Greenwood County, Kansas
Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture
489 farms674,590 acres in farms$163 million in farm sales
No other county in Kansas with a published figure has more beef cows than Greenwood County.
Its harvested cropland had the ninth-largest gain from 2017 to 2022 among the 1,579 counties with at least 50,000 harvested acres in 2017.
Sales by product group
| Product group | Sales | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|
| Cattle and calves | $136 million | 17th of 88 |
| Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas | $22.9 million | 95th of 101 |
| Hay and other crops | $2.4 million | 45th of 84 |
| Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk | $400,000 | 14th of 81 |
| Poultry and eggs | $325,000 | 8th of 70 |
| Fruit, tree nuts and berries | $82,000 | 20th of 28 |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys | $54,000 | 47th of 70 |
What the fields held
Greenwood County harvested 129,965 acres of cropland in 2022, 84th of 105 counties in Kansas. Hay and haylage covered acreage equal to 42% of that, soybeans 38%.
| Crop | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Hay and haylage | 54,866 | 0.10% |
| Soybeans | 49,917 | 0.06% |
| Corn for grain | 16,711 | under 0.1% |
| Wheat | 7,859 | under 0.1% |
| Corn for silage | 1,336 | under 0.1% |
| Grain sorghum | 643 | under 0.1% |
| Oats | 292 | under 0.1% |
| Orchard land | 29 | under 0.1% |
| Berries | 12 | under 0.1% |
Withheld to protect individual farms: potatoes, vegetables, apples and pecans.
How much of the county is farmland
Share of the county land in farms92.2%
Greenwood County ranks 39th of 105 counties in Kansas on this measure.
- 162,310 acres of cropland, 24% of farmland
- 498,177 acres of pastureland, 74% of farmland
- 14,744 acres of woodland, 2% of farmland
- 147 acres irrigated
Farm sizes
Farms in Greenwood County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 351 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,380 acres, 25th-largest of 105 in Kansas. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 23.1% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 30.9% of the total.
Barns, pens and pastures
| Animals | Head | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Cattle and calves | 99,913 | 0.11% |
| Horses and ponies | 2,641 | 0.11% |
| Beef cows | 28,161 | 0.10% |
| Sheep and lambs | 1,231 | under 0.1% |
| Goats | 548 | under 0.1% |
| Milk cows | 16 | under 0.1% |
| Laying hens | 660 | under 0.1% |
| Turkeys | 17 | under 0.1% |
Withheld: hogs and pigs.
Who farms here
Decisions on Greenwood County's 489 farms are made by 851 producers. Their average age is 61.1, 2.9 years above the Kansas average. Women are 32.5% of them.
Five years earlier
| Measure | 2017 | Change to 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Farms | 540 | −9.4% |
| Land in farms, acres | 616,017 | +9.5% |
| Average farm size, acres | 1,141 | +20.9% |
| Farm products sold (current dollars) | $105 million | +54.1% |
| Cattle and calves, head | 71,029 | +40.7% |
| Horses and ponies, head | 4,985 | −47.0% |
| Hay and haylage, acres | 35,298 | +55.4% |
| Soybeans, acres | 39,347 | +26.9% |
Nearest rivals
- Cattle and calves between Lea County, NM and Milam County, TX
- Horses and ponies between Lincoln County, WY and Delta County, CO
- Hay and haylage between Bottineau County, ND and Klamath County, OR
- Beef cows between Major County, OK and Albany County, WY
Counties with a similar sales mix
- Finney County, Kansas largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
- Logan County, Colorado largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
- Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
Greenwood County accounts for 0.7% of farm sales in Kansas and 0.9% of the farms in Kansas. Rank Kansas counties for cattle and calves.
Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.