Agriculture in Massachusetts

[2] Greenhouse, floriculture, and sod products – including the ornamental market – make up more than one third of the state's agricultural output.

[3] Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing (Vaccinium macrocarpon) state in the union after Wisconsin.

Fruit cultivation is an important part of the state's agricultural revenues.

The Asian long-horned beetle (ALB, Anoplophora glabripennis) was detected in Worcester in 2008 and as of April 2021[update] is still uneradicated.

[9] Akbari et al. 2019 finds that Winter rye (Secale cereale) and Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) are effective covers for weed control in Massachusetts.