Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Charles 
Dorchester 
Frederick 
Garrett 
Harford 
Howard 
Kent 
Montgomery 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
238 
207 
858 
525 
355 
151 
260 
264 
acres 
21,843 
81,842 
117,194 
36,618 
36,818 
19,372 
98,259 
40,459 
Irrigated 
farms 
30 
90 
63 
32 
34 
23 
43 
53 
acres 
441 
(D) 
1,335 
49 
458 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
2 
31 
80 
18 
18 
15 
53 
4 
acres 
(D) 
2,255 
4,329 
225 
723 
447 
4,953 
198 
bushels 
(D) 
169,706 
339,709 
11,686 
53,939 
35,782 
483,913 
16,091 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
282 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
6 
29 
16 
8 
5 
8 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
19 
36 
2 
9 
10 
31 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
3 
15 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
57 
117 
286 
201 
126 
24 
170 
37 
acres 
5,357 
26,762 
28,008 
6,152 
14,063 
6,444 
41,275 
11,899 
bushels 
468,899 
3,650,397 
3,982,802 
774,297 
1,855,123 
948,624 
4,497,782 
1,515,708 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
64 
1 
- 
1 
- 
26 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
11,631 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
3,468 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
33 
11 
93 
138 
49 
1 
17 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
34 
105 
48 
43 
9 
67 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
32 
61 
14 
19 
4 
42 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
27 
20 
- 
10 
3 
19 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
11 
7 
1 
2 
7 
18 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
7 
4 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
5 
1 
121 
115 
21 
4 
15 
5 
acres 
87 
(D) 
13,251 
2,312 
1,452 
145 
2,686 
511 
tons 
1,502 
(D) 
242,417 
42,010 
27,190 
2,300 
51,426 
6,758 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
“ 
768 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
1 
27 
94 
5 
1 
3 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
56 
17 
9 
3 
6 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
31 
3 
7 
- 
3 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
2 
1 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
140 
19 
692 
471 
268 
89 
72 
163 
acres 
4,208 
693 
36,810 
23,922 
8,449 
4,007 
3,601 
8,385 
tons, dry equivalent 
8,433 
1,289 
124,232 
65,050 
26,382 
10,316 
12,340 
21,158 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
4 
7 
4 
1 
4 
2 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
79 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
102 
12 
318 
162 
185 
47 
37 
80 
25 to 99 acres 
29 
5 
279 
259 
63 
32 
28 
61 
100 to 249 acres 
7 
2 
80 
43 
18 
7 
5 
16 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
9 
7 
2 
3 
1 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
" 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
7 
_ 
11 
103 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
37 
- 
160 
1,252 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,140 
- 
11,696 
82,581 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
” 
" 
(D) 
" 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
- 
9 
91 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
2 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
24 
29 
4 
- 
1 
- 
5 
1 
acres 
4,542 
2,469 
524 
- 
(D) 
- 
693 
(D) 
bushels 
169,853 
173,940 
18,598 
- 
(D) 
- 
51,571 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
11 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41 
148 
227 
39 
74 
30 
178 
31 
acres 
5,563 
41,565 
30,021 
(D) 
9,204 
6,195 
40,334 
14,253 
bushels 
174,957 
1,816,344 
1,559,421 
(D) 
412,710 
271,473 
1,797,559 
760,727 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
45 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
acres 
- 
6,376 
- 
- 
- 
1,139 
(D) 
-continued 
288 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
