Regional Profile (Eastern Canada, Northeast United States)

Eastern Canada – Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland-Labrador.

Northeast United States – Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine.

General comments

The region has many areas with a large ratio of livestock to cropland area, leading to challenges of localized nutrient surpluses associated with managing manure as a source of plant nutrients. In addition to the crops listed above, there are many areas of fruit and vegetable production, both in field and in greenhouses, and both for fresh market and for processing. Potatoes comprise a substantial proportion of crop production in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Maine. Population density is high; land development is taking land from agriculture and impinging upon agricultural activities. Turfgrasses for residential lawns, recreational parks and golf courses occupy a substantial area of land and vary widely in intensity of nutrient use.

Major Crops of the Region	Eastern Canada			Northeast USA			Region Total
	2000	2005	2011	2000	2005	2011	2000	2005	2011
Area, million acres
Corn*	3.2	3	3.2	9.6	9.4	9.7	12.8	12.4	12.9
Soybeans	2.6	2.8	3.3	8.3	8.3	8.5	10.9	11.1	11.8
Wheat	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.0	2.3	3.4	3.2	3.6
Forages	5.1	5.1	5.1	9.6	9.7	8.8	14.7	14.8	13.9
Yield
Corn*, bu/A	107	145	152	133	136	140	126	138	143
Soybeans, bu/A	44	40	42	40	41	45	44	44	48
Wheat, bu/A	67	61	72	68	66	65	71	70	72
Forages, ton/A	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.5
Production, million tons
Corn*	9.6	12.2	13.6	35.7	35.7	38.2	45.3	47.9	51.8
Soybeans	3.4	3.4	4.2	10.0	10.3	11.5	13.4	13.7	15.7
Wheat	1.8	2.2	2.8	5.0	4.1	4.5	6.8	6.3	7.3
Forages	11.6	11	11.8	28.0	24.3	22.5	39.6	35.3	34.3

*corn includes silage as well as grain, with yield and production converted to grain-equivalent. Silage comprises 18% of the area planted to corn.

Fertilizer consumption,  thousand short tons	Eastern Canada			Northeast USA			Region Total
	2000	2005	2011	2000	2005	2010	2000	2005	2010
N	316	313	384	1136	1154	1040	1452	1467	1424
P2O5	164	152	208	508	454	432	672	606	640
K2O	227	216	209	783	765	709	1010	981	918