Where corn for silage is grown: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 1,503
US farms harvested 5,978,417 acres of corn for silage in 2022, and Tulare County, California, had more than any other county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 10.6% of the national total. Wisconsin is the leading state, with 1.6 times the figure of New York.
The national figure is down 2.1% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 1,503 counties with a published figure. Another 525 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.
| # | County | State | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulare County | California | 117,066 | 2.0% |
| 2 | Merced County | California | 98,715 | 1.7% |
| 3 | Weld County | Colorado | 81,767 | 1.4% |
| 4 | Hartley County | Texas | 55,552 | 0.93% |
| 5 | San Joaquin County | California | 51,836 | 0.87% |
| 6 | Kings County | California | 49,906 | 0.83% |
| 7 | Stanislaus County | California | 49,163 | 0.82% |
| 8 | Parmer County | Texas | 44,246 | 0.74% |
| 9 | Gooding County | Idaho | 44,114 | 0.74% |
| 10 | Twin Falls County | Idaho | 41,145 | 0.69% |
| 11 | Sioux County | Iowa | 40,668 | 0.68% |
| 12 | Clark County | Wisconsin | 40,281 | 0.67% |
| 13 | Castro County | Texas | 39,924 | 0.67% |
| 14 | Marathon County | Wisconsin | 39,717 | 0.66% |
| 15 | Wyoming County | New York | 38,593 | 0.65% |
| 16 | Cassia County | Idaho | 38,193 | 0.64% |
| 17 | Manitowoc County | Wisconsin | 37,729 | 0.63% |
| 18 | Kern County | California | 36,155 | 0.60% |
| 19 | Lancaster County | Pennsylvania | 35,988 | 0.60% |
| 20 | Hill County | Texas | 34,617 | 0.58% |
| 21 | Cayuga County | New York | 34,200 | 0.57% |
| 22 | Stearns County | Minnesota | 34,145 | 0.57% |
| 23 | Yakima County | Washington | 33,812 | 0.57% |
| 24 | Shawano County | Wisconsin | 32,484 | 0.54% |
| 25 | Brown County | Wisconsin | 32,166 | 0.54% |
Leading states
| State | Acres | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 787,423 | 13.2% | −14.6% |
| New York | 501,938 | 8.4% | −2.6% |
| California | 483,437 | 8.1% | +19.6% |
| Texas | 392,063 | 6.6% | +85.6% |
| South Dakota | 314,115 | 5.3% | −19.2% |
| Minnesota | 313,974 | 5.3% | −5.0% |
| Michigan | 313,968 | 5.3% | −5.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 267,678 | 4.5% | −24.2% |
| Idaho | 258,326 | 4.3% | −6.1% |
| Iowa | 250,255 | 4.2% | −10.1% |
| Kansas | 249,879 | 4.2% | +42.9% |
| Nebraska | 244,288 | 4.1% | +16.0% |
| North Dakota | 180,920 | 3.0% | +13.8% |
| Colorado | 172,001 | 2.9% | +13.6% |
| Ohio | 139,840 | 2.3% | −17.8% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.