Nebraska Fact Sheet
- Nebraska’s farms and ranches utilize 45.6 million acres, 93% of the states land area
- Cherry County is the No.1 beef county in the U.S. with 165,000 head
- Cattle out number people 4 to 1
- Beef cattle is the state’s single largest industry
- 20,000 beef cattle operations with an average head size of 96.5
- There are 4,570 catle feeding operations in the state
