EAST LANSING, Mich. — The number of farms in Indiana in 2021 was 55,100, down 400 from the previous year, according to Nathanial Warenski, State Statistician of the USDA, NASS, Indiana Field Office. Land in farms was 14.8 million acres, unchanged from last year. The average size farm in Indiana was 269 acres per farm, up 2 acres from 2020.
The number of farms in the United States for 2021 is estimated at 2,012,050, down 6,950 farms from 2020. Total land in farms, at 895,300,000 acres, decreased 1,300,000 acres from 2020. The average farm size for 2021 is 445 acres, up from 444 acres the previous year.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
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