Farm Census

Sumner County, Kansas

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

1,013 farms750,650 acres in farms$182 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Sumner County ranks tenth for wheat.

Within Kansas, no other county with a published figure has more soybeans or cotton.

Grains and oilseeds: 84.6%Grains and oilseeds84.6%Cattle and calves: 7.3%7.3%Cotton: 6.0%Cotton6.0%Hay and other crops: 1.7%1.7%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Horses and mules: 0.1%Vegetables and melons: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Nursery and greenhouse: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Milk: under 0.1%Grains and oilseeds: 84.6%Grains and oilseeds84.6%Cattle and calves: 7.3%Cattle and calves7.3%Cotton: 6.0%Cotton6.0%Hay and other crops: 1.7%1.7%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Horses and mules: 0.1%Vegetables and melons: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Nursery and greenhouse: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Milk: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$154 million6th of 101
Cattle and calves$13.2 million78th of 88
Cotton and cottonseed$10.9 million2nd of 15
Hay and other crops$3.2 million33rd of 84
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$179,00031st of 81
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$117,00029th of 70
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$88,00021st of 33
Poultry and eggs$84,00020th of 70
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$67,00022nd of 28
Other animals and animal products$66,00019th of 41
Aquaculture$60,0001st of 1
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$57,00021st of 26
Hogs and pigs$14,00045th of 48
Milk from cows$5,00026th of 27

What the fields held

Sumner County harvested 564,309 acres of cropland in 2022, first of 105 counties in Kansas. Wheat covered acreage equal to 55% of that, soybeans 32%.

CropAcresShare of US
Wheat311,5730.84%
Soybeans180,0470.21%
Corn for grain58,1310.07%
Grain sorghum39,8500.85%
Cotton34,1230.44%
Hay and haylage26,307under 0.1%
Corn for silage2,645under 0.1%
Canola1,3600.06%
Orchard land67under 0.1%
of which grapes18under 0.1%
of which pecans38under 0.1%
Vegetables24under 0.1%
of which potatoes1under 0.1%
Berries3under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: oats and sunflower.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms99.3%

Sumner County ranks 21st of 105 counties in Kansas on this measure.

  • 657,054 acres of cropland, 88% of farmland
  • 86,899 acres of pastureland, 12% of farmland
  • 11,879 acres of woodland, 2% of farmland
  • 24,047 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Sumner County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 160 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 741 acres, 62nd-largest of 105 in Kansas. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 29.5% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 19.7% of the total.

1–95%10–4919%50–17930%180–49918%500–9999%1,000–1,9998%2,000+12%
Sumner County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Goats874under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs1,622under 0.1%
Beef cows8,071under 0.1%
Cattle and calves19,293under 0.1%
Horses and ponies380under 0.1%
Laying hens2,172under 0.1%
Milk cows42under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs52under 0.1%

Withheld: broilers sold and turkeys.

Who farms here

Decisions on Sumner County's 1,013 farms are made by 1,840 producers. Their average age is 57.8, 0.4 years below the Kansas average. Women are 33.9% of them.

Under 357%35–4417%45–5416%55–6422%65–7426%75+13%
Sumner County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms953+6.3%
Land in farms, acres757,777−0.9%
Average farm size, acres795−6.8%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$156 million+16.8%
Grain sorghum, acres26,379+51.1%
Wheat, acres318,343−2.1%
Cotton, acres21,360+59.8%
Soybeans, acres199,443−9.7%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Sumner County accounts for 0.8% of farm sales in Kansas and 1.8% of the farms in Kansas. Rank Kansas counties for grain sorghum.

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