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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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New Jersey

NASS Region 1 - alternate public context

2023 production540Klbs

0.5% of the U.S. crop 13.5%

Yield / colony
36 lb
-25.0% vs US
Price / lb
$7.16
+134.8% vs US
Colonies
15,000
-87.6% vs US
Stressor load
24%
-59.2% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/new-jersey
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for New Jersey pairs production, colony count, yield, price, and colony stressors without filling suppressed values.

Honey profile

2024 → 2025 movement

Year-over-year change across every reported honey metric for New Jersey.

Colonies15,000 6.3% from 16,000
Yield / colony36 lb 7.7% from 39 lb
Production540K lbs 13.5% from 624K lbs
Price / lb$7.16 68.1% from $4.26
Crop value$3.87M 45.4% from $2.66M
Benchmark

Indexed vs. U.S.

Each metric as a percentage above or below the U.S. baseline (center line = U.S. average).

derived
Yield / colony-25%36 lbs / colony
Price / lb+135%$7.16
Production / state avg-91%540K lbs
Crop value / state avg-78%$3.87M
Colonies / state avg-88%15,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

Share of New Jersey colonies hit by each stressor (April-June), against the U.S. profile. Hover any axis or bar to compare.

aggregate
Varroa mites: 16.6%Other pests: 3.0%Pesticides: 1.0%Other: 0.9%Diseases: 1.5%Unknown: 0.7%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
NJU.S. baseline
Varroa mites16.6%
Other pests3.0%
Diseases1.5%
Pesticides1.0%
Other0.9%
Unknown0.7%

Varroa 16.6% state vs. 27.3% U.S.

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Over time

The arc matters as much as the latest number. Stressor pressure is the one metric we can already track quarter to quarter for every state.

Varroa pressure, quarter by quarter

Share of New Jersey colonies reporting varroa mites across the official Honey Bee Colonies stressor series.

aggregate
0.0%12.5%25.0%37.5%50.0%Q1 '24: 20.7%Q2 '24: 16.6%Q1 '24Q2 '24

Official Honey Bee Colonies stressor rows only. This chart does not synthesize honey, yield, or pollination time-series shapes.

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Pollination & opportunity

The opportunity index keeps New Jersey's crop demand, regional pollination fee, local colony supply, and colony health pressure visible as separate weighted inputs.

Opportunity index

Where the gap is

A transparent, weighted blend - directional context for pollination planning, not a forecast.

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76OPPORTUNITY

Composite of the four factors below, each scored 0-100 then weighted.

Crop demandw 40% - -
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Pollination ratew 25% - -
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Supply tightnessw 20% - -
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Colony healthw 15% - 76
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Crop demand overlay

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Baselines & context

The closing cards keep structural Census baselines and related reporting states visible without mixing them into the annual honey row.

Census baseline

2022 Census of Agriculture

Structural baseline - independent of the annual honey survey.

direct
Colony inventory19,293
Honey production636K lbs
Honey sales$3.03M
Operations with inventory1,011