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State Honey Profile 2025 harvest
Rank#17

Wisconsin

NASS Region 1 - 17 of 20 reporting states

2025 production1.50Mlbs

1.3% of the U.S. crop 40.2%

Yield / colony
30 lb
-37.5% vs US
Price / lb
$4.52
+48.2% vs US
Colonies
50,000
-58.5% vs US
Stressor load
-
- vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/wisconsin
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin.

Colonies50,000 12.3% from 57,000
Yield / colony30 lb 31.8% from 44 lb
Production1.50M lbs 40.2% from 2.51M lbs
Price / lb$4.52 20.9% from $3.74
Crop value$6.78M 27.7% from $9.38M
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-38%30 lbs / colony
Price / lb+48%$4.52
Production / state avg-74%1.50M lbs
Crop value / state avg-62%$6.78M
Colonies / state avg-59%50,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 12.3%Other pests: 16.0%Pesticides: 4.7%Other: 1.5%Diseases: -Unknown: 12.3%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
WIU.S. baseline
Other pests16.0%
Unknown12.3%
Varroa mites12.3%
Pesticides4.7%
Other1.5%
Diseases-

Varroa 12.3% 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 Wisconsin colonies reporting varroa mites across the official Honey Bee Colonies stressor series.

aggregate
0.0%15.0%30.0%45.0%60.0%Q1 '24: 11.3%Q2 '24: 30.0%Q3 '24: 55.3%Q4 '24: 24.4%Q1 '25: 17.5%Q2 '25: 12.3%Q1 '24Q3 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25

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

03

Pollination & opportunity

The opportunity index keeps Wisconsin'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.

limited
0OPPORTUNITY

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

Crop demandw 40% - -
-
Pollination ratew 25% - -
-
Supply tightnessw 20% - -
-
Colony healthw 15% - -
-
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 inventory36,874
Honey production2.66M lbs
Honey sales$7.59M
Operations with inventory2,026