Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Maryland 
Allegany 
Anne Arundel 
Baltimore 
Calvert 
Caroline 
Carroll 
Cecil 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
7,530 
193 
238 
354 
194 
487 
610 
317 
acres 
1,280,965 
9,394 
13,362 
42,451 
19,713 
113,830 
86,756 
51,515 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,192 
9 
35 
79 
19 
160 
38 
25 
acres 
104,451 
27 
253 
458 
(D) 
26,918 
(D) 
632 
Barley for grain 
farms 
732 
3 
4 
16 
15 
95 
63 
27 
acres 
40,133 
(D) 
205 
707 
1,048 
6,810 
3,691 
1,802 
bushels 
3,300,857 
(D) 
20,240 
50,250 
58,465 
549,230 
306,709 
161,783 
Irrigated 
farms 
49 
- 
- 
1 
19 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,637 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1,083 
" 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
267 
2 
- 
8 
1 
16 
24 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
355 
- 
4 
6 
8 
58 
28 
15 
1 00 to 249 acres 
83 
1 
- 
1 
6 
17 
7 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
4 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,888 
24 
55 
85 
66 
258 
215 
124 
acres 
435,646 
618 
4,427 
16,714 
7,622 
39,399 
27,409 
16,998 
bushels 
50,114,967 
66,881 
382,992 
2,411,915 
499,318 
3,864,817 
4,111,535 
2,157,175 
Irrigated 
farms 
351 
- 
1 
3 
1 
100 
4 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
49,991 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
12,076 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
878 
18 
28 
34 
24 
50 
70 
31 
25 to 99 acres 
1,010 
5 
17 
29 
22 
104 
87 
48 
1 00 to 249 acres 
521 
1 
5 
9 
4 
61 
36 
25 
250 to 499 acres 
270 
- 
4 
4 
16 
31 
10 
14 
500 to 999 acres 
143 
- 
- 
5 
- 
6 
6 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
66 
- 
1 
4 
6 
6 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
653 
19 
3 
14 
- 
9 
76 
30 
acres 
42,816 
274 
15 
1,030 
- 
1,549 
4,660 
2,333 
tons 
758,065 
1,845 
90 
16,386 
- 
18,653 
94,393 
42,360 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,141 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
268 
13 
3 
8 
- 
2 
35 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
266 
6 
- 
2 
- 
1 
27 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
98 
- 
- 
3 
5 
13 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
3 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
4,391 
175 
117 
213 
91 
122 
480 
189 
acres 
180,843 
8,162 
3,215 
7,330 
2,172 
3,001 
21,009 
6,169 
tons, dry equivalent 
532,019 
17,549 
8,128 
18,884 
5,210 
8,851 
60,629 
21,367 
Irrigated 
farms 
92 
- 
1 
6 
- 
10 
3 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,599 
“ 
(D) 
20 
“ 
138 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
2,376 
73 
76 
137 
67 
91 
258 
120 
25 to 99 acres 
1,613 
81 
36 
58 
22 
27 
171 
56 
1 00 to 249 acres 
339 
18 
4 
15 
2 
3 
41 
12 
250 to 499 acres 
51 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
9 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
10 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
176 
- 
2 
8 
- 
1 
7 
- 
acres 
1,936 
- 
(D) 
31 
- 
(D) 
81 
- 
bushels 
126,423 
- 
(D) 
2,090 
- 
(D) 
5,650 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5 
' 
' 
' 
" 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
159 
- 
2 
8 
- 
1 
6 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
(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 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
153 
- 
3 
2 
2 
31 
- 
- 
acres 
14,772 
- 
197 
(D) 
(D) 
2,217 
- 
- 
bushels 
840,293 
- 
13,190 
(D) 
(D) 
150,690 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
393 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
44 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
59 
- 
3 
- 
2 
18 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
33 
- 
- 
1 
- 
10 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2,511 
2 
38 
63 
50 
303 
162 
97 
acres 
475,615 
(D) 
4,422 
12,223 
4,675 
52,495 
23,348 
21,479 
bushels 
21,593,477 
(D) 
173,239 
565,241 
175,011 
2,144,245 
1,153,617 
1,076,110 
Irrigated 
farms 
224 
1 
2 
1 
84 
2 
1 
acres 
24,401 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,206 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Maryland 287 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
