Table 43. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Grain storage capacity 
2012 
2007 ' 
Farms 
Bushels 
Farms 
Bushels 
Grain storage capacity (see text) 
523 
5,760,605 
535 
5,233,003 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
11,015 
(X) 
9,781 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
278 
417,605 
260 
392,803 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
93 
620,100 
116 
725,600 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
72 
914,500 
96 
1,190,200 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
36 
814,400 
25 
584,000 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
20 
772,000 
16 
576,400 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
13 
780,000 
13 
732,000 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
11 
1,442,000 
9 
1,032,000 
250,000 bushels or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
42 
59,719 
30 
140,580 
1 0 to 49 acres 
67 
116,423 
76 
203,605 
50 to 69 acres 
20 
38,044 
18 
83,800 
70 to 99 acres 
26 
117,300 
21 
47,531 
100 to 139 acres 
28 
222,960 
43 
181,233 
140 to 179 acres 
23 
83,130 
45 
319,571 
180 to 219 acres 
25 
136,037 
36 
129,217 
220 to 259 acres 
17 
114,200 
27 
219,300 
260 to 499 acres 
70 
623,270 
58 
522,000 
500 to 999 acres 
89 
952,970 
84 
914,750 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
49 
994,272 
46 
973,231 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
45 
1,482,620 
39 
1,176,545 
5,000 acres or more 
22 
819,660 
12 
321,640 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
175 
373,290 
164 
637,028 
1 0 to 49 acres 
68 
364,415 
123 
647,715 
50 to 69 acres 
24 
(D) 
30 
238,900 
70 to 99 acres 
19 
119,900 
19 
(D) 
100 to 139 acres 
23 
188,200 
34 
224,000 
140 to 179 acres 
13 
289,640 
17 
241,000 
180 to 219 acres 
19 
187,000 
18 
226,400 
220 to 259 acres 
23 
232,600 
13 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
58 
924,920 
45 
413,540 
500 to 999 acres 
51 
681,700 
48 
937,110 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
31 
1,149,000 
11 
380,100 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
16 
955,600 
11 
842,000 
5,000 acres or more 
3 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (111) 
277 
4,273,540 
245 
3,315,388 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
246 
1,487,065 
290 
1,917,615 
1 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
38 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
