Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Kent 
New Castle 
Sussex 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,448 
540 
217 
691 
acres 
421,321 
141,758 
53,507 
226,056 
Irrigated 
farms 
512 
125 
47 
340 
acres 
127,007 
31,794 
4,622 
90,591 
Barley for grain 
farms 
199 
70 
20 
109 
acres 
33,455 
14,324 
4,012 
15,119 
bushels 
2,810,964 
1,211,669 
355,889 
1,243,406 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
10 
1 
34 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,980 
(D) 
(D) 
2,348 
1 to 24 acres 
41 
8 
2 
31 
25 to 99 acres 
64 
25 
2 
37 
1 00 to 249 acres 
55 
18 
11 
26 
250 to 499 acres 
18 
10 
2 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
17 
8 
3 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4 
1 
- 
3 
Corn for grain 
farms 
752 
247 
84 
421 
acres 
178,032 
49,925 
22,800 
105,307 
bushels 
23,812,299 
6,006,706 
2,879,211 
14,926,382 
Irrigated 
farms 
312 
70 
13 
229 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
68,594 
13,658 
3,005 
51,931 
1 to 24 acres 
128 
45 
14 
69 
25 to 99 acres 
238 
71 
24 
143 
1 00 to 249 acres 
195 
76 
15 
104 
250 to 499 acres 
78 
27 
16 
35 
500 to 999 acres 
72 
19 
11 
42 
1 ,000 acres or more 
41 
9 
4 
28 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
62 
34 
7 
21 
acres 
4,962 
1,703 
677 
2,582 
tons 
85,140 
29,424 
13,665 
42,051 
Irrigated 
farms 
14 
2 
1 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,040 
(D) 
(D) 
776 
1 to 24 acres 
33 
23 
2 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
15 
6 
4 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7 
3 
- 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
2 
1 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
565 
298 
100 
167 
acres 
15,294 
6,371 
4,215 
4,708 
tons, dry equivalent 
41,433 
16,486 
11,636 
13,311 
Irrigated 
farms 
37 
12 
1 
24 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
876 
(D) 
(D) 
594 
1 to 24 acres 
412 
226 
75 
111 
25 to 99 acres 
127 
64 
16 
47 
1 00 to 249 acres 
23 
8 
7 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
1 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
6 
4 
1 
1 
acres 
83 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
6,383 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
3 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
15 
2 
2 
11 
acres 
592 
(D) 
(D) 
323 
bushels 
45,374 
(D) 
(D) 
20,637 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
1 
- 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
1 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
734 
245 
80 
409 
acres 
167,672 
59,754 
22,484 
85,434 
bushels 
7,066,569 
2,486,405 
1,007,725 
3,572,439 
Irrigated 
farms 
200 
54 
3 
143 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
32,305 
8,734 
253 
23,318 
1 to 24 acres 
116 
38 
8 
70 
25 to 99 acres 
236 
66 
19 
151 
1 00 to 249 acres 
187 
73 
27 
87 
250 to 499 acres 
93 
29 
12 
52 
500 to 999 acres 
67 
27 
8 
32 
1 ,000 acres or more 
35 
12 
6 
17 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
244 Delaware 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
