2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Nebraska
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/19/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation995
Farm Operations - Number of Operations44,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated43,900,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )1,560,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )50,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )6,150,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )2,800,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )29,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )3,200
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )74,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2025 )3,650,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,700
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,235,000,000
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, GRAIN10,450,000194 BU / ACRE2,027,300,000 BU4.1 $ / BU8,311,930,000
CORN, SILAGE210,00021 TONS / ACRE4,410,000 TONS
CORN10,750,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS4,850,0004,790,00065.5 BU / ACRE313,745,000 BU9.95 $ / BU3,121,763,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE2,345,0002.47 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS5,791,000 TONS, DRY BASIS551,162,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA80,000880,0003.77 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,321,000 TONS, DRY BASIS338,742,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,465,0001.69 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS2,470,000 TONS, DRY BASIS212,420,000
HAY
HAY2,300,0002.42 TONS / ACRE5,569,000 TONS97 $ / TON530,150,000
HAY, ALFALFA865,0003.7 TONS / ACRE3,201,000 TONS102 $ / TON326,502,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)1,435,0001.65 TONS / ACRE2,368,000 TONS86 $ / TON203,648,000
WHEAT
WHEAT950,000805,00047 BU / ACRE37,835,000 BU4.4 $ / BU164,582,000
WHEAT, WINTER950,000805,00047 BU / ACRE37,835,000 BU4.35 $ / BU164,582,000
POTATOES
POTATOES20,00019,900500 CWT / ACRE9,950,000 CWT14.4 $ / CWT143,280,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN205,00087 BU / ACRE17,835,000 BU6.15 $ / CWT61,424,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE35,00014 TONS / ACRE490,000 TONS
SORGHUM250,000
MILLET
MILLET, PROSO105,00095,00037 BU / ACRE3,515,000 BU3 $ / BU10,545,000
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER38,30037,1001,100 LB / ACRE40,817,000 LB23.7 $ / CWT9,658,000
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE23,00020,0001,700 LB / ACRE340,000 CWT11.8 $ / CWT4,012,000
OATS
OATS125,00020,00050 BU / ACRE1,000,000 BU2.95 $ / BU2,950,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)45,0004.6 TONS / ACRE207,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA35,0006.9 TONS / ACRE242,000 TONS
HAYLAGE80,0005.61 TONS / ACRE449,000 TONS
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS48,10045,80029.7 TONS / ACRE1,360,000 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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