Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Montana 
Beaverhead 
Big Horn 
Blaine 
Broadwater 
Carbon 
Carter 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
678 
- 
- 
11 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
549,532 
- 
- 
2,874 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
15,753,344 
- 
- 
88,750 
- 
7,200 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
280 
3 
6 
14 
4 
12 
3 
acres 
17,084 
117 
253 
792 
207 
427 
226 
bushels 
768,893 
9,900 
12,320 
42,850 
13,239 
31,740 
1,840 
Barley for grain 
farms 
2,236 
25 
35 
41 
20 
76 
9 
acres 
778,521 
7,404 
10,562 
9,690 
3,853 
9,061 
1,902 
bushels 
37,541,212 
610,601 
991,870 
373,353 
179,569 
802,211 
30,899 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
243 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
6,983 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
163,125 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
148 
- 
1 
3 
- 
24 
- 
acres 
31,579 
- 
(D) 
480 
- 
1,965 
- 
cwt 
448,341 
- 
(D) 
9,120 
- 
51,734 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
11,728 
243 
210 
225 
136 
374 
153 
acres 
2,267,198 
115,701 
43,090 
71,867 
29,191 
37,339 
47,033 
tons, dry 
3,979,316 
261,672 
76,358 
120,633 
89,053 
81,996 
42,789 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
acres 
10,643 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,151 
pounds 
7,772,646 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
360,778 
652,100 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
197 
- 
25 
- 
27 
- 
acres 
45,807 
- 
7,195 
- 
- 
3,011 
- 
tons 
1,265,481 
- 
210,040 
- 
- 
74,350 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
325 
9 
2 
3 
6 
9 
1 
acres 
9,322 
899 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Potatoes 
farms 
179 
6 
1 
5 
5 
acres 
8,682 
896 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
324 
1 
- 
- 
3 
8 
- 
acres 
1,168 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
41 
- 
-continued 
232 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
