Ohio honey production for 2022 totaled 1.25 million pounds, up 22 percent from 2021. This estimate included honey from producers with 5 or more colonies.
Yields from Ohio’s 19,000 honey producing colonies averaged 66 pounds in 2022, up 2 pounds from the previous year. Ohio honey price averaged $3.48 per pound, down 16 cents per pound from last year. Value of production totaled $4.36 million, up 17 percent from 2021. Honey stocks totaled 464 thousand pounds, up 19 percent from 2021.
Nationally, honey production in 2022 totaled 125 million pounds, down 1 percent from 2021.
United States honey prices increased 12 percent during 2022 to $2.96 per pound, compared to $2.65 per pound in 2021.
SOURCE: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Great Lakes Region
