A total of 100,000 acres were listed for sale in Cherry County recently, representing a total value of approximately $31 million in Cherry County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale. Cherry County ranks 23rd in the Beef State based on the total acres of land for sale of all the counties in the Cornhusker State. Of all locations in Cherry County with land for sale, Valentine had the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Cherry County economy, with 566 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Cherry County generate annual revenues of $8 million, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Cherry County is the largest county in Nebraska (6,009 square miles). It's located in the Central Nebraska region of the state.