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 
Montana 
Beaverhead 
Big Horn 
Blaine 
Broadwater 
Carbon 
Carter 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland 
...farms, 2012 
9,935 
28 
135 
290 
85 
173 
161 
2007 
10,404 
26 
161 
320 
89 
106 
121 
acres, 2012 
6,577,716 
6,087 
94,932 
305,503 
(D) 
54,363 
(D) 
2007 
7,399,992 
4,530 
(D) 
354,863 
52,825 
22,356 
65,258 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed 
...farms, 2012 
6,021 
15 
33 
161 
51 
53 
40 
2007 
6,560 
15 
53 
202 
59 
55 
54 
acres, 2012 
3,213,004 
(D) 
26,780 
121,217 
21,762 
22,358 
(D) 
2007 
3,710,267 
1,076 
49,292 
167,294 
31,624 
12,740 
26,356 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
...farms, 2012 
2,409 
11 
71 
38 
20 
114 
120 
2007 
1,516 
6 
38 
34 
13 
40 
34 
acres, 2012 
624,016 
3,215 
19,395 
9,946 
(D) 
24,466 
67,438 
2007 
309,497 
615 
(D) 
4,078 
870 
3,657 
14,864 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow 
...farms, 2012 
3,739 
2 
46 
165 
29 
27 
49 
2007 
4,849 
5 
102 
183 
32 
31 
68 
acres, 2012 
2,740,696 
(D) 
48,757 
174,340 
22,666 
7,539 
30,333 
2007 
3,380,228 
2,839 
82,269 
183,491 
20,331 
5,959 
24,038 
Total woodland 
...farms, 2012 
3,987 
40 
54 
36 
32 
107 
19 
2007 
4,132 
42 
44 
44 
44 
101 
37 
acres, 2012 
2,609,922 
24,279 
269,768 
20,065 
14,367 
26,890 
16,359 
2007 
2,284,011 
30,777 
163,975 
14,226 
21,542 
8,185 
24,397 
Woodland pastured 
...farms, 2012 
2,681 
29 
41 
19 
29 
74 
17 
2007 
2,781 
30 
29 
32 
29 
69 
30 
acres, 2012 
1,962,724 
21,674 
269,017 
17,854 
(D) 
19,012 
(D) 
2007 
1,778,313 
28,008 
(D) 
12,873 
17,815 
6,138 
19,747 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms, 2012 
1,790 
14 
16 
17 
5 
41 
2 
2007 
1,850 
16 
17 
15 
18 
42 
7 
acres, 2012 
647,198 
2,605 
751 
2,211 
(D) 
7,878 
(D) 
2007 
505,698 
2,769 
(□) 
1,353 
3,727 
2,047 
4,650 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) 
...farms, 2012 
19,233 
325 
420 
395 
205 
595 
296 
2007 
19,864 
317 
561 
485 
222 
536 
272 
acres, 2012 
39,293,812 
1,164,498 
2,590,372 
1,534,271 
297,361 
609,667 
1,502,940 
2007 
40,003,265 
1,003,533 
2,327,389 
1,612,159 
304,979 
638,185 
1,384,625 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
...farms, 2012 
16,817 
260 
335 
286 
198 
466 
193 
2007 
14,211 
212 
314 
225 
167 
362 
149 
acres, 2012 
833,006 
13,493 
20,617 
23,126 
13,750 
18,064 
23,863 
2007 
859,476 
24,302 
24,668 
30,398 
9,347 
9,133 
22,125 
Pastureland, all types 
...farms, 2012 
20,517 
340 
434 
408 
220 
624 
299 
2007 
22,866 
358 
597 
533 
260 
624 
286 
acres, 2012 
42,167,068 
1,227,319 
2,864,588 
1,560,418 
327,184 
636,593 
1,541,763 
2007 
43,459,429 
1,086,190 
2,493,983 
1,660,209 
339,533 
687,745 
1,464,443 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
4,330 
4 
11 
129 
24 
29 
19 
2007 
5,984 
5 
39 
211 
52 
31 
42 
acres, 2012 
2,273,660 
274 
14,401 
95,753 
16,167 
7,255 
9,727 
2007 
3,561,031 
465 
43,260 
163,783 
33,663 
9,060 
24,152 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs 
...farms, 2012 
6,177 
38 
96 
187 
45 
82 
130 
2007 
6,597 
32 
152 
206 
40 
92 
166 
acres, 2012 
9,314,797 
53,296 
127,167 
320,487 
54,030 
36,007 
232,141 
2007 
10,223,103 
20,117 
341,361 
391,656 
36,949 
51,954 
360,727 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Montana 295 
