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 
28,008 
100.0 
29,524 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
59,758,917 
100.0 
61,388,462 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
19,888 
71.0 
21,809 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
17,022,177 
28.5 
18,241,710 
summer fallow 
farms 
3,739 
13.3 
4,849 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
15,894 
56.7 
16,441 
acres 
2,740,696 
4.6 
3,380,228 
acres 
9,533,929 
16.0 
9,163,867 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,987 
14.2 
4,132 
1 to 49 acres 
5,260 
18.8 
5,080 
acres 
2,609,922 
4.4 
2,284,011 
1 to 9 acres 
1,755 
6.3 
1,554 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,681 
9.6 
2,781 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,441 
5.1 
1,410 
acres 
1,962,724 
3.3 
1,778,313 
20 to 29 acres 
932 
3.3 
928 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,790 
6.4 
1,850 
30 to 49 acres 
1,132 
4.0 
1,188 
acres 
647,198 
1.1 
505,698 
50 to 99 acres 
1,559 
5.6 
1,579 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
1,750 
6.2 
1,886 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
2,618 
9.3 
2,911 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,233 
68.7 
19,864 
500 to 999 acres 
1,867 
6.7 
2,110 
acres 
39,293,812 
65.8 
40,003,265 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,558 
5.6 
1,785 
2,000 acres or more 
1,282 
4.6 
1,090 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
16,817 
60.0 
14,211 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
833,006 
1.4 
859,476 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,916 
6.8 
5,093 
acres 
910,532 
1.5 
1,677,851 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
9,935 
35.5 
10,404 
acres 
6,577,716 
11.0 
7,399,992 
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 
4,330 
(X) 
5,984 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
2,273,660 
(X) 
3,561,031 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
6,021 
21.5 
6,560 
acres 
3,213,004 
5.4 
3,710,267 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
6,177 
(X) 
6,597 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,409 
8.6 
1,516 
acres 
9,314,797 
(X) 
10,223,103 
acres 
624,016 
1.0 
309,497 
16 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
