Farm Census

Chase County, Nebraska

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

304 farms544,157 acres in farms$586 million in farm sales

Chase County's largest product group with a published figure, grains and oilseeds, makes up 27.5% of farm sales, against 45.7% across Nebraska.

Its farms account for 2.0% of all farm sales in Nebraska, the 13th-largest share among the state's 93 counties.

Withheld groups: 69.2%Withheld groups69.2%Grains and oilseeds: 27.5%Grains and oilseeds27.5%Vegetables and melons: 2.8%2.8%Hay and other crops: 0.5%0.5%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Withheld groups: 69.2%Withheld groups69.2%Grains and oilseeds: 27.5%Grains and oilseeds27.5%Vegetables and melons: 2.8%Hay and other crops: 0.5%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: cattle and calves, hogs and pigs and aquaculture products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$161 million39th of 90
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$16.2 million1st of 30
Hay and other crops$2.8 million27th of 68
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$307,00015th of 66
Poultry and eggs$11,00034th of 47
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$6,00066th of 66

What the fields held

Chase County harvested 234,630 acres of cropland in 2022, 34th of 89 counties in Nebraska. Corn for grain covered acreage equal to 60% of that, wheat 13%.

CropAcresShare of US
Corn for grain140,9770.17%
Wheat31,1240.08%
Dry edible beans12,4431.0%
Hay and haylage11,452under 0.1%
Soybeans10,905under 0.1%
Grain sorghum6,7040.14%
Corn for silage4,5750.08%
Vegetables2,5500.06%
of which potatoes2,5500.24%
Oats1,9680.22%

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms95.1%

Chase County ranks 31st of 93 counties in Nebraska on this measure.

  • 288,319 acres of cropland, 53% of farmland
  • 252,649 acres of pastureland, 46% of farmland
  • 179 acres of woodland, under 0.1% of farmland
  • 146,000 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Chase County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 575 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,790 acres, 16th-largest of 87 in Nebraska. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 20.4% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 34.2% of the total.

1–94%10–4915%50–17916%180–49911%500–99920%1,000–1,99914%2,000+20%
Chase County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Cattle and calves145,4310.17%
Beef cows13,958under 0.1%
Goats1,178under 0.1%
Horses and ponies239under 0.1%
Laying hens349under 0.1%

Withheld: hogs and pigs and sheep and lambs.

Who farms here

Decisions on Chase County's 304 farms are made by 624 producers. Their average age is 54.5, 2.4 years below the Nebraska average. Women are 33.8% of them.

Under 3512%35–4418%45–5420%55–6418%65–7424%75+9%
Chase County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms325−6.5%
Land in farms, acres568,622−4.3%
Average farm size, acres1,750+2.3%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$440 million+33.1%
Dry edible beans, acres8,822+41.0%
Potatoes, acres2,923−12.8%
Oats, acres2,578−23.7%
Corn for grain, acres173,747−18.9%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Chase County accounts for 0.7% of the farms in Nebraska. Rank Nebraska counties for dry edible beans.

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