The following periodic reports and special bulletins are available upon request to: 



New England Crop & Livestock Reporting Service 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture 



P.O. Box 1444 

 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 

 (603)224-9639 



Crops 



Potatoes - Acres planted, August; Acreage, yield per acre and production, October, November and 



December. 

 Potato Stocks - Stocks on hand as of the first of the month, December through April. (Maine) 

 Tobacco - Acreage for harvest, July; Production, August through November and January final. 

 Prospective Plantings - Pre-planting acreage intentions for feed crops, tobacco, April. 

 Massachusetts Annual Crop Summary - End of season report of acreage, yield, production and value 



of production, January. 

 Fruit - Apples - Production estimated as of July 1, August 1 (including variety estimates), October 1 



and January final, including variety estimates. 



Peaches - June 1 and January final estimate of production 

 Cranberries - Production, August, October and November. 

 Maple Syrup - Production, May; Prices received by producers, November. 

 Sweet Corn - Acreage and Production, in season 

 Flowers and foliage plants - March. 

 Vegetables - Annual production, price and value, January. 



Livestock and Products 



Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop - January 1 cattle inventory, value; calf crop and cattle farms 

 Hogs and Pigs - Sows farrowed and pigs saved, June and December. December includes inventory and 



value 

 Sheep and Lambs - January 1 inventory numbers, lamb crop and values - February 

 Wool - Sheep shorn, weight per fleece, production, price, value, April. 

 Livestock Slaughter - Quarterly report on number and weight of livestock slaughtered by kinds, 



February, May, August and November 

 Milk and Feed - Number of milk cows, production (quarterly for all New England States except Vermont 



for which monthly estimates are published). Monthly for all states, milk price and test, hay and 



feed prices. Annual for all states, herd replacements, and corn, oats and hay acreages and 



production estimates in season. 

 Manufactured Dairy Products - Monthly production of manufactured dairy products. 

 Mink Production - Annual report of number of pelts, females bred and number of mink ranches, July. 



Poultry and Eggs 



Broiler Chicks - Weekly broiler chicks placed and broiler-type eggs set. (Maine) 



Chicken Inventory - Chickens on farms on December 1, by class and average value of all chickens - 



January 

 Poultry Report - Egg production, layer numbers, broiler and egg type chicks hatched, poults hatched, 



pullet chicks hatched for hatchery supply flocks, monthly 

 Turkeys - Turkeys raised, August and January 

 Bees and Honey - Number of colonies, honey production and prices, January 



Other Reports 



Massachusetts Agricultural Statistics - Annual publication of all crops and livestock 

 Crop-Weather - Weekly summary of crop and weather conditions. May through September 

 Farm Income - Annual report of income from marketing of crops and livestock, August. 



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