Nebraska Agricultural Resources:

• 1st in Commercial Cattle Slaughter – 6,982,000 head
• 1st in Great Northern Bean Production – 1,332,000 cwt
• 2nd All Cattle and Calves, Jan. 1, 2021 – 6,850,000 head
• 2nd All cattle on feed, Jan. 1, 2021 – 2,720,000 head
• 2ns Ethanol production, 2020 – 2,176,000,000 gallons
• 3rd Corn for Grain Production, 2020 – 1,790,090,000 bushels
• 3rd Corn Exports, 2019 – $958,700,000
• 3rd Cash Receipts from All Farm Commodities, 2019 – $21,436,242,000

Dawson County Top Crops in Acres:

• Corn for grain – 168,874
• Soybeans for beans – 69,149
• Forage (hay/haylage), all – 42,409
• Corn for silage or greenchop – 3,299
• Wheat for grain, all – 2,161 

2017 Census of Agriculture (latest available)

Abundance of Farming Land in the Dawson County Area: