Farm operations
189
Avg 665 ac / farm
2022 USDA Census UT · FIPS 49025 Bottom quartile by state sales MID PASTURE-LED
Kane County, Utah - Farm Data
Agricultural and commodity intelligence for Kane County. Ranked #28 of 29 counties in Utah.
125,662 acres of agricultural land
- Cropland
- 3.7% 4,641 acres
- Other land
- 96.3% 121,021 acres
USDA NASS · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Kane County received $7.16 in Census government payments per agricultural acre, 1.0× the Utah county median of $7.53.
According to the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture.
- $7.16
- government payments per agricultural acre
- $7.53
- Utah county median per acre
- 0.95×
- Utah median per acre
Payments per acre use the same NASS county table for receipts and acreage. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series.
According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, Kane County, Utah is a PASTURE-LED county with federal farm payments per acre that stamp MID; commodity sales sit well below state median and it shows high federal dependence.
Commodity sales
$5.6M
0.16× state median -- Well below state median
Federal payments
$900K
16.2% of sales -- High federal dependence
Net farm income
$1.6M
2022 cash income -- Below-typical net income
D
Farm economy grade: D -- Kane County's net farm income sits at the 20th percentile among 3,046 NASS-reporting counties nationally (2022 Census). Percentile-benchmarked, not a same-state comparison like the tier label above.
What the Kane County Farm Data Shows
Kane County, Utah reads as a PASTURE-LED county with MID federal payment intensity. In the NASS Census vocabulary this portal uses, cropland is under 25% of agricultural land, a mix where livestock forage and disaster titles (LFP/ELAP) usually outweigh row-crop commodity programs; payments per agricultural acre fall in the middle national quintile, $6.98 to $11.30 an acre, a mid-range level of federal support for the land base.
The state comparisons on this page use the 29 of 29 Utah counties with published commodity sales, averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 29 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 22 that reported a profit.
Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of Utah.
Read with Kane County
Nearest NASS federal-payment peers and $/acre poles for Kane (MID · PASTURE-LED), replacing the old fixed Related and same-state alphabetical strip.
MID PASTURE-LED
Boundary County, ID · HEAVY
$899K federal receipts is lower by $1K than Kane; land stamp CROP-LED vs PASTURE-LED.
Stokes County, NC · MID
$901K federal receipts is higher by $1K than Kane; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Effingham County, GA · DENSE
$898K federal receipts is lower by $2K than Kane; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Bledsoe County, TN · MID
$898K federal receipts is lower by $2K than Kane; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Baxter County (MID $/acre pole)
Baxter sits near Kane on payments-per-acre ($7.05) while total receipts differ.
Mcnairy County (MID $/acre pole)
Mcnairy sits near Kane on payments-per-acre ($7.01) while total receipts differ.
Utah ERS state roll-up
Kane stamps MID · PASTURE-LED inside Utah's NASS county table, open the state ERS payment stack next.
Census payments leaderboard
Open the national ranking of U.S. counties by NASS federal farm program payments to see the counties around Kane under the MID intensity band.
What to do with this
Three ways to keep going from Kane County, Utah:
- See how Utah compares nationally on ERS farm payments and income. Utah state page
- Browse the full county table to compare payment intensity across the country. All counties
- Understand what actually drives county-level farm payments. Read the guide
County figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are a separate population from USDA ERS state and national payment series and must not be summed together.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many farms are in Kane County, Utah?
Kane County, Utah has 189 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 665 acres; land stamp PASTURE-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of Kane County?
Kane County's total commodity sales are $5.6M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #28 among 29 counties in Utah.
How much federal farm assistance does Kane County receive?
Kane County received $900K in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping MID on NASS payments-per-acre ($7.16/acre) with a PASTURE-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in Kane County?
Net cash farm income for operations in Kane County is $1.6M (2022 Census of Agriculture).
State Overview
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2022 Census of Agriculture · 2022
Dollar values reflect calendar year 2022 farm operations data.
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Intensity stamp MID · land stamp PASTURE-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).
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County farm figures on this page are rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, no number is typed in by an editor. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.