Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,544 
1,229 
810 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
2,364,942 
2,662,723 
3,172,376 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
854 
808 
862 
1,096 
997 
1,109 
1,381 
1,378 
number 
304,729,435 
296,373,113 
287,106,225 
294,314,818 
256,926,521 
257,209,663 
257,070,110 
235,112,072 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,888 
2,803 
2,958 
3,612 
3,554 
4,631 
5,608 
7,281 
acres 
435,646 
460,137 
406,841 
403,242 
405,451 
454,083 
432,409 
620,198 
bushels 
50,114,967 
45,548,271 
30,041,896 
36,641,509 
36,823,284 
52,596,358 
31,941,714 
62,845,256 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
653 
898 
1,008 
1,393 
1,404 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
42,816 
63,979 
72,988 
91,568 
93,117 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
758,065 
791,447 
869,484 
850,925 
865,641 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,796 
1,497 
1,629 
2,345 
2,339 
2,774 
3,112 
3,153 
acres 
210,354 
166,713 
162,062 
198,274 
199,351 
188,122 
146,081 
138,204 
bushels 
13,951,590 
10,717,293 
10,625,133 
12,662,191 
12,711,370 
10,233,795 
6,766,273 
5,635,641 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1,796 
1,495 
1,629 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
210,354 
(D) 
162,062 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
13,951,590 
(D) 
10,625,133 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
176 
184 
256 
472 
460 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,936 
2,338 
3,684 
5,601 
5,611 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
126,423 
152,306 
226,016 
299,055 
302,370 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
732 
683 
718 
960 
972 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
40,133 
34,288 
36,241 
46,770 
47,405 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
3,300,857 
2,733,463 
2,907,723 
3,447,330 
3,489,722 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
153 
79 
75 
240 
239 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
14,772 
4,895 
3,133 
14,983 
14,600 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
840,293 
217,697 
131,777 
958,211 
925,077 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
69 
40 
55 
51 
53 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,123 
1,008 
1,206 
1,024 
1,124 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
75,808 
7,745 
7,525 
6,951 
7,911 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2,511 
2,158 
2,537 
3,255 
3,226 
3,663 
3,697 
3,965 
acres 
475,615 
386,604 
465,780 
507,924 
509,683 
503,181 
405,170 
413,137 
bushels 
21,593,477 
10,381,954 
10,695,873 
15,112,845 
15,171,466 
16,226,822 
9,352,369 
11,290,198 
Tobacco 
farms 
43 
70 
159 
727 
711 
951 
1,357 
2,489 
acres 
256 
423 
1,162 
7,814 
7,939 
8,470 
10,780 
24,840 
pounds 
598,486 
842,793 
1,739,926 
11,798,301 
11,987,083 
11,794,382 
13,751,729 
32,280,276 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
4,391 
5,123 
4,885 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
180,843 
223,390 
227,727 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
532,019 
552,667 
553,823 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
13 
22 
25 
7 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
247 
596 
104 
(D) 
24 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
301,066 
614,150 
34,965 
(D) 
22,235 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
789 
931 
804 
1,004 
951 
1,167 
1,184 
1,403 
acres 
29,184 
33,447 
31,701 
35,921 
35,958 
36,313 
38,238 
38,331 
Potatoes 
farms 
260 
236 
139 
130 
126 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,266 
2,964 
3,038 
2,223 
2,219 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
52 
61 
66 
31 
31 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
75 
107 
164 
114 
114 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
358 
472 
441 
463 
422 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,973 
4,542 
4,931 
5,291 
5,251 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
