The number of U.S. farms shrank by 15,000 in 2025, bringing the total to 1.865 million, USDA said Friday in its Land in Farms report.
This continues a long-lasting trend of declining farm numbers. Analysis from the American Farm Bureau Federation noted that farm bankruptcies were also on the rise. The largest decline at the state-level was Texas, which lost 2,000 operations. No state saw an increase in farms, but multiple states did indicate no change from the prior year.
The number of farms decreased in every economic category except for farms making 1 million dollars or more in sales each year, which saw a minor increase of 50 farms. Farms making $1,000-$9,999 in sales posted the largest loss of any category, falling by 8,000.
The total amount of land in farms came in at 873.95 million acres, a 0.3% decrease from the 2024 figure. Farmland continues to face pressure from economic factors such as urbanization and low or negative returns per acre, particularly in row crops.