Farm Acreage Converter
One acre equals 0.4047 hectares, 43,560 square feet or 4,047 square meters. A standard section is 640 acres. This converter handles all common agricultural land measurements used in US and international farming, including acres, hectares, square feet, square meters and sections.
Farm Acreage Converter
How this works
All conversions use standard USGS and NIST factors. One acre was historically defined as the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in one day. The international acre used in the US equals exactly 4,046.8564224 square meters, the value used in this converter.
Sections (640 acres, or one square mile) are the standard survey unit from the US Public Land Survey System used across the Midwest and West. A quarter section (160 acres) is the standard homestead size from the Homestead Act of 1862 and remains the benchmark field size used by USDA reporting, crop insurance and custom hire rate surveys including the Iowa State Extension Custom Rate Survey.
Common equivalents
| Unit | Acres | Hectares | Sq Feet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 acre | 1 | 0.4047 | 43,560 |
| 1 hectare | 2.471 | 1 | 107,639 |
| Quarter section | 160 | 64.75 | 6,969,600 |
| 1 section | 640 | 259.0 | 27,878,400 |
Acreage conversion questions
One hectare equals 2.471 acres. To convert hectares to acres, multiply by 2.471. To convert acres to hectares, multiply by 0.4047.
A quarter section is 160 acres (one quarter of a 640-acre section). This is the standard homestead unit from the Homestead Act of 1862. Many Midwest farm fields are still sized in quarter-section increments.
A DJI Agras T50 covers 40 to 60 acres per flight hour at 2 to 5 gallons per acre. Use the Coverage Time Estimator for a detailed estimate for your specific field and drone model.