Farm Arrangement Merit Badge History

Earned through 198142,174

Best year19604,399 earned

All-time popularity#178official, as of 2020#183by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1960. Peak year 1960 with 4,399. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19604,399 earned#57 of 100

19613,047 earned#67 of 101

19622,375 earned#71 of 101

19631,948 earned#77 of 102

19641,725 earned#85 of 107

19651,594 earned#86 of 109

19661,374 earned#95 of 110

19671,413 earned#98 of 112

19681,426 earned#94 of 112

19691,461 earned#100 of 113

19701,781 earned#88 of 113

19711,504 earned#93 of 113

1972624 earned#119 of 124

1973682 earned#113 of 122

19743,829 earned#89 of 121

19753,656 earned#92 of 128

19762,158 earned#108 of 130

19772,801 earned#95 of 130

19782,470 earned#93 of 131

19791,712 earned#95 of 132

198059 earned#120 of 132

1981136 earned#120 of 134

"#120 of 134" means the badge was number 120 of the 134 merit badges earned that year. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.

19604,399#57 of 100

19613,047#67 of 101

19622,375#71 of 101

19631,948#77 of 102

19641,725#85 of 107

19651,594#86 of 109

19661,374#95 of 110

19671,413#98 of 112

19681,426#94 of 112

19691,461#100 of 113

19701,781#88 of 113

19711,504#93 of 113

1972624#119 of 124

1973682#113 of 122

19743,829#89 of 121

19753,656#92 of 128

19762,158#108 of 130

19772,801#95 of 130

19782,470#93 of 131

19791,712#95 of 132

198059#120 of 132

1981136#120 of 134

Grand total through 1981:

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Farm Arrangement: workbook data

Printings (17)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	HC	Notes
x	1961	January	6	back-6e	2.5M	1961	3345A		Farm Arrangement
x	1961	Ocotber	6	back-6e	2M	1961	3345A	HCJV2, HCP	Farm Arrangement
x	1962	May	6	back-6f	2M	1961	3345A	HCJV2	Farm Arrangement
	1963	not made
x	1964	February	6	back-6g	1.5M	1961	3345A	HCP	Farm Arrangement
x	1964	October	6	back-6h	2M	1961	3345	HCK	Farm Arrangement
	1965	not made
x	1966	September	7	back-7	1.5M	1961	3345
	1967	July	7	back-7	1.5M	1961
x	1968	December	7	back-7	1.5M	1961	3345	HCL
	1969	not made
x	1970	February	7	back-7	1.5M	1961	3345	HCM
x	1971	May	7	back-7	1.2M		3345
x	1972	February	7	back-7	1.5M		3345	HCSV1
x	1973	August	8	back-8a	1.5M		3345	HCSV2
	1974	February	8		1.5M		3345
x	1974	November	8	back-8b	1.5M		3345	HCT
	1975	December	8		1.5M		3345
x	1976	October	8	back-8c-1	1.5M		3345
x	1977	December	8	back-8d	1.5M		3345

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1960	4,399	57	100
1961	3,047	67	101
1962	2,375	71	101
1963	1,948	77	102
1964	1,725	85	107
1965	1,594	86	109
1966	1,374	95	110
1967	1,413	98	112
1968	1,426	94	112
1969	1,461	100	113
1970	1,781	88	113
1971	1,504	93	113
1972	624	119	124
1973	682	113	122
1974	3,829	89	121
1975	3,656	92	128
1976	2,158	108	130
1977	2,801	95	130
1978	2,470	93	131
1979	1,712	95	132
1980	59	120	132
1981	136	120	134