Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item Delaware Kent New Castle Sussex 
Sunflower seed, all - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 1 - - 1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 to 999 acres 
1 ,000 acres or more - . . . 
Wheat for grain, all farms 510 180 67 263 
acres 79,658 28,065 10,350 41,243 
bushels 5,888,816 2,143,443 807,048 2,938,325 
Irrigated farms 168 43 3 122 
acres 26,384 7,443 1,010 17,931 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 75 17 13 45 
25 to 99 acres 185 73 20 92 
100 to 249 acres 157 55 22 80 
250 to 499 acres 54 24 8 22 
500 to 999 acres 36 9 4 23 
1 .000 acres or more 3 2-1 
Vegetables harvested for 
sale (see text) farms 222 49 32 141 
acres 40,684 16,962 767 22,954 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 73 16 22 35 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 31 5 5 21 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 48 10 2 36 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 27 5 2 20 
250.0 to 499.9 acres 19 5 1 13 
500.0 acres or more 24 8 - 16 
500.0 to 749.9 acres 7 2-5 
750.0 to 999.9 acres 9 2-7 
1 ,000.0 acres or more 8 4 - 4 
Land in orchards farms 21 6 8 7 
acres 450 (D) 19 (D) 
Irrigated farms 7 3-4 
acres 421 (D) - (D) 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 15 3 8 4 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 3 1-2 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 11-- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 2 1-1 
250.0 to 499.9 acres - . . . 
500.0 acres or more - . . . 
500.0 to 749.9 acres - . . . 
750.0 to 999.9 acres - . . . 
1 ,000.0 acres or more 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Delaware 245 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
