Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.' 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
141 
86 
82 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
8,265 
3,623 
2,872 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
23 
12 
11 
9 
7 
12 
19 
number 
2,044 
(D) 
4,262 
1,860 
(D) 
4,141 
4,610 
Selected crops harvested: 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
3 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
182 
- 
- 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Jii 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
182 
- 
- 
(NA) 
Jii 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
Jii 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
8 
8 
10 
22 
Jii 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
903 
1,017 
1,107 
1,463 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
56,810 
49,230 
46,033 
64,140 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
18 
22 
23 
31 
35 
45 
acres 
4,445 
4,322 
3,672 
7,106 
5,666 
6,950 
bushels 
212,116 
167,170 
143,679 
164,015 
136,228 
235,417 
227,820 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
226 
243 
255 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
24,155 
23,315 
25,051 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
29,461 
33,336 
28,154 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) ^ 
farms 
164 
96 
55 
48 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,059 
1,184 
364 
315 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
115 
65 
68 
63 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
676 
855 
851 
814 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
17 
10 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
21 
18 
16 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
^ Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
^ Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
® Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
' Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
