{"id":34317,"date":"2022-02-25T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/?p=34317"},"modified":"2022-02-25T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:56:53","slug":"sad-but-true-wisconsin-lost-farms-and-farmland-in-2021%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/2022\/02\/25\/sad-but-true-wisconsin-lost-farms-and-farmland-in-2021%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad but True: Wisconsin Lost Farms and Farmland in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The recent USDA report found that while the number of farms in Wisconsin has been declining since 2019, 2021 is the first year, over the last five, that Wisconsin has lost farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Published on February 18, the USDA looked at the number of farms in Wisconsin, the average farm size, and the total farmland over the last five years. For the first time since 2017, the total farmland within the state dropped a whopping 100,000 acres. Roughly a .7% decline which is concerning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike losing a farm, farmland means a loss of crop yield. Some farmers are choosing to no longer farm anymore, which may be adding to the overall decline. They sell their farm but not the land, selling it to another farmer to use to leasing it. The farm is gone but the farmland is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to total farmland declining across the state, the number of farms has been steadily declining since 2019. In 2019, there were roughly 65,000 farms in Wisconsin, that number dropped to 64,400 in 2020 and dropped further to 64,100 in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n