Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Essex 
Gloucester 
Hudson 
Hunterdon 
Mercer 
Middlesex 
Monmouth 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
- 
67 
- 
205 
43 
34 
98 
2007 
- 
103 
- 
197 
61 
34 
112 
acres, 2012 
- 
1,436 
- 
5,135 
955 
995 
1,720 
2007 
- 
1,841 
- 
5,186 
2,268 
1,039 
2,225 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
- 
47 
- 
139 
30 
20 
60 
2007 
- 
71 
- 
157 
48 
25 
73 
acres, 2012 
- 
1,094 
- 
3,205 
684 
639 
1,196 
2007 
- 
1,279 
- 
4,180 
1,856 
817 
1,277 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
- 
25 
- 
50 
17 
13 
37 
2007 
- 
29 
- 
39 
14 
6 
34 
acres, 2012 
- 
283 
- 
800 
262 
264 
369 
2007 
- 
286 
- 
671 
295 
76 
460 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
- 
8 
- 
39 
4 
7 
17 
2007 
- 
13 
- 
27 
7 
5 
11 
acres, 2012 
- 
59 
- 
1,130 
9 
92 
155 
2007 
- 
276 
- 
335 
117 
146 
488 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
6 
270 
_ 
813 
141 
87 
350 
2007 
7 
312 
- 
833 
155 
99 
364 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
5,469 
- 
16,625 
3,008 
3,089 
4,741 
2007 
(D) 
6,750 
- 
15,177 
2,823 
2,674 
7,158 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
3 
49 
_ 
167 
36 
15 
86 
2007 
2 
65 
- 
187 
26 
19 
82 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
403 
- 
1,678 
270 
238 
534 
2007 
(D) 
547 
- 
2,179 
209 
182 
486 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
4 
241 
- 
700 
124 
76 
288 
2007 
5 
274 
- 
719 
138 
84 
300 
acres, 2012 
21 
5,066 
- 
14,947 
2,738 
2,851 
4,207 
2007 
(D) 
6,203 
- 
12,998 
2,614 
2,492 
6,672 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
2 
237 
- 
891 
126 
62 
380 
2007 
2 
248 
- 
799 
123 
64 
416 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
2,282 
- 
14,183 
2,613 
657 
5,856 
2007 
(D) 
2,055 
- 
10,304 
2,391 
682 
5,567 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
10 
434 
- 
1,167 
199 
138 
619 
2007 
459 
- 
1,080 
189 
132 
585 
acres, 2012 
3,517 
- 
6,956 
1,728 
1,181 
3,232 
2007 
3,148 
- 
7,993 
1,158 
2,462 
3,397 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
253 
- 
965 
141 
69 
426 
2007 
5 
328 
- 
1,061 
161 
91 
533 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
2,999 
- 
18,801 
3,168 
1,052 
7,666 
2007 
45 
3,580 
- 
22,432 
3,950 
1,299 
9,840 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
- 
9 
- 
23 
5 
1 
3 
2007 
- 
2 
- 
41 
9 
1 
8 
acres, 2012 
- 
79 
- 
664 
187 
(D) 
10 
2007 
- 
(D) 
- 
2,204 
702 
(D) 
471 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
1 
60 
- 
55 
16 
16 
32 
2007 
- 
58 
- 
52 
13 
19 
28 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
16,877 
- 
15,397 
5,376 
6,537 
7,887 
2007 
15,014 
- 
12,149 
4,868 
5,496 
4,708 
-continued 
252 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
