Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Alaska 
Aleutian Islands 
Anchorage 
Fairbanks 
Juneau 
Kenai Peninsula 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
495 
19 
196 
151 
22 
107 
acres 
31,315 
(D) 
12,177 
16,708 
(D) 
2,359 
Irrigated 
farms 
226 
18 
94 
49 
18 
47 
acres 
2,392 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
73 
Barley for grain 
farms 
18 
- 
2 
16 
- 
- 
acres 
4,445 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
212,116 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
226 
- 
93 
82 
2 
49 
acres 
24,155 
- 
11,163 
10,734 
(D) 
(D) 
tons, dry equivalent 
29,461 
- 
13,496 
13,136 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
1,298 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
59 
- 
24 
10 
2 
23 
25 to 99 acres 
94 
- 
36 
42 
- 
16 
1 00 to 249 acres 
49 
- 
21 
18 
- 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
- 
8 
9 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
8 
_ 
2 
6 
_ 
_ 
acres 
903 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
56,810 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
4 
_ 
_ 
4 
_ 
_ 
acres 
182 
- 
- 
182 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for 
sale (see text) 
farms 
164 
11 
64 
45 
12 
32 
acres 
1,059 
10 
741 
261 
10 
36 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
141 
11 
46 
41 
12 
31 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
13 
- 
10 
2 
- 
1 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
7 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
250.0 to 499.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 to 749.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
750.0 to 999.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
17 
_ 
9 
5 
_ 
3 
acres 
21 
- 
10 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
acres 
6 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
17 
- 
9 
5 
- 
3 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 to 499.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 to 749.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
750.0 to 999.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Area Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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