Nebraska Winter Wheat 47% Good-Excellent

April 3, 2017

Nebraska winter wheat condition rated 2% very poor, 9% poor, 42% fair, 42% good, and 5% excellent, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report released today.

Oat planting was 28% complete, ahead of 18% last year and 25% for the five-year average.

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USDA NASS graph of US number of farms and farm size 2009-2016
Source: USDA NASS Farms and Land in Farms: 2016 Summary

Number of Nebraska Farms Decreases in 2016

February 17, 2017

The number of farms and ranches declined during 2016, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of farms and ranches in the state, at 48,400 was down 300 farms from 2015.

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