Minnesota
Minnesota Farms and Land in Farms
Total number of farms in Minnesota in 2023 was 65,300, down 200 farms from 2022
The total number of farms in Minnesota in 2023 was 65,300, down 200 farms from 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Farms and Land in Farms 2023 Summary report. (Jamie Street, Unsplash)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The total number of farms in Minnesota in 2023 was 65,300, down 200 farms from 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Farms and Land in Farms 2023 Summary report.
Total land in farms for Minnesota during 2023 was 25.4 million acres, which is unchanged over the past four years.
The average farm size in Minnesota for 2023 was 389 acres, up 1 acre from 2022.
United States Farms and Land in Farms
The number of farms in the United States for 2023 is estimated at 1,894,950, down 5,700 farms from 2022. The number of farms decreased in all sales classes except the $1,000,000 or more sales class. In 2023, 48.3 percent of all farms had less than $10,000 in sales and 79.0 percent of all farms had less than $100,000 in sales. In 2023, 9.7 percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more.
Total land in farms, at 878,560,000 acres, decreased 1,100,000 acres from 2022. The biggest change for 2023 is that producers in Sales Class $1,000,000 or more operated 14,160,000 more acres than in 2022. In 2023, 26.2 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 49.8 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with sales of $500,000 or more.
The average farm size for 2023 is 464 acres, up from 463 acres the previous year.
The complete report can be found on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service