Table 39. Commodities Raised and Delivered Under Production Contracts: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
BROILERS AND OTHER MEAT-TYPE CHICKENS 
HOGS AND PIGS 
State Total 
State Total 
Maryland 
683 
303,326,274 
Maryland 
6 
(D) 
Counties 
Counties 
Baltimore 
1 
(D) 
Carroll 
1 
(D) 
Caroline 
178 
62,702,400 
Cecil 
2 
(D) 
Dorchester 
79 
29,388,301 
Frederick 
2 
(D) 
Harford 
1 
(D) 
Washington 
1 
(D) 
Kent 
9 
(D) 
Queen Anne's 
52 
21,788,211 
REPLACEMENT DAIRY HEIFERS 
Somerset 
101 
63,392,986 
Talbot 
32 
9,333,000 
State Total 
Wicomico 
126 
56,082,648 
Worcester 
104 
55,508,728 
Maryland 
49 
8,645 
EGGS, CHICKEN (DOZENS) 
Counties 
State Total 
Carroll 
6 
(D) 
Cecil 
7 
4,445 
Maryland 
11 
14,341,620 
Frederick 
8 
1,140 
Kent 
6 
720 
Counties 
Queen Anne's 
1 
(D) 
Washington 
21 
1,640 
Carroll 
1 
(D) 
Frederick 
1 
(D) 
OTHER CATTLE, SHEEP, LIVESTOCK, OR 
Somerset 
2 
(D) 
POULTRY (SEE TEXT) 
Washington 
4 
(D) 
Worcester 
3 
2,029,878 
State Total 
LAYERS 
Maryland 
9 
(X) 
State Total 
Counties 
Maryland 
8 
427,053 
Carroll 
1 
(X) 
Garrett 
7 
(X) 
Counties 
Washington 
1 
(X) 
Carroll 
1 
(D) 
GRAINS AND OILSEEDS 
Frederick 
1 
(D) 
Somerset 
2 
(D) 
State Total 
Washington 
1 
(D) 
Worcester 
3 
108,771 
Maryland 
2 
(X) 
PULLETS FOR LAYING FLOCK REPLACEMENT 
Counties 
State Total 
Queen Anne's 
1 
(X) 
Somerset 
1 
(X) 
Maryland 
2 
(D) 
VEGETABLES, MELONS, POTATOES, AND 
Counties 
SWEET POTATOES 
Wicomico 
1 
(D) 
State Total 
Worcester 
1 
(D) 
Maryland 
6 
(X) 
TURKEYS 
Counties 
State Total 
Caroline 
2 
(X) 
Maryland 
3 
124,300 
Carroll 
2 
(X) 
Queen Anne's 
2 
(X) 
Counties 
Frederick 
3 
124,300 
334 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
