Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Elbert 
El Paso 
Fremont 
Garfield 
Gilpin 
Grand 
Gunnison 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,296 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
17,720 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
164 
89 
351 
352 
3 
117 
138 
acres 
21,790 
7,521 
6,805 
24,705 
100 
30,377 
33,512 
tons, dry 
20,714 
12,806 
10,184 
38,501 
(D) 
31,553 
36,372 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,466 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
1,294,544 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
7 
11 
9 
7 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5 
17 
45 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
2 
3 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(Z) 
(D) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
3 
8 
53 
14 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
9 
243 
45 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Colorado 239 
