2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Nebraska
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/13/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation993
Farm Operations - Number of Operations44,300
Farm Operations - Acres Operated44,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )1,552,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )48,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )6,050,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )2,700,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )30,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )2,900
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )74,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2024 )3,650,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,940
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,247,000,000
County outlines for NEBRASKA

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN9,590,000188 BU / ACRE1,802,920,000 BU4.45 $ / BU8,022,994,000
CORN, SILAGE280,00021 TONS / ACRE5,880,000 TONS
CORN10,050,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS5,300,0005,240,00057.5 BU / ACRE301,300,000 BU9.9 $ / BU2,982,870,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE2,420,0002.66 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS6,436,000 TONS, DRY BASIS773,452,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA90,000825,0004.32 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,562,000 TONS, DRY BASIS463,060,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,595,0001.8 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS2,874,000 TONS, DRY BASIS310,392,000
HAY
HAY2,370,0002.59 TONS / ACRE6,135,000 TONS124 $ / TON739,206,000
HAY, ALFALFA810,0004.3 TONS / ACRE3,483,000 TONS130 $ / TON452,790,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,560,0001.7 TONS / ACRE2,652,000 TONS108 $ / TON286,416,000
WHEAT
WHEAT1,000,000920,00052 BU / ACRE47,840,000 BU5.15 $ / BU246,376,000
WHEAT, WINTER1,000,000920,00052 BU / ACRE47,840,000 BU5.15 $ / BU246,376,000
POTATOES
POTATOES21,00020,900470 CWT / ACRE9,823,000 CWT13.7 $ / CWT134,575,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN260,00085 BU / ACRE22,100,000 BU7.1 $ / CWT87,870,000
SORGHUM290,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE18,0008.3 TONS / ACRE149,000 TONS
MILLET
MILLET, PROSO110,000101,00031.5 BU / ACRE3,182,000 BU3.3 $ / BU10,501,000
OATS
OATS120,00036,00069 BU / ACRE2,484,000 BU3.4 $ / BU8,446,000
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER28,30026,3001,069 LB / ACRE28,125,000 LB19.2 $ / CWT5,399,000
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE26,00023,0001,660 LB / ACRE382,000 CWT12.5 $ / CWT4,775,000
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS47,30046,70030.5 TONS / ACRE1,424,000 TONS
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA20,0008 TONS / ACRE160,000 TONS
HAYLAGE65,0009.38 TONS / ACRE610,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)45,00010 TONS / ACRE450,000 TONS
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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