LINCOLN — Nebraska’s number of farms and ranches declined during 2023, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of farms and ranches in the state, at 44,400, was down 100 farms from 2022. Numbers of farms and ranches in Nebraska with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales was unchanged from a year earlier while operations with agricultural sales of $100,000 or more decreased 100 farms.
Land in farms and ranches in Nebraska totaled 44.0 million acres, unchanged from 2022. The average size of operation, at 991 acres, was up 2 acres from a year earlier.
