Farm Census

Finney County, Kansas

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

563 farms821,433 acres in farms$1.12 billion in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Finney County ranks second for grain sorghum and ninth for sales of cattle and calves.

Within Kansas, no other county with a published figure has more land in farms.

Cattle and calves: 79.7%Cattle and calves79.7%Grains and oilseeds: 13.3%Grains and oilseeds13.3%Withheld groups: 7.0%Withheld groups7.0%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Cattle and calves: 79.7%Cattle and calves79.7%Grains and oilseeds: 13.3%Grains and oilseeds13.3%Withheld groups: 7.0%7.0%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, nursery and greenhouse crops, cotton, hay and other crops, milk, poultry and eggs, sheep and goat products and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cattle and calves$894 million4th of 88
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$149 million9th of 101
Hogs and pigs$197,00028th of 48
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$100,00033rd of 70

What the fields held

Finney County harvested 405,619 acres of cropland in 2022, fourth of 105 counties in Kansas. Wheat covered acreage equal to 39% of that, grain sorghum 25%.

CropAcresShare of US
Wheat156,1780.42%
Grain sorghum101,4192.2%
Corn for grain94,5450.12%
Hay and haylage58,2180.11%
Soybeans5,048under 0.1%
Corn for silage4,2880.07%
Sunflower2,6960.17%

Withheld to protect individual farms: cotton, canola, potatoes and vegetables.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms98.6%

Finney County ranks 26th of 105 counties in Kansas on this measure.

  • 695,042 acres of cropland, 85% of farmland
  • 118,022 acres of pastureland, 14% of farmland
  • 150,804 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Finney County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 474 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,459 acres, 22nd-largest of 105 in Kansas. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 25.2% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 38.5% of the total.

1–97%10–497%50–17920%180–49920%500–9999%1,000–1,99913%2,000+25%
Finney County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Cattle and calves273,7670.31%
Goats2,4470.10%
Sheep and lambs1,225under 0.1%
Horses and ponies404under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs456under 0.1%
Laying hens588under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows and milk cows.

Who farms here

Decisions on Finney County's 563 farms are made by 1,132 producers. Their average age is 56.3, 1.9 years below the Kansas average. Women are 32.4% of them.

Under 359%35–4419%45–5411%55–6428%65–7423%75+10%
Finney County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms450+25.1%
Land in farms, acres790,500+3.9%
Average farm size, acres1,757−17.0%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$823 million+36.4%
Grain sorghum, acres110,840−8.5%
Wheat, acres139,262+12.1%
Cattle and calves, head236,618+15.7%
Sunflower, acres2,055+31.2%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Finney County accounts for 4.7% of farm sales in Kansas and 1.0% of the farms in Kansas. Rank Kansas counties for grain sorghum.

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