Farm Census

Utah farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 29 counties

17,386 farms10,494,923 acres in farms604 acres per farm on average

Utah farms sold $2.34 billion of products in 2022, 37th among the 50 states.

Its average farm size is the 12th-largest among the states.

Milk: 22.6%Milk22.6%Cattle and calves: 18.3%Cattle and calves18.3%Hay and other crops: 15.7%Hay and other crops15.7%Hogs and pigs: 13.2%Hogs and pigs13.2%Poultry and eggs: 11.1%Poultry and eggs11.1%Nursery and greenhouse: 6.9%6.9%Grains and oilseeds: 4.5%Grains and oilseeds4.5%Vegetables and melons: 2.1%2.1%Sheep and goats: 1.8%1.8%Fruit and nuts: 1.4%1.4%Other animals: 1.0%1.0%Horses and mules: 0.9%0.9%Aquaculture: 0.5%Christmas trees: under 0.1%Milk: 22.6%Milk22.6%Cattle and calves: 18.3%Cattle and calves18.3%Hay and other crops: 15.7%Hay and other crops15.7%Hogs and pigs: 13.2%Hogs and pigs13.2%Poultry and eggs: 11.1%Poultry and eggs11.1%Nursery and greenhouse: 6.9%6.9%Grains and oilseeds: 4.5%4.5%Vegetables and melons: 2.1%2.1%Sheep and goats: 1.8%1.8%Fruit and nuts: 1.4%1.4%Other animals: 1.0%Horses and mules: 0.9%0.9%Aquaculture: 0.5%Christmas trees: under 0.1%
What Utah farms sold in 2022.

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 Utah is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
Sheep and lambsSanpete County22.4%25
TurkeysSanpete County91.5%18
Horses and poniesUtah County14.8%29
Laying hensUintah County0.1%25
Hay and haylageBox Elder County9.8%29
Beef cowsBox Elder County11.2%20
Milk cowsUtah County16.6%16
Cattle and calvesBox Elder County11.1%29
Corn for silageUtah County22.1%14
GoatsSan Juan County14.5%27
Hogs and pigsBeaver County80.8%23
BarleyCache County34.4%13
ApplesUtah County52.4%19
WheatBox Elder County37.1%14

Every county in Utah

Sorted by farm sales. Linked counties have their own profile page, chosen because they stand out nationally or within the state.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Beaver County267448$271.7MHogs and pigs
Millard County519740$266.7MMilk
Utah County2,322127$258.5MMilk
Iron County542877$248.6MMilk
Sanpete County941294$208.8MPoultry and eggs
Box Elder County1,248943$195.1MCattle and calves
Cache County1,378196$188.6MMilk
Sevier County642180$83.0MCattle and calves
Tooele County558559$66.9MNursery and greenhouse
Duchesne County8981,175$66.5MCattle and calves
Uintah County1,0231,824$62.9MCattle and calves
Weber County1,16667$59.9MMilk
Juab County297831$58.0MHay and other crops
Piute County108426$38.9MCattle and calves
Rich County1452,498$34.4MCattle and calves
Summit County760524$29.6MCattle and calves
Davis County380128$26.9MNursery and greenhouse
Garfield County297288$26.0MHay and other crops
San Juan County7602,194$22.1MCattle and calves
Emery County483245$20.3MCattle and calves
Washington County553191$18.2MCattle and calves
Salt Lake County393126$17.9MNursery and greenhouse
Morgan County363622$17.2MCattle and calves
Wayne County160218$16.1MCattle and calves
Wasatch County537193$14.1MHay and other crops
Carbon County330621$10.3MCattle and calves
Grand County782,954$5.9MCattle and calves
Kane County189665$5.6MCattle and calves
Daggett County49314$2.7MHay and other crops

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms18,409−5.6%
Land in farms, acres10,811,604−2.9%
Average farm size, acres587+2.9%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$1.84 billion+27.4%

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