Table 1. State Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
3,515 
_ 
_ 
209 
_ 
375 
acres 
2,139,150 
- 
- 
98,072 
- 
135,540 
bushels 
86,110,218 
- 
- 
9,159,769 
- 
13,529,651 
Oats for grain 
farms 
35,038 
233 
8 
32 
45 
240 
acres 
1,078,698 
15,069 
903 
2,708 
6,006 
25,065 
bushels 
65,646,178 
750,562 
56,810 
183,262 
578,583 
2,246,420 
Barley for grain 
farms 
18,667 
8 
18 
177 
- 
264 
acres 
3,283,905 
653 
4,445 
44,662 
- 
81,954 
bushels 
215,059,358 
12,304 
212,116 
5,005,919 
- 
5,312,595 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
20,037 
101 
- 
50 
525 
74 
acres 
5,142,099 
7,044 
- 
10,412 
133,660 
13,908 
bushels 
264,337,547 
331,159 
- 
1,157,662 
1 1 ,426,434 
1 ,263,924 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
5,288 
38 
- 
62 
28 
239 
acres 
466,645 
2,568 
- 
16,226 
3,397 
41,953 
tons 
5,639,863 
56,889 
- 
369,636 
19,423 
634,648 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
302,963 
1,502 
- 
- 
4,154 
2 
acres 
76,104,780 
334,831 
- 
- 
3,154,061 
(D) 
bushels 
2,926,822,777 
13,786,374 
- 
- 
136,482,368 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
6,896 
1 
- 
149 
- 
308 
acres 
1,642,797 
(D) 
- 
13,009 
- 
39,511 
cwt 
31,424,290 
(D) 
- 
244,530 
- 
955,995 
Cotton, all 
farms 
18,155 
925 
- 
388 
701 
630 
acres 
9,384,080 
376,464 
- 
197,455 
586,351 
367,766 
bales 
16,534,302 
710,958 
- 
585,658 
1,253,037 
1,201,860 
Upland cotton 
farms 
17,883 
925 
- 
380 
701 
404 
acres 
9,143,938 
376,464 
- 
194,328 
586,351 
142,094 
bales 
15,801,300 
710,958 
- 
578,503 
1,253,037 
499,302 
Pima cotton 
farms 
439 
- 
- 
25 
- 
341 
acres 
240,142 
- 
- 
3,127 
- 
225,672 
bales 
733,002 
- 
- 
7,155 
- 
702,558 
Tobacco 
farms 
10,014 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
342,932 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
766,609,252 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage. 
grass silage, and greenchep (see text) 
farms 
813,583 
16,039 
226 
1,390 
20,158 
7,903 
acres 
55,775,162 
807,058 
24,155 
324,562 
1 ,286,688 
1,670,027 
tons, dry 
127,345,016 
1,856,452 
29,461 
2,288,772 
1,639,109 
9,363,421 
Rice 
farms 
5,591 
- 
- 
- 
2,345 
1,392 
acres 
2,693,759 
- 
- 
- 
1,285,381 
561,968 
cwt 
200,239,288 
- 
- 
- 
96,847,596 
46,692,580 
Sunflewer seed, all 
farms 
4,953 
9 
- 
- 
- 
197 
acres 
1,877,145 
604 
- 
- 
- 
49,749 
pounds 
2,728,794,260 
95,694 
- 
- 
- 
68,792,639 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
3,913 
- 
- 
- 
- 
58 
acres 
1,249,481 
- 
- 
- 
- 
27,193 
tons 
35,417,494 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,179,753 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
666 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
30,269,684 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pineapples harvested 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
6,561 
772 
- 
- 
36 
15 
acres 
1,621,631 
217,940 
- 
- 
13,594 
27 
pounds 
6,660,492,899 
834,701,569 
- 
- 
59,109,271 
84,093 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
72,045 
1,388 
164 
1,945 
625 
6,055 
acres 
4,492,086 
16,522 
1,059 
130,345 
11,111 
1,175,249 
Potatoes 
farms 
21,079 
368 
115 
56 
173 
441 
acres 
1,168,199 
808 
676 
3,389 
60 
42,660 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,202 
67 
- 
6 
17 
188 
acres 
125,726 
1,768 
- 
1 
2,410 
18,189 
Land in orchards 
farms 
106,488 
1,522 
17 
1,136 
536 
38,098 
acres 
5,199,729 
19,675 
21 
46,182 
13,681 
3,138,943 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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