Tables?. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
HAY, FORAGE, AND FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS - Con. 
Field and grass seed crops, all - Con. 
Fescue seed (pounds) - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
151 
51,621 
53,101,110 
27 
5,942 
238 
79,098 
68,083,337 
55 
1 1 ,494 
500 to 999 acres 
48 
33,735 
33,529,704 
9 
4,458 
108 
69,213 
60,975,613 
21 
7,363 
1 ,000 acres or more 
28 
50,282 
83,318,306 
11 
5,220 
41 
75,442 
93,011,572 
11 
8,644 
Ryegrass seed (pounds) 
700 
245,146 
412,769,606 
165 
34,222 
968 
307,722 
504,262,904 
300 
54,641 
1 to 1 4 acres 
71 
410 
540,108 
18 
94 
119 
878 
851,619 
24 
170 
1 5 to 24 acres 
42 
792 
1,165,726 
7 
107 
80 
1,474 
1,576,018 
18 
309 
25 to 49 acres 
89 
3,133 
4,786,922 
24 
722 
113 
3,990 
4,830,208 
38 
1,263 
50 to 99 acres 
91 
6,552 
9,889,878 
26 
1,707 
135 
9,384 
12,888,709 
38 
2,153 
1 00 to 249 acres 
165 
27,999 
41,223,178 
32 
3,510 
211 
34,540 
49,924,030 
66 
6,681 
250 to 499 acres 
106 
36,547 
62,734,896 
22 
5,327 
141 
50,343 
83,491,419 
56 
13,925 
500 to 999 acres 
74 
48,349 
79,299,645 
18 
7,782 
106 
71,439 
116,473,401 
39 
13,427 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
44 
60,918 
104,143,880 
11 
6,327 
40 
53,391 
91,999,136 
12 
7,570 
2,000 acres or more 
18 
60,446 
108,985,373 
7 
8,646 
23 
82,283 
142,228,364 
9 
9,143 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (tons. 
dry equivalent) (see text) 
813,583 
55,775,162 
127,345,016 
82,453 
9,325,503 
869,534 
61,455,483 
155,393,762 
86,007 
10,264,753 
1 to 1 4 acres 
221,708 
1 ,755,767 
3,387,315 
23,582 
149,773 
222,523 
1,782,574 
3,818,751 
21,388 
144,402 
1 5 to 24 acres 
136,974 
2,543,776 
4,869,984 
9,036 
148,300 
145,010 
2,696,092 
5,660,375 
9,771 
163,838 
25 to 49 acres 
177,944 
6,075,834 
12,214,261 
12,149 
361,923 
193,724 
6,622,570 
14,520,765 
13,283 
401 ,960 
50 to 99 acres 
137,738 
9,159,722 
19,618,048 
12,145 
710,073 
151,549 
10,130,109 
23,508,354 
13,260 
772,849 
1 00 to 249 acres 
99,035 
14,390,090 
32,295,583 
13,977 
1 ,772,098 
1 1 1 ,368 
16,174,036 
40,234,014 
15,339 
1 ,932,748 
250 to 499 acres 
26,409 
8,793,154 
20,537,113 
6,427 
1 ,766,677 
30,370 
10,110,738 
26,403,785 
7,313 
1,989,174 
500 to 999 acres 
9,826 
6,317,566 
15,580,943 
3,329 
1,710,914 
10,911 
7,068,019 
19,449,434 
3,655 
1 ,905,935 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3,949 
6,739,253 
18,841,769 
1,808 
2,705,745 
4,079 
6,871,345 
21,798,283 
1,998 
2,953,847 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,001 
3,801,501 
9,908,403 
1,277 
1 ,329,271 
3,146 
4,036,040 
12,047,028 
1,435 
1 ,480,720 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
606 
1,382,158 
3,875,522 
297 
536,993 
592 
1,351,348 
4,389,818 
328 
608,012 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
249 
891 ,779 
2,976,099 
165 
441,573 
257 
923,166 
3,354,192 
178 
524,289 
5,000 acres or more 
93 
663,815 
2,081,745 
69 
397,908 
84 
560,791 
2,007,244 
57 
340,826 
Hay - All hay including alfalfa, other tame, 
small grain, and wild (tons, dry) (see text) 
781,899 
51,539,584 
110,945,167 
78,770 
8,836,218 
845,050 
58,121,003 
138,113,218 
82,892 
9,830,856 
1 to 1 4 acres 
217,426 
1,721,121 
3,361,541 
22,702 
144,407 
218,869 
1,754,377 
