The total number of farms in Wisconsin in 2019 was 64,900, up 100 from 2018 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Farms and Land in Farms 2019 Summary report.
Total land in farms in Wisconsin in 2019 was 14.3 million acres, unchanged since 2017.
Wisconsin’s average farm size in 2019 was 220 acres, down one acre from 2018. The average farm size for those in the $250,000-$499,999 sales class increased 29 acres and in the $1,000,000 and over sales class farm size on average increased 33 acres from 2018.
The number of farms in the United States for 2019 is estimated at 2,023,400, down 5,800 farms from 2018. Total land in farms, at 897,400,000 acres, decreased 2,100,000 acres from 2018. The average farm size for 2019 is
444 acres, up 1 acre from the previous year.
The number of farms in the $100,000 – $249,999 and $250,000 – $499,999 sales classes increased while all other sales classes declined. In 2019, 51.1 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 2019, 7.4 percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more.
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