Farm Census

Cassia County, Idaho

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

554 farms657,664 acres in farms$1.15 billion in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Cassia County ranks sixth for potatoes and seventh for sugar beets.

Within Idaho, no other county with a published figure sells more farm products.

Milk: 34.1%Milk34.1%Cattle and calves: 28.7%Cattle and calves28.7%Withheld groups: 13.9%Withheld groups13.9%Hay and other crops: 11.6%11.6%Grains and oilseeds: 11.5%Grains and oilseeds11.5%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Milk: 34.1%Milk34.1%Cattle and calves: 28.7%Cattle and calves28.7%Withheld groups: 13.9%13.9%Hay and other crops: 11.6%11.6%Grains and oilseeds: 11.5%11.5%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, nursery and greenhouse crops, hogs and pigs, poultry and eggs and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Milk from cows$393 million4th of 19
Cattle and calves$330 million1st of 33
Hay and other crops$134 million2nd of 41
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$132 million2nd of 30
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$2.0 million6th of 34
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$200,00020th of 35
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$12,00019th of 20

What the fields held

Cassia County harvested 294,586 acres of cropland in 2022, second of 42 counties in Idaho. Hay and haylage covered acreage equal to 25% of that, wheat 23%.

CropAcresShare of US
Hay and haylage73,3730.14%
Wheat68,0410.18%
Sugar beets40,2153.5%
Corn for silage38,1930.64%
Vegetables30,5310.71%
of which potatoes30,0402.8%
Barley30,0281.2%
Dry edible beans4,8470.39%
Corn for grain1,843under 0.1%
Oats8390.09%
Berries3under 0.1%

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms40.1%

Cassia County ranks 17th of 44 counties in Idaho on this measure.

  • 366,476 acres of cropland, 56% of farmland
  • 279,860 acres of pastureland, 43% of farmland
  • 516 acres of woodland, 0% of farmland
  • 274,053 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Cassia County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 144 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,187 acres, fifth-largest of 42 in Idaho. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 20.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 25.6% of the total.

1–919%10–4921%50–17915%180–49914%500–9996%1,000–1,99910%2,000+16%
Cassia County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Milk cows71,2930.77%
Cattle and calves264,8970.30%
Sheep and lambs10,1440.20%
Beef cows24,2200.08%
Horses and ponies930under 0.1%
Goats228under 0.1%
Turkeys56under 0.1%

Withheld: hogs and pigs, laying hens and broilers sold.

Who farms here

Decisions on Cassia County's 554 farms are made by 1,076 producers. Their average age is 54.0, 2.6 years below the Idaho average. Women are 35.0% of them.

Under 3511%35–4420%45–5419%55–6421%65–7421%75+8%
Cassia County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms585−5.3%
Land in farms, acres643,346+2.2%
Average farm size, acres1,100+7.9%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$927 million+24.4%
Sugar beets, acres32,764+22.7%
Barley, acres33,937−11.5%
Milk cows, head64,627+10.3%
Vegetables, acres28,995+5.3%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Cassia County accounts for 10.6% of farm sales in Idaho and 2.4% of the farms in Idaho. Rank Idaho counties for sugar beets.

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