Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Louisiana 
Maine 
Maryland 
Massachusetts 
Michigan 
Minnescta 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
12,918 
5,325 
7,530 
4,834 
37,479 
53,891 
acres 
3,447,617 
400,960 
1,280,965 
137,039 
7,057,978 
19,807,839 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,790 
1,355 
1,192 
1,692 
4,865 
2,797 
acres 
1,078,596 
30,811 
104,451 
23,119 
589,020 
519,952 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
58 
732 
9 
321 
1,003 
acres 
- 
15,324 
40,133 
(D) 
9,571 
99,643 
bushels 
- 
868,647 
3,300,857 
(D) 
422,456 
6,052,695 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
3 
49 
3 
27 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
968 
2,637 
" 
(D) 
1,311 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
15 
267 
8 
199 
374 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
12 
355 
1 
105 
336 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
11 
83 
- 
14 
176 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
12 
24 
- 
3 
89 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
22 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1,009 
68 
2,888 
56 
13,907 
33,198 
acres 
524,008 
5,040 
435,646 
2,810 
2,393,504 
8,316,822 
bushels 
92,016,083 
649,389 
50,114,967 
401,986 
313,802,471 
1,297,767,570 
Irrigated 
farms 
642 
7 
351 
9 
1,056 
1,382 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
291,312 
316 
49,991 
54 
308,372 
288,179 
1 to 24 acres 
73 
39 
878 
35 
3,930 
4,709 
25 to 99 acres 
135 
13 
1,010 
11 
4,741 
10,753 
1 00 to 249 acres 
195 
9 
521 
6 
2,670 
8,190 
250 to 499 acres 
215 
6 
270 
4 
1,405 
4,983 
500 to 999 acres 
227 
1 
143 
- 
797 
3,023 
1 ,000 acres or more 
164 
- 
66 
- 
364 
1,540 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
42 
151 
653 
163 
3,074 
6,746 
acres 
4,706 
24,214 
42,816 
1 1 ,872 
309,709 
361,189 
tons 
73,499 
371,184 
758,065 
220,172 
4,861,484 
6,160,112 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
2 
27 
7 
151 
185 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
788 
(D) 
2,141 
87 
19,791 
11,664 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
37 
268 
61 
1,233 
2,752 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
49 
266 
56 
1,094 
3,154 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
36 
98 
38 
451 
648 
250 to 499 acres 
7 
15 
13 
8 
172 
132 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
12 
5 
- 
87 
51 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
2 
3 
- 
37 
9 
Cotton, all 
farms 
467 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
226,718 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
476,370 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
217 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
71 ,792 
" 
“ 
" 
■ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
115 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
131 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
103 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
_ 
18 
_ 
8 
1,120 
555 
acres 
- 
365 
- 
28 
188,526 
155,154 
cwt 
- 
5,387 
- 
669 
3,471,642 
3,189,208 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
56 
93 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
7,100 
29,748 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
16 
- 
8 
142 
32 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
417 
140 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
323 
173 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
155 
122 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
72 
64 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
11 
24 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
8,376 
2,859 
4,391 
2,200 
20,511 
26,994 
acres 
467,676 
193,106 
180,843 
76,519 
1,061,932 
1,499,586 
tons, dry equivalent 
1,139,938 
424,176 
532,019 
167,667 
2,457,625 
3,998,940 
Irrigated 
farms 
240 
47 
92 
42 
415 
470 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
9,503 
408 
1,599 
197 
20,883 
23,144 
1 to 24 acres 
3,593 
1,235 
2,376 
1,381 
10,611 
1 1 ,773 
25 to 99 acres 
3,498 
1,084 
1,613 
622 
7,318 
1 1 ,000 
1 00 to 249 acres 
976 
387 
339 
171 
1,891 
3,477 
250 to 499 acres 
243 
126 
51 
20 
484 
577 
500 to 999 acres 
59 
22 
10 
6 
173 
144 
1 ,000 acres or more 
7 
5 
2 
- 
34 
23 
Oats for grain 
farms 
18 
154 
176 
5 
1,677 
4,665 
acres 
2,868 
28,725 
1,936 
92 
35,420 
130,729 
bushels 
182,727 
1,856,231 
126,423 
6,995 
2,001,826 
7,812,393 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
10 
5 
- 
13 
45 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
420 
5 
■ 
115 
873 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
48 
159 
3 
1,305 
2,869 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
23 
17 
2 
324 
1,647 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
37 
- 
- 
41 
129 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
35 
- 
- 
4 
17 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
9 
- 
- 
3 
3 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
11 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
2,775 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
13,511,146 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data United States 407 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