3,761,311 
20,633 
139,708 
1 5 to 24 acres 
134,203 
2,493,300 
4,781 ,392 
8,698 
143,074 
143,230 
2,665,502 
5,556,256 
9,419 
157,822 
25 to 49 acres 
173,059 
5,905,542 
1 1 ,679,806 
1 1 ,729 
350,287 
191,435 
6,546,731 
14,087,807 
12,933 
390,762 
50 to 99 acres 
130,915 
8,671,529 
17,821,312 
1 1 ,588 
683,052 
147,089 
9,800,828 
21,730,789 
12,797 
745,306 
1 00 to 249 acres 
90,308 
13,063,076 
27,559,332 
13,230 
1 ,688,994 
102,489 
14,836,986 
34,489,730 
14,704 
1 ,857,264 
250 to 499 acres 
23,610 
7,851,081 
16,918,351 
6,065 
1 ,695,244 
27,793 
9,250,586 
22,423,747 
7,028 
1,911,449 
500 to 999 acres 
8,761 
5,638,321 
12,815,571 
3,078 
1,611,503 
10,249 
6,653,151 
16,810,404 
3,463 
1,796,953 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3,617 
6,195,614 
16,007,862 
1,680 
2,519,657 
3,896 
6,612,842 
19,253,174 
1,915 
2,831 ,592 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,744 
3,471,865 
8,265,232 
1,192 
1 ,238,632 
2,991 
3,850,115 
10,628,439 
1,377 
1 ,425,396 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
542 
1,235,790 
3,202,788 
263 
481,470 
567 
1 ,294,438 
3,799,635 
311 
581,987 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
241 
857,403 
2,718,943 
159 
424,450 
254 
909,079 
3,007,423 
171 
495,038 
5,000 acres or more 
90 
630,556 
1 ,820,899 
66 
375,105 
84 
559,210 
1,817,677 
56 
329,171 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
255,360 
16,625,832 
49,469,257 
53,435 
5,781 ,259 
290,726 
20,244,497 
65,349,074 
56,390 
6,556,652 
1 to 1 4 acres 
87,745 
643,598 
1,542,748 
15,324 
99,208 
92,193 
686,330 
1,719,458 
14,118 
96,318 
1 5 to 24 acres 
41,186 
769,890 
1 ,962,583 
5,878 
103,401 
45,446 
852,047 
2,307,915 
6,195 
110,156 
25 to 49 acres 
49,700 
1 ,701 ,700 
4,510,557 
8,290 
265,838 
58,111 
1,995,215 
5,716,031 
8,759 
284,094 
50 to 99 acres 
37,065 
2,476,742 
6,831,681 
8,335 
524,924 
45,111 
3,017,573 
9,055,847 
9,226 
582,781 
1 00 to 249 acres 
26,781 
3,913,211 
11,141,831 
9,116 
1 ,262,096 
33,781 
4,927,194 
15,490,978 
10,581 
1,447,112 
250 to 499 acres 
8,163 
2,749,802 
7,968,897 
3,829 
1,156,111 
10,329 
3,470,482 
11,111,633 
4,521 
1 ,346,929 
500 to 999 acres 
3,436 
2,217,019 
6,969,519 
1,817 
1 ,033,478 
4,221 
2,738,429 
9,121,367 
2,012 
1,147,072 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,284 
2,153,870 
8,541,441 
846 
1 ,336,203 
1,534 
2,557,227 
10,825,845 
978 
1,542,190 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
986 
1 ,252,807 
4,393,535 
624 
694,801 
1,223 
1 ,592,047 
6,285,213 
738 
857,858 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
193 
445,153 
1,801,755 
128 
260,383 
192 
446,948 
1,886,403 
140 
274,854 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
83 
300,538 
1 ,528,335 
73 
(D) 
93 
337,543 
1 ,733,862 
77 
253,600 
5,000 acres or more 
22 
1 55,372 
817,816 
21 
(D) 
26 
180,689 
920,367 
23 
155,878 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
65,515 
3,766,465 
7,974,057 
9,472 
766,734 
70,603 
3,866,721 
8,253,840 
9,845 
706,525 
1 to 1 4 acres 
20,307 
153,809 
315,509 
2,096 
13,912 
21,928 
169,026 
318,665 
2,512 
17,119 
1 5 to 24 acres 
11,175 
208,104 
416,632 
1,201 
20,382 
12,306 
229,709 
460,416 
1,331 
22,840 
25 to 49 acres 
13,846 
473,831 
945,991 
1,896 
60,757 
14,975 
511,135 
1,018,064 
