Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Connecticut 
Fairfield 
Hartford 
Litchfield 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
790 
42 
158 
155 
2007 
737 
40 
149 
135 
acres, 2012 
13,178 
380 
3,436 
3,036 
2007 
14,339 
379 
4,275 
2,617 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
535 
29 
103 
109 
2007 
566 
26 
114 
115 
acres, 2012 
10,258 
285 
2,615 
2,439 
2007 
12,597 
334 
3,605 
2,396 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
240 
22 
60 
49 
2007 
139 
7 
35 
20 
acres, 2012 
1,838 
(D) 
631 
488 
2007 
1,015 
18 
362 
162 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
150 
4 
30 
15 
2007 
97 
10 
20 
14 
acres, 2012 
1,082 
(D) 
190 
109 
2007 
727 
27 
308 
59 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
3,427 
180 
436 
695 
2007 
2,807 
121 
380 
573 
acres, 2012 
144,391 
5,762 
16,890 
33,452 
2007 
124,875 
4,531 
13,360 
30,124 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
1,056 
80 
99 
224 
2007 
919 
45 
117 
195 
acres, 2012 
21,081 
1,233 
2,031 
4,064 
2007 
16,953 
1,387 
1,775 
3,999 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
2,839 
134 
367 
567 
2007 
2,357 
94 
332 
468 
acres, 2012 
123,310 
4,529 
14,859 
29,388 
2007 
107,922 
3,144 
11,585 
26,125 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
2,970 
215 
357 
611 
2007 
2,090 
110 
286 
472 
acres, 2012 
39,806 
2,193 
4,460 
10,491 
2007 
32,823 
1,283 
3,586 
10,520 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
4,320 
284 
624 
870 
2007 
3,097 
188 
449 
578 
acres, 2012 
101,198 
41,014 
7,033 
9,807 
2007 
84,232 
27,083 
6,941 
7,596 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
3,366 
246 
403 
689 
2007 
2,821 
152 
401 
620 
acres, 2012 
72,018 
4,258 
7,725 
17,688 
2007 
62,290 
3,625 
6,662 
17,878 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
14 
1 
- 
6 
2007 
38 
1 
- 
21 
acres, 2012 
465 
(D) 
- 
344 
2007 
911 
(D) 
- 
622 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
243 
6 
84 
35 
2007 
261 
5 
94 
44 
acres, 2012 
29,198 
309 
5,159 
5,816 
2007 
28,044 
115 
7,434 
5,582 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
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