# Lincoln County Nebraska

2007 2002 % change

Number of Farms 1,053 959 + 10

Land in Farms 1,601,185 acres 1,529,011 acres + 5

Average Size of Farm 1,521 acres 1,594 acres - 5

Market Value of Products Sold $431,868,000 $288,881,000 + 49 Crop Sales $196,778,000 (46 percent) Livestock Sales $235,090,000 (54 percent) Average Per Farm $410,131 $301,231 + 36

Government Payments $7,902,000 $6,709,000 + 18

Average Per Farm Receiving Payments $14,289 $14,490 - 1

# Lincoln County – Nebraska

Ranked items among the 93 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2007 Item Quantity State Rank Universe 1 

## U.S. Rank Universe 1

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)

Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)

Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk and other dairy products from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, and their products Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)

Corn for grain Forage - land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Wheat for grain, all Soybeans for beans Corn for silage

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)

Cattle and calves Hogs and pigs Horses and ponies Colonies of bees Goats, all 431,868 196,778 235,090

185,812

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- (D)

- (D)

- (D) 57 231,307 (D) 1,766

136 513 (D) (D)

308,156 93,013 43,837 31,342 6,040

248,876

4,572 2,851

(D) 2,116 5 1 6

2

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- 9

- (D)

- 6 31 5 (D) 56 21

1 3 (D)

2 5 17 48 3

4 59 2 7 3 93 93 93

92

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- 70 59 65 31 93 93 93 80 92 90 93 25 79

92 93 89 81 91

93 92 93 58 91 78 80 94

22

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- (D)

- (D)

- (D) 1,622

36 (D) 788 870 478 (D) (D)

9 47 308 677 256

25 883 294 (D) 260 3,076 3,072 3,069

2,933

437 626 2,796 2,659 2,703 1,710 3,054 3,020 3,054 2,493 2,922 2,998 3,024 1,498 2,875

2,634 3,060 2,481 2,039 2,263

3,060 2,958 3,066 2,640 3,023



# Other County Highlights

Economic Characteristics Quantity

Farms by value of sales: Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more

Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($) 229 70 43 42 73 21 58 26 93 131 108 159

355,287 337,404

97,762 92,841 

## Operator Characteristics Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

Average age of principal operator (years)

All operators by race 2 : American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 2 601 452

954 99

55.2

2

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-

- 1,665

-

10

See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodolog y. (D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown.

1 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.