaSouthern Plains3.00MOklahoma 10-yr acres range: low 2.7M, high 4.1M, last 3.0M6.0%3.33M-9.9%235K3.10M
North DakotaNorthern Plains2.55MNorth Dakota 10-yr acres range: low 1.9M, high 2.8M, last 2.5M5.1%2.25M+13.4%1.29M1.10M
South DakotaNorthern Plains2.55MSouth Dakota 10-yr acres range: low 2.4M, high 3.3M, last 2.5M5.1%2.76M-7.6%1.49M1.15M
MontanaNorthern Plains2.45MMontana 10-yr acres range: low 2.2M, high 3.0M, last 2.5M4.9%2.40M+2.1%1.40M760K
KansasCorn Belt2.37MKansas 10-yr acres range: low 2.1M, high 2.8M, last 2.4M4.7%2.50M-5.4%490K1.91M
KentuckySoutheast2.31MKentucky 10-yr acres range: low 1.9M, high 2.3M, last 2.3M4.6%2.09M+10.6%95K2.20M
NebraskaCorn Belt2.25MNebraska 10-yr acres range: low 2.1M, high 2.7M, last 2.3M4.5%2.33M-3.4%865K1.44M
TennesseeSoutheast1.72MTennessee 10-yr acres range: low 1.6M, high 1.7M, last 1.7M3.4%1.68M+2.2%15K1.70M
MinnesotaCorn Belt1.30MMinnesota 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.4M, last 1.3M2.6%1.17M+11.5%760K520K
ArkansasSoutheast1.27MArkansas 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.3M, last 1.3M2.5%1.19M+6.9%2K1.27M
IdahoPacific1.25MIdaho 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.4M, last 1.3M2.5%1.27M-1.3%870K280K
ColoradoWest1.23MColorado 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.5M, last 1.2M2.5%1.26M-2.1%620K530K
WisconsinCorn Belt1.23MWisconsin 10-yr acres range: low 1.0M, high 1.4M, last 1.2M2.5%1.16M+5.9%710K440K
New YorkNortheast1.15MNew York 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.3M, last 1.1M2.3%1.15M+0.3%210K910K
VirginiaSoutheast1.12MVirginia 10-yr acres range: low 970K, high 1.2M, last 1.1M2.2%1.05M+6.9%35K1.05M
PennsylvaniaNortheast1.08MPennsylvania 10-yr acres range: low 1.1M, high 1.4M, last 1.1M2.2%1.20M-9.7%230K860K
IowaCorn Belt1.06MIowa 10-yr acres range: low 930K, high 1.2M, last 1.1M2.1%1.09M-2.4%720K290K
WyomingNorthern Plains900KWyoming 10-yr acres range: low 890K, high 1.2M, last 900K1.8%998K-9.8%500K450K
CaliforniaPacific860KCalifornia 10-yr acres range: low 820K, high 1.1M, last 860K1.7%856K+0.5%460K360K
Ohio—850KOhio 10-yr acres range: low 790K, high 970K, last 850K1.7%822K+3.4%320K500K
OregonPacific850KOregon 10-yr acres range: low 780K, high 1.1M, last 850K1.7%864K-1.6%350K430K
Michigan—790KMichigan 10-yr acres range: low 760K, high 870K, last 790K1.6%770K+2.6%550K210K
AlabamaSoutheast750KAlabama 10-yr acres range: low 680K, high 860K, last 750K1.5%690K+8.7%4K720K
WashingtonPacific700KWashington 10-yr acres range: low 620K, high 790K, last 700K1.4%684K+2.3%340K310K
UtahWest650KUtah 10-yr acres range: low 650K, high 730K, last 650K1.3%674K-3.6%480K170K
West VirginiaNortheast620KWest Virginia 10-yr acres range: low 505K, high 620K, last 620K1.2%583K+6.3%15K600K
North CarolinaSoutheast525KNorth Carolina 10-yr acres range: low 509K, high 806K, last 525K1.0%614K-14.4%9K500K
IndianaCorn Belt500KIndiana 10-yr acres range: low 480K, high 550K, last 500K1.0%522K-4.2%270K280K
MississippiSoutheast500KMississippi 10-yr acres range: low 500K, high 650K, last 500K1.0%586K-14.7%12K560K
GeorgiaSoutheast450KGeorgia 10-yr acres range: low 450K, high 620K, last 450K0.9%502K-10.4%5K470K
LouisianaSoutheast450KLouisiana 10-yr acres range: low 360K, high 450K, last 450K0.9%382K+17.8%5K410K
IllinoisCorn Belt410KIllinois 10-yr acres range: low 410K, high 490K, last 410K0.8%457K-10.3%265K185K
NevadaPacific345KNevada 10-yr acres range: low 320K, high 435K, last 345K0.7%363K-5.0%215K130K
ArizonaPacific330KArizona 10-yr acres range: low 300K, high 345K, last 330K0.7%328K+0.6%280K50K
FloridaSoutheast290KFlorida 10-yr acres range: low 250K, high 320K, last 290K0.6%306K-5.2%—300K
South CarolinaSoutheast250KSouth Carolina 10-yr acres range: low 250K, high 310K, last 250K0.5%262K-4.6%—250K
New MexicoSouthern Plains225KNew Mexico 10-yr acres range: low 225K, high 285K, last 225K0.4%252K-10.7%115K140K
MarylandNortheast185KMaryland 10-yr acres range: low 185K, high 215K, last 185K0.4%200K-7.4%35K150K
VermontNortheast160KVermont 10-yr acres range: low 150K, high 185K, last 160K0.3%160K+0.3%13K145K
MaineNortheast120KMaine 10-yr acres range: low 104K, high 134K, last 120K0.2%125K-4.0%10K115K
New JerseyNortheast98KNew Jersey 10-yr acres range: low 91K, high 114K, last 98K0.2%100K-2.0%11K90K
MassachusettsNortheast50KMassachusetts 10-yr acres range: low 49K, high 79K, last 50K0.1%53K-6.4%4K45K
ConnecticutNortheast44KConnecticut 10-yr acres range: low 44K, high 53K, last 44K0.1%49K-10.6%5K40K
New HampshireNortheast34KNew Hampshire 10-yr acres range: low 34K, high 49K, last 34K0.1%40K-15.0%5K31K
Alaska—21KAlaska 10-yr acres range: low 19K, high 23K, last 21K0.0%21K0.0%—23K
DelawareNortheast10KDelaware 10-yr acres range: low 10K, high 15K, last 10K0.0%11K-7.4%3K7K
Rhode IslandNortheast6KRhode Island 10-yr acres range: low 5K, high 7K, last 6K0.0%6K-6.3%1K5K

National annual time series (last 30 years)

YearAll hay acres
202650.11M
202549.56M
202449.39M
202352.77M
202248.71M
202150.40M
202051.72M
201951.81M
201852.38M
201752.78M
201653.19M
201554.53M
201457.15M
201357.97M
201257.35M
201155.20M
201059.57M
200959.77M
200860.15M
200761.01M
200660.63M
200561.64M
200461.94M
200363.37M
200263.94M
200163.52M
200060.35M
199963.18M
199860.01M
199761.08M

USDA NASS SURVEY.