Table 43. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Grain storage capacity 
2012 
2007 ' 
Farms 
Bushels 
Farms 
Bushels 
Grain storage capacity (see text) 
3,653 
100,144,564 
3,928 
82,277,025 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
27,414 
(X) 
20,946 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
1,211 
2,146,046 
1,281 
2,872,059 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
653 
4,359,040 
836 
5,636,345 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
600 
8,011,776 
681 
9,024,136 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
315 
7,335,597 
346 
7,979,518 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
360 
13,061,320 
364 
13,285,077 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
299 
19,513,350 
279 
17,948,800 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
167 
24,162,750 
118 
16,054,090 
250,000 bushels or more 
48 
21,554,685 
23 
9,477,000 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
25 
94,190 
19 
269,000 
1 0 to 49 acres 
281 
885,013 
244 
1,002,822 
50 to 69 acres 
163 
561,805 
182 
1,040,645 
70 to 99 acres 
220 
882,963 
247 
1,524,524 
100 to 139 acres 
223 
2,717,442 
291 
1,523,560 
140 to 179 acres 
181 
1,413,537 
235 
1,935,452 
180 to 219 acres 
163 
1,105,985 
223 
1,506,996 
220 to 259 acres 
177 
2,614,300 
168 
1,334,146 
260 to 499 acres 
567 
6,618,226 
664 
7,220,012 
500 to 999 acres 
664 
14,556,093 
694 
14,147,948 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
570 
25,677,486 
586 
20,034,606 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
371 
31,313,368 
333 
22,441,958 
5,000 acres or more 
48 
11,704,156 
42 
8,295,356 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
316 
3,969,454 
309 
2,046,460 
1 0 to 49 acres 
552 
2,013,592 
622 
2,823,662 
50 to 69 acres 
192 
932,437 
258 
1,377,658 
70 to 99 acres 
181 
1,353,065 
237 
2,036,230 
100 to 139 acres 
183 
1,308,953 
264 
1,666,620 
140 to 179 acres 
202 
2,193,190 
179 
1,877,887 
180 to 219 acres 
121 
1,283,350 
157 
1,663,140 
220 to 259 acres 
107 
1,410,500 
143 
1,703,220 
260 to 499 acres 
478 
7,742,980 
508 
7,612,080 
500 to 999 acres 
546 
15,354,543 
541 
14,394,728 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
480 
25,416,426 
474 
19,721,426 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
261 
26,920,074 
216 
18,825,914 
5,000 acres or more 
34 
10,246,000 
20 
6,528,000 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (1 1 1) 
2,597 
78,644,458 
2,572 
62,363,635 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
1,056 
21,500,106 
1,356 
19,913,390 
1 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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