Farm Census

Yuma County, Colorado

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

826 farms1,511,087 acres in farms$1.09 billion in farm sales

Yuma County's largest product group with a published figure, cattle and calves, makes up 63.1% of farm sales, against 50.5% across Colorado.

Its farms account for 11.8% of all farm sales in Colorado, the second-largest share among the state's 59 counties.

Cattle and calves: 63.1%Cattle and calves63.1%Grains and oilseeds: 24.0%Grains and oilseeds24.0%Hogs and pigs: 9.1%Hogs and pigs9.1%Withheld groups: 2.4%2.4%Vegetables and melons: 1.5%1.5%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Cattle and calves: 63.1%Cattle and calves63.1%Grains and oilseeds: 24.0%Grains and oilseeds24.0%Hogs and pigs: 9.1%Hogs and pigs9.1%Withheld groups: 2.4%2.4%Vegetables and melons: 1.5%1.5%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: nursery and greenhouse crops, hay and other crops, milk, horses and mules, aquaculture products and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cattle and calves$688 million2nd of 50
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$261 million1st of 31
Hogs and pigs$98.9 million1st of 21
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$16.1 million7th of 27
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$256,00023rd of 46
Poultry and eggs$15,00031st of 41

What the fields held

Yuma County harvested 342,629 acres of cropland in 2022, fourth of 54 counties in Colorado. Corn for grain covered acreage equal to 53% of that, wheat 27%.

CropAcresShare of US
Corn for grain180,2450.22%
Wheat93,6560.25%
Hay and haylage22,340under 0.1%
Dry edible beans11,3540.92%
Corn for silage11,0160.18%
Grain sorghum10,1950.22%
Sugar beets3,5280.30%
Soybeans3,322under 0.1%
Vegetables2,6400.06%
Sunflower686under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: oats and potatoes.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms99.9%

Yuma County ranks second of 59 counties in Colorado on this measure.

  • 648,661 acres of cropland, 43% of farmland
  • 860,186 acres of pastureland, 57% of farmland
  • 698 acres of woodland, under 0.1% of farmland
  • 184,757 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Yuma County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 600 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,829 acres, 12th-largest of 54 in Colorado. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 26.6% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 38.5% of the total.

1–93%10–499%50–17918%180–49918%500–99914%1,000–1,99912%2,000+27%
Yuma County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Cattle and calves255,1840.29%
Goats1,6880.07%
Horses and ponies545under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs336under 0.1%
Laying hens1,161under 0.1%
Turkeys44under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 202289under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows, milk cows and hogs and pigs.

Who farms here

Decisions on Yuma County's 826 farms are made by 1,594 producers. Their average age is 57.3, 1.0 years below the Colorado average. Women are 37.3% of them.

Under 3510%35–4417%45–5415%55–6419%65–7424%75+15%
Yuma County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms774+6.7%
Land in farms, acres1,400,296+7.9%
Average farm size, acres1,809+1.1%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$919 million+18.7%
Dry edible beans, acres10,334+9.9%
Sugar beets, acres4,083−13.6%
Cattle and calves, head265,393−3.8%
Wheat, acres101,158−7.4%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Yuma County accounts for 2.3% of the farms in Colorado. Rank Colorado counties for dry edible beans.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.