Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
POULTRY - Con. 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold farms 
296 
11 
12 
5 
3 
32 
- 
number 
37,956 
588 
571 
129 
(D) 
2,245 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
294 
11 
12 
5 
3 
32 
- 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) farms 
487 
13 
16 
4 
4 
36 
- 
number 
3,761 
66 
113 
32 
(D) 
482 
- 
Turkeys sold (see text) farms 
192 
2 
8 
1 
3 
17 
- 
number 
2,747 
(D) 
217 
(D) 
12 
160 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain farms 
241 
107 
75 
- 
- 
46 
- 
acres 
54,828 
15,603 
27,684 
- 
- 
10,493 
- 
bushels 
6,573,668 
1,475,778 
3,735,446 
- 
- 
1,260,814 
- 
Irrigated farms 
217 
93 
69 
- 
- 
43 
- 
acres 
50,560 
13,766 
25,931 
- 
- 
9,820 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
15 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
58 
39 
5 
- 
- 
11 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
85 
34 
27 
- 
- 
19 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
53 
16 
25 
- 
- 
11 
- 
500 acres or more 
23 
3 
16 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
2,562 
1,957 
31 
2 
8 
235 
_ 
acres 
1,011,151 
889,409 
6,775 
(D) 
460 
33,155 
- 
bushels 
121,002,552 
107,804,576 
1,040,791 
(D) 
69,158 
4,287,184 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2,055 
1,551 
27 
2 
8 
214 
- 
acres 
651,404 
569,289 
5,933 
(D) 
460 
24,838 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
251 
117 
4 
2 
3 
70 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
617 
404 
8 
- 
3 
86 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
703 
556 
11 
- 
2 
44 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
381 
320 
4 
- 
- 
22 
- 
500 acres or more 
610 
560 
4 
- 
- 
13 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
997 
597 
19 
- 
3 
128 
- 
acres 
157,285 
93,292 
1,431 
- 
(D) 
14,831 
- 
tons 
2,740,971 
1,581,510 
24,213 
- 
(D) 
237,310 
- 
Irrigated farms 
853 
510 
15 
- 
3 
106 
- 
acres 
121,331 
69,406 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
12,039 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
152 
74 
7 
- 
1 
29 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
386 
248 
5 
- 
1 
55 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
273 
163 
7 
- 
1 
29 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
126 
80 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
500 acres or more 
60 
32 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
346 
269 
20 
- 
2 
43 
- 
acres 
42,573 
36,451 
2,166 
- 
(D) 
3,048 
- 
cwt 
836,655 
707,372 
57,958 
- 
(D) 
47,853 
- 
Irrigated farms 
296 
234 
18 
- 
2 
31 
- 
acres 
33,094 
28,101 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,951 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
55 
30 
9 
- 
1 
13 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
146 
107 
7 
- 
1 
23 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
103 
96 
1 
- 
- 
5 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
30 
25 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
12 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
99 
35 
4 
- 
2 
30 
- 
acres 
5,936 
2,254 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,108 
- 
bushels 
402,698 
142,338 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
107,008 
- 
Irrigated farms 
73 
26 
3 
- 
2 
26 
- 
acres 
3,648 
1,432 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,061 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
9 
2 
- 
2 
14 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
40 
19 
1 
- 
- 
12 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
20 
6 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain farms 
379 
277 
3 
- 
- 
32 
- 
acres 
147,955 
128,454 
801 
- 
- 
3,050 
- 
bushels 
2,733,227 
2,420,852 
12,020 
- 
- 
88,084 
- 
Irrigated farms 
83 
56 
1 
- 
- 
17 
- 
acres 
10,437 
7,815 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,484 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
3 
1 
- 
- 
9 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
70 
36 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
90 
66 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
84 
60 
2 
- 
- 
4 
- 
500 acres or more 
120 
112 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
84 
81 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
12,602 
12,301 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
535,045 
526,169 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
182 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
