Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1 ,288,875 
21,283 
495 
5,587 
25,535 
53,372 
acres 
314,964,600 
2,158,026 
31,315 
890,130 
7,316,469 
8,007,461 
Irrigated 
farms 
261,281 
1,584 
226 
4,830 
4,896 
47,972 
acres 
52,092,384 
109,717 
2,392 
854,515 
4,795,969 
7,371,411 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
4,657 
- 
- 
177 
- 
144 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
851,693 
“ 
■ 
44,662 
■ 
44,819 
1 to 24 acres 
5,982 
5 
6 
23 
- 
60 
25 to 99 acres 
5,303 
1 
4 
38 
- 
59 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,614 
- 
3 
62 
- 
68 
250 to 499 acres 
2,174 
2 
2 
35 
- 
30 
500 to 999 acres 
1,079 
- 
1 
12 
- 
26 
1 ,000 acres or more 
515 
- 
2 
7 
- 
21 
Corn for grain 
farms 
348,530 
1,983 
_ 
80 
1,712 
733 
acres 
87,413,045 
285,328 
- 
29,480 
695,003 
180,672 
bushels 
10,333,410,157 
25,998,347 
- 
5,910,931 
124,688,804 
31,922,610 
Irrigated 
farms 
41,251 
167 
- 
80 
1,436 
733 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,819,069 
26,084 
- 
27,901 
591,157 
175,863 
1 to 24 acres 
72,836 
828 
- 
17 
91 
163 
25 to 99 acres 
101,838 
570 
- 
16 
297 
211 
1 00 to 249 acres 
75,245 
282 
- 
23 
394 
152 
250 to 499 acres 
48,492 
153 
- 
8 
412 
103 
500 to 999 acres 
32,605 
89 
- 
7 
374 
63 
1 ,000 acres or more 
17,514 
61 
- 
9 
144 
41 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
86,365 
129 
- 
133 
47 
1,895 
acres 
7,196,628 
8,371 
- 
36,620 
4,208 
487,570 
tons 
113,153,064 
103,506 
- 
1,012,718 
29,156 
12,575,973 
Irrigated 
farms 
9,807 
11 
- 
133 
13 
1,802 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 ,643,756 
487 
- 
36,620 
652 
461,898 
1 to 24 acres 
32,575 
64 
- 
16 
7 
249 
25 to 99 acres 
35,586 
40 
- 
31 
22 
538 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,369 
16 
- 
47 
15 
512 
250 to 499 acres 
3,667 
7 
- 
23 
3 
329 
500 to 999 acres 
1,538 
2 
- 
9 
- 
180 
1 ,000 acres or more 
630 
- 
- 
7 
- 
87 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
9,130 
117 
- 
388 
635 
630 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,813,454 
22,206 
- 
197,455 
498,860 
367,766 
1 to 24 acres 
833 
76 
- 
12 
8 
31 
25 to 99 acres 
2,902 
171 
- 
67 
68 
102 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4,273 
236 
- 
124 
118 
180 
250 to 499 acres 
4,058 
194 
- 
71 
140 
153 
500 to 999 acres 
3,521 
160 
- 
54 
167 
90 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2,568 
88 
- 
60 
200 
74 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,984 
- 
60 
- 
269 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
473,506 
■ 
■ 
12,461 
“ 
36,866 
1 to 24 acres 
949 
1 
- 
108 
- 
95 
25 to 99 acres 
1,902 
- 
- 
6 
- 
93 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,962 
- 
- 
20 
- 
69 
250 to 499 acres 
1,165 
- 
- 
10 
- 
38 
500 to 999 acres 
669 
- 
- 
3 
- 
11 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
249 
2 
2 
greenchop (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 equivalent 
127,345,016 
1,856,452 
29,461 
2,288,772 
1,639,109 
9,363,421 
Irrigated 
farms 
82,453 
164 
5 
1,315 
372 
5,498 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
9,325,503 
7,549 
1,298 
322,816 
14,090 
1,346,666 
1 to 24 acres 
358,682 
7,091 
59 
643 
6,727 
2,621 
25 to 99 acres 
315,682 
6,920 
94 
291 
9,746 
2,274 
1 00 to 249 acres 
99,035 
1,630 
49 
169 
2,965 
1,435 
250 to 499 acres 
26,409 
317 
17 
107 
555 
728 
500 to 999 acres 
9,826 
59 
5 
104 
132 
487 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3,949 
22 
2 
76 
33 
358 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,261 
4 
- 
20 
5 
145 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
59,132 
(D) 
“ 
2,304 
(D) 
15,901 
1 to 24 acres 
23,991 
76 
3 
19 
13 
86 
25 to 99 acres 
8,949 
104 
2 
5 
13 
75 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,658 
47 
1 
3 
11 
54 
250 to 499 acres 
322 
6 
2 
5 
5 
16 
500 to 999 acres 
99 
- 
- 
- 
3 
7 
1 ,000 acres or more 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,501 
101 
- 
- 
36 
15 
acres 
521,673 
13,730 
- 
- 
13,441 
27 
--continued 
404 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
