Some Thoughts About the Number and Size of Farms in Nebraska

Authors

Roy Frederick, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

7-21-1999

Citation

Cornhusker Economics, July 21, 1999, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics

Comments

Copyright 1999 University of Nebraska.

Abstract

The 1997 Census of Agriculture indicated that Nebraska had 51,454 farms at the end of that year. (A farm is a place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products are sold annually). This is the smallest number of farms since early in the state抯 history.