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Home » Wisconsin Farms and Land in Farms report
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Wisconsin Farms and Land in Farms report

Number of Wisconsin farms in 2021 was 64,100, down 300 farms from 2020

PUBLISHED ON February 28, 2022

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The total number of farms in Wisconsin in 2021 was 64,100, down 300 farms from 2020 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary report. (Michael Pereckas, Flickr/Creative Commons)

MADISON, Wis. — The total number of farms in Wisconsin in 2021 was 64,100, down 300 farms from 2020 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary report. 

Total land in farms for Wisconsin during 2021 was 14.2 million acres. This was down 100,000 acres from 14.3 million acres the previous year.

Wisconsin’s average farm size in 2021 was 222 acres, unchanged from 2020.

United States Farms and Land in Farms 

The number of farms in the United States for 2021 is estimated at 2,012,050, down 6,950 farms from 2020. The number of farms increased in all sales classes except $1,000-$9,999, $100,000-$249,999, and $1,000,000 or more. In 2021, 51.0 percent of all farms had less than $10,000 in sales and 81.5 percent of all farms had less than $100,000 in sales. In 2021, 7.4 percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more. 

Total land in farms, at 895,300,000 acres, decreased 1,300,000 acres from 2020. The biggest change for 2021 is that producers in Sales Class $1,000 – $9,999 operated 640,000 fewer acres than in 2020. In 2021, 30.1 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 40.9 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with sales of $500,000 or more. 

The average farm size for 2021 is 445 acres, up from 444 acres the previous year. Average farm size increased in the $1,000,000 or more sales class and decreased or remained unchanged in all other sales classes.

— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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