Farm Census

Nevada farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 12 counties

3,122 farms5,896,654 acres in farms1,889 acres per farm on average

Nevada farms sold $960 million of products in 2022, 42nd among the 50 states.

Its average farm size is the third-largest among the states.

Cattle and calves: 32.5%Cattle and calves32.5%Hay and other crops: 30.5%Hay and other crops30.5%Milk: 19.0%Milk19.0%Vegetables and melons: 11.5%Vegetables and melons11.5%Grains and oilseeds: 1.9%1.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 1.9%1.9%Sheep and goats: 1.3%1.3%Horses and mules: 0.7%0.7%Withheld groups: 0.6%0.6%Other animals: 0.2%Cattle and calves: 32.5%Cattle and calves32.5%Hay and other crops: 30.5%30.5%Milk: 19.0%Milk19.0%Vegetables and melons: 11.5%11.5%Grains and oilseeds: 1.9%1.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 1.9%1.9%Sheep and goats: 1.3%1.3%Horses and mules: 0.7%Withheld groups: 0.6%Other animals: 0.2%
What Nevada farms sold in 2022. Withheld to protect individual farms: fruit and nuts, Christmas trees, hogs and pigs, poultry and eggs and aquaculture products.

Which county leads each crop and animal

The county with the largest published figure for each item, and how much of the state total it holds. Items are ordered by how important Nevada is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
Sheep and lambsElko County28.7%8
Hay and haylageElko County20.4%12
Beef cowsElko County35.3%4
Horses and poniesElko County25.2%12
Cattle and calvesElko County29.2%12
GoatsChurchill County63.9%10
Milk cowsElko Countyunder 0.1%4
VegetablesChurchill County0.2%4
Corn for silageChurchill County33.1%4
ApplesWhite Pine County36.4%5
WheatHumboldt County66.9%2
GrapesNye County40.7%4
Orchard landNye County38.9%7
Laying hensNye County32.1%12

Every county in Nevada

Sorted by farm sales. Linked counties have their own profile page, chosen because they stand out nationally or within the state. Left out because a core figure is withheld: 5 counties.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Lyon County280668$222.9MHay and other crops
Humboldt County2663,556$145.4MHay and other crops
Churchill County540315$124.0MMilk
Elko County4374,764$89.2MCattle and calves
Nye County173287$76.4MFruit and nuts
Pershing County1382,130$65.6MCattle and calves
Lander County874,300$47.7MCattle and calves
Eureka County1105,481$47.3MHay and other crops
White Pine County1401,542$38.6MHay and other crops
Lincoln County111353$26.4M
Douglas County246493$22.6MCattle and calves
Washoe County3141,519$19.4MCattle and calves

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms3,423−8.8%
Land in farms, acres6,128,153−3.8%
Average farm size, acres1,790+5.5%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$666 million+44.1%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.