According to USDA’s Census of Agriculture, there are 25,068 farms in North Dakota. That is down five percent from the previous estimate in 2017. Farmland totaled 38.5 million acres, down two percent from five years ago. The average size of farms in North Dakota was 1,537 acres, up three percent. The average age of farmers and ranchers is 56.8 years, up from 56 years old in the last census. Eleven percent of the farmers are classified as young farmers, age 34 or less. Thirty percent of North Dakota farmers are female.
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