LINCOLN - Nebraska's number of farms and ranches declined during
2024, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The
number of farms and ranches in the state, at 44,300, was down 100 farms from 2023. Numbers of farms and ranches in Nebraska with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales decreased 400 farms from a year earlier while operations with agricultural sales of $100,000 or more increased 300 farms. Land in farms and ranches in Nebraska totaled 44.0 million acres, unchanged from 2023. The average size of operation, at 993 acres, was up 2 acres from a year earlier.
