Western Wisconsin Farm Land for Sale - 173 Properties (2024)

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How much is an acre of farmland worth in Wisconsin? ›

Wisconsin's farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $6,200 per acre in 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Land Values 2023 Summary. This was up 9 percent, $500 per acre higher than last year's value.

Investing in agricultural land can be a great opportunity to capitalize on the current market, with some states offering highly affordable farmland. North Dakota and Wyoming are two of the most cost-effective states for farming land, followed by Alabama and Kentucky.

1. The State of Wisconsin. The state of Wisconsin is the largest landowner in the state, owning around 5.7 million acres of land. The land is used for conservation and recreation, including state parks and wildlife.

Qualifying agricultural uses include tilled land devoted to crop production, pastured land devoted to livestock production, and specified conservation programs. During the use review, consider the following when evaluating the "production season" (sec. Tax 18.06(1), Wis. Adm.

An average size farm is 221 acres and there are over 64,700 farms in this state spread across 14.3 M acres. The average price of an acre of farmland is around $4500 with prices varying between $2000 and $10000 per acre across different counties.

One acre isn't likely large enough to accomplish all of those things and be completely self-sustaining, but it is certainly large enough to be sustainable and practical.

Conclusion. The top best states to start a farm or ranch in the US are Montana, Kansas, North Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Iowa, Kentucky, Colorado and Wyoming.

With around 9,000 cows, Rosendale is the largest dairy farm in the North American state of Wisconsin.

The average Wisconsin farm in 2022 was 236 acres, the largest it's been in more than two decades. And it's not just acreage. Herd sizes are getting larger as well. The number of milk cows in the state declined less than 2% since 2017, despite the drop in dairy farms.

Who owns the most forest land in Wisconsin? ›

Of the nearly 17 million acres of forested land in Wisconsin, individ- ual private owners own the major- ity (56%) of those forests. The state owns just seven percent, and the federal government, 10 percent. In the public sector, counties and municipalities own the largest amount of forestland: 15 percent.

California, like every other state, offers property tax breaks for agricultural land. Specifically, farmers are able to take 20 to 75 percent off their property tax bill if they agree not to develop their land for ten years and do so with at least 100 acres.

Under IRS rules, only farms operating as a business are eligible for tax breaks. In other words, if you have a “hobby” farm, you won't qualify. To avoid the label of a hobby farm, you may need to show that your farm occupies a certain portion of your land or that you attempt to generate a profit.

To be a legal “farm” for tax purposes you have minimum acreage requirements and there there are maximum amounts of livestock depending on zoning, A1, A2, etc. So, legally, if your plot of land qualifies as a farm, 1 chicken should be enough. If it does not meet the land qualifications, the # of chickens doesn't matter.

Gross income per acre: Direct to consumer sales – (organically certified) - $20,000 - $22,000. Direct to consumer sales – (non-organically certified) - $16,000 - $18,000. Institutional sales – (food cooperatives, restaurants) - $12,000 - $14,000.

U.S. farm real estate value – the value of all land and buildings on farms – averaged $4,080 per acre in 2023, an increase of $280 per acre from 2022. At the state level, average value in 2023 ranged from $610 per acre in New Mexico to $18,300 in Rhode Island.

In May, USDA's Commodity Costs and Returns re-confirmed that input costs for all major crops were indeed at a record in 2022, ranging from $431 per acre for wheat, $621 per acre for soybeans, $876 per acre for cotton, $911 per acre for corn, and at or above $1,200 per acre for both rice and peanuts.