The number of farms and ranches in Kansas declined during 2023.

That's according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of farms and ranches in the state was down 200 from 2022 at 55,500. The declining numbers were limited to farms and ranches with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales. Operations with agricultural sales of $100,000 or more were unchanged. Land area in farms and ranches in Kansas totaled 44.8 million acres, also unchanged from 2022. The average size of operation, at 807 acres, was up 3 acres from a year earlier.