Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Elbert 
El Paso 
Fremont 
Garfield 
Gilpin 
Grand 
Gunnison 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
224 
150 
407 
376 
4 
124 
142 
acres 
59,520 
11,166 
7,873 
25,102 
(D) 
30,548 
33,921 
Irrigated 
farms 
46 
94 
372 
355 
1 
108 
121 
acres 
7,550 
7,116 
6,861 
20,892 
(D) 
22,015 
26,982 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
14 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,425 
726 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
72,215 
92,472 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
726 
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
42 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
3 
(D) 
" 
“ 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
” 
(D) 
“ 
" 
“ 
" 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
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 equivalent 
20,714 
12,806 
10,184 
38,501 
(D) 
31,553 
36,372 
Irrigated 
farms 
30 
40 
320 
331 
1 
106 
118 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
6,982 
3,681 
5,895 
20,527 
(D) 
22,012 
26,971 
1 to 24 acres 
52 
23 
291 
187 
2 
29 
27 
25 to 99 acres 
71 
51 
44 
107 
1 
34 
59 
100 to 249 acres 
27 
9 
14 
36 
- 
16 
23 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
4 
2 
13 
- 
21 
11 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
1 
- 
6 
- 
12 
9 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3 
1 
3 
- 
5 
9 
Oats for grain 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,296 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
17,720 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
-continued 
398 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