1,901 
59,862 
50 to 99 acres 
10,280 
679,092 
1 ,342,596 
1,749 
1 04,389 
11,016 
726,322 
1,474,018 
1,717 
100,374 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7,554 
1 ,092,638 
2,289,982 
1,806 
235,456 
7,932 
1,135,575 
2,433,009 
1,649 
204,304 
250 to 499 acres 
1,645 
542,808 
1,100,744 
481 
139,546 
1,826 
601,712 
1 ,405,396 
500 
137,106 
500 to 999 acres 
541 
350,550 
771 ,676 
179 
96,421 
498 
314,249 
719,527 
179 
87,720 
1 ,000 acres or more 
167 
265,633 
790,927 
64 
95,871 
122 
178,993 
424,745 
56 
77,200 
Other tame hay (tons, dry) 
436,052 
23,752,599 
44,187,071 
22,246 
1,488,907 
496,740 
26,763,972 
54,347,673 
24,348 
1 ,699,864 
1 to 1 4 acres 
118,862 
958,860 
1,805,076 
7,630 
46,606 
130,829 
1,064,853 
2,210,794 
7,361 
47,811 
1 5 to 24 acres 
78,962 
1 ,464,406 
2,640,458 
3,107 
47,925 
90,528 
1,679,914 
3,294,798 
3,387 
52,352 
25 to 49 acres 
102,443 
3,488,839 
6,475,543 
3,658 
101,520 
119,370 
4,060,660 
8,080,902 
4,419 
122,749 
50 to 99 acres 
75,469 
4,966,082 
9,316,530 
3,154 
167,766 
87,090 
5,746,034 
11,542,819 
3,774 
196,249 
1 00 to 249 acres 
47,243 
6,703,827 
12,595,798 
2,974 
331,907 
54,542 
7,714,795 
15,591,946 
3,445 
389,972 
250 to 499 acres 
9,567 
3,113,835 
5,658,200 
1,052 
260,056 
10,712 
3,470,659 
7,033,085 
1,166 
288,986 
500 to 999 acres 
2,641 
1,648,589 
3,059,282 
435 
219,204 
2,870 
1 .793,730 
3,818,397 
532 
255,080 
1 ,000 acres or more 
865 
1,408,161 
2,636,184 
236 
313,923 
799 
1,233,327 
2,774,932 
264 
346,665 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
672 
837,122 
1,569,519 
166 
169,131 
645 
802,103 
1,793,104 
205 
215,578 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
137 
314,550 
533,069 
41 
71,713 
106 
237,962 
588,096 
37 
65,193 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
48 
1 78,867 
458,966 
25 
57,463 
38 
134,670 
308,981 
19 
54,894 
5,000 acres or more 
8 
77,622 
74,630 
4 
15,616 
10 
58,592 
84,751 
3 
1 1 ,000 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
135,630 
7,394,688 
9,314,782 
5,785 
799,318 
125,543 
7,245,813 
10,162,631 
5,993 
867,815 
1 to 1 4 acres 
46,962 
361,697 
537,246 
1,822 
9,754 
40,583 
315,053 
477,465 
1,804 
10,202 
1 5 to 24 acres 
26,108 
482,482 
668,381 
642 
8,880 
24,076 
444,618 
651,318 
719 
10,702 
25 to 49 acres 
28,653 
965,852 
1,310,226 
816 
20,932 
27,529 
931 ,256 
1 ,394,666 
891 
24,666 
50 to 99 acres 
1 7,859 
1,167,963 
1,579,217 
715 
38,146 
17,726 
1,159,860 
1,732,268 
804 
43,524 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11,524 
1 ,646,975 
2,145,722 
849 
107,484 
1 1 ,005 
1,564,310 
2,254,902 
804 
100,936 
250 to 499 acres 
2,770 
910,695 
1,124,862 
472 
138,367 
2,903 
966,606 
1 ,298,863 
474 
140,411 
500 to 999 acres 
1,120 
726,142 
809,810 
261 
139,518 
1,084 
704,961 
945,100 
281 
162,891 
1 ,000 acres or more 
634 
1,132,882 
1,139,318 
208 
336,237 
637 
1,159,149 
1 ,408,049 
216 
374,483 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
452 
567,799 
595,794 
149 
171,285 
462 
601,067 
764,140 
148 
183,332 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
116 
257,336 
253,280 
34 
61,516 
99 
221 ,438 
252,524 
32 
64,693 
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2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
United States 31 
