Over the last 40 years, Idaho has lost nearly a quarter of its farmland. Millions of acres have been sold and developed into shops and suburban neighborhoods. In the late 1950s and early ’60s, Idaho boasted over 15 million acres of farmed land and around 30,000 farms. Today, that number has dwindled to about 11.5 million acres and fewer than 23,000 farms. These farms now cover 22% of Idaho's 53 million acres. There are about 2,500 wheat farms in Idaho.