The United States saw a modest decrease in the number of farms in 2025, with 1,865,000 farms reported, down 15,000 from 2024, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Despite the decline, the average farm size increased to 469 acres, up from 466 acres the previous year, continuing a long-term trend of consolidation in American agriculture.
The reduction in farm numbers occurred across nearly all economic sales classes except for farms with sales of $1 million or more, which saw growth. Nearly half of all farms (48%) had sales under $10,000, while 78.8% reported sales below $100,000. Farms with sales of $500,000 or more accounted for 9.9% of the total, yet they operated over half of the nation’s farmland.
Total land in farms decreased by 2.51 million acres to 873.95 million acres, with the exception of the $1 million-plus sales class, which expanded by 850,000 acres. This indicates that while smaller farms are shrinking in number and acreage, larger farms continue to grow, managing more land and production.
The report highlights that 25.7% of all farmland was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 50.1% was managed by farms with sales exceeding $500,000. This shift reflects the increasing scale and economic power of larger farming operations.
