Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
California 
Alameda 
Alpine 
Amador 
Butte 
Calaveras 
Colusa 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
375 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
135,540 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
13,529,651 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
240 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
25,065 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
2,246,420 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
264 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
81,954 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
5,312,595 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
74 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
13,908 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,263,924 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
239 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
41,953 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
634,648 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
308 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
10 
acres 
39,511 
- 
- 
- 
745 
- 
3,148 
cwt 
955,995 
- 
- 
- 
15,085 
- 
47,898 
Cotton, all 
farms 
630 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
367,766 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bales 
1,201,860 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Upland cotton 
farms 
404 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
142,094 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bales 
499,302 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Pima cotton 
farms 
341 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
225,672 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
702,558 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
7,903 
40 
3 
25 
138 
30 
68 
acres 
1,670,027 
3,296 
240 
4,248 
5,931 
787 
11,724 
tons, dry 
9,363,421 
5,738 
540 
11,474 
19,704 
2,043 
67,380 
Rice 
farms 
1,392 
- 
- 
- 
199 
- 
365 
acres 
561,968 
- 
- 
- 
94,546 
- 
153,224 
cwt 
46,692,580 
- 
- 
- 
8,282,242 
- 
12,787,320 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
197 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
19 
acres 
49,749 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
6,267 
pounds 
68,792,639 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
8,292,300 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
27,193 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
1,179,753 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
84,093 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
6,055 
38 
- 
34 
99 
35 
19 
acres 
1,175,249 
116 
- 
33 
566 
57 
14,773 
Potatoes 
farms 
441 
2 
- 
11 
11 
2 
- 
acres 
42,660 
(D) 
- 
1 
3 
(D) 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
188 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
18,189 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
38,098 
113 
1 
161 
1,162 
153 
306 
acres 
3,138,943 
6,228 
(D) 
3,849 
93,629 
3,068 
59,424 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
California 247 
