Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
61,773 
100.0 
65,531 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
46,137,295 
100.0 
46,345,827 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
52,285 
84.6 
55,272 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
28,503,265 
61.8 
28,216,064 
summer fallow 
farms 
7,814 
12.6 
9,033 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
41,927 
67.9 
43,553 
acres 
3,191,238 
6.9 
3,215,850 
acres 
21,043,596 
45.6 
19,886,655 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
13,109 
21.2 
14,071 
1 to 49 acres 
12,075 
19.5 
12,660 
acres 
734,382 
1.6 
792,858 
1 to 9 acres 
2,305 
3.7 
2,385 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,691 
9.2 
6,289 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
3,132 
5.1 
3,371 
acres 
308,408 
0.7 
337,671 
20 to 29 acres 
2,656 
4.3 
2,829 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
8,781 
14.2 
9,487 
30 to 49 acres 
3,982 
6.4 
4,075 
acres 
425,974 
0.9 
455,187 
50 to 99 acres 
5,696 
9.2 
5,978 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
5,738 
9.3 
6,071 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
6,953 
11.3 
7,549 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
37,862 
61.3 
40,051 
500 to 999 acres 
4,967 
8.0 
5,232 
acres 
15,525,646 
33.7 
15,932,985 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,944 
6.4 
3,950 
2,000 acres or more 
2,554 
4.1 
2,113 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
38,661 
62.6 
33,961 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,374,002 
3.0 
1,403,920 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
3,136 
5.1 
8,362 
acres 
442,258 
1.0 
1,274,320 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
26,270 
42.5 
25,771 
acres 
7,017,411 
15.2 
7,055,089 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
18,069 
(X) 
21,481 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
2,426,357 
(X) 
3,281,157 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
19,345 
31.3 
16,185 
acres 
2,910,105 
6.3 
2,621,094 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
21,999 
(X) 
20,630 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
5,082 
8.2 
5,227 
acres 
17,836,545 
(X) 
15,918,778 
acres 
916,068 
2.0 
1,218,145 
16 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
