USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey in its National Hemp Report.
The survey collected data for hemp grown in the open and hemp under protection.
In 2021, the value of hemp production in the open and under protection for the U.S. totaled $824 million.
The planted area for industrial hemp grown in the open for all utilizations in the U.S. totaled 54,152 acres, with the value of hemp production in the open totaling $712 million. The value of production for hemp grown under protection totaled $112 million and was 15.6 million square feet.
By value, floral hemp was the top utilization for hemp cultivated in the open, at $623 million, and for hemp grown under protection, at $64.4 million.
