Number Of Farms In Montana Increase During 2020

The USDA Mountain Regional Field Office has released the following information regarding farms and land in farms from the region at the end of 2020.

Arizona: The number of farms and ranches in Arizona in 2020 totaled 19,000, unchanged from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Arizona, at 26.2 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 1,379 acres, compared to 1,379 acres the previous year.

Colorado: The number of farms and ranches in Colorado in 2020 totaled 38,800, up 100 operations from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Colorado, at 31.8 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 820 acres, compared to 822 acres the previous year.

Montana: The number of farms and ranches in Montana in 2020 totaled 26,900, up 100 operations from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Montana, at 58.0 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 2,156 acres, compared to 2,164 acres the previous year.

New Mexico: The number of farms and ranches in New Mexico in 2020 totaled 24,800, unchanged from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in New Mexico, at 40.0 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 1,613 acres, compared to 1,613 acres the previous year.

Utah: The number of farms and ranches in Utah in 2020 totaled 17,800, unchanged from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Utah at 10.7 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 601 acres, compared to 601 acres the previous year.

Wyoming: The number of farms and ranches in Wyoming in 2020 totaled 12,000, unchanged from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Wyoming, at 29.0 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 2,417 acres, compared to 2,417 acres the previous year.

United States: The number of farms in the United States for 2020 is estimated at 2,019,000, down 4,400 farms from 2019. The number of farms in all sales classes declined. In 2020, 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 2020, 7.4 percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more.

Total land in farms, at 896,600,000 acres, decreased 800,000 acres from 2019. The biggest change for 2020 is that producers in Sales Class $10,000 - $99,999 operated 550,000 fewer acres than in 2019. In 2020, 30.1 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 40.8 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with sales of $500,000 or more.

The average farm size for 2020 is 444 acres, unchanged from the previous year. Average farm size increased in the $250,000- $499,999, $500,000$999,999, and $1,000,000 or more sales classes and remained unchanged in all others. USDA’s definition of a farm is “any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.” Government payments are included in sales. Ranches, institutional farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms. Places with the entire acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, Wetlands Reserve Program and other government conservation programs are counted as farms.

For a copy of the full report, visit www.nass.usda.gov.