The total number of farms in 2017 is 2.04 million that’s down from 2.12 million farms in 2012. There continues to be more large and small operations, with fewer middle-sized farms. Farms with 2,000 acres or more grew from 82,207 in 2012 to 85,127 in 2017. Additionally, farms with one to nine acres increased. In 2012, there were 223,634 farms in that category, and as of 2017 there are 273,325. Just 105,453 farms produced 75% of all sales in 2017, down from 119,908 in 2012. Of the 2.04 million farms and ranches, the 76,865 making $1 million or more in 2017 represent just over 2/3 of the $389 billion in total value of production while the 1.56 million operations making under $50,000 represent just 2.9%
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