Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Montana 
Beaverhead 
Big Horn 
Blaine 
Broadwater 
Carbon 
Carter 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
15,894 
257 
258 
340 
177 
430 
170 
acres 
9,533,929 
131,384 
167,983 
312,990 
84,875 
74,397 
97,893 
Irrigated 
farms 
7,676 
240 
123 
161 
141 
356 
12 
acres 
1,482,359 
112,745 
43,670 
42,086 
34,915 
53,062 
(D) 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
877 
22 
27 
9 
13 
74 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
193,827 
5,958 
7,816 
954 
1,901 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
153 
3 
1 
2 
4 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
570 
4 
9 
16 
3 
35 
4 
100 to 249 acres 
642 
10 
10 
12 
4 
31 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
456 
5 
8 
9 
8 
4 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
253 
2 
5 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
162 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
370 
- 
13 
5 
- 
35 
3 
acres 
60,693 
- 
4,525 
139 
- 
3,090 
(D) 
bushels 
5,633,512 
- 
353,261 
17,750 
- 
490,678 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
276 
- 
11 
5 
- 
34 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
34,358 
" 
(D) 
139 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
44 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
144 
- 
3 
3 
- 
19 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
119 
- 
5 
- 
- 
11 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
351 
- 
8 
10 
4 
45 
1 
acres 
42,208 
- 
1,320 
513 
375 
3,436 
(D) 
tons 
871,062 
- 
30,005 
8,315 
7,131 
81,792 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
310 
- 
8 
9 
3 
45 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
36,793 
1,320 
(D) 
(D) 
3,436 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
43 
- 
- 
7 
1 
7 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
152 
- 
6 
1 
2 
24 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
119 
- 
1 
2 
- 
13 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
29 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
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 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
142 
- 
1 
3 
- 
24 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
28,503 
“ 
(D) 
480 
” 
1,965 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
47 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
54 
- 
1 
3 
- 
6 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
3 
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 equivalent 
3,979,316 
261,672 
76,358 
120,633 
89,053 
81,996 
42,789 
Irrigated 
farms 
6,281 
227 
92 
143 
117 
318 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
907,441 
99,118 
14,392 
28,664 
24,715 
29,438 
989 
1 to 24 acres 
3,195 
57 
42 
18 
20 
104 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
3,372 
40 
70 
63 
39 
143 
28 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,483 
40 
48 
51 
38 
91 
55 
250 to 499 acres 
1,479 
33 
28 
50 
22 
28 
36 
500 to 999 acres 
787 
27 
17 
27 
14 
8 
20 
1 ,000 acres or more 
412 
46 
5 
16 
3 
9 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
91 
3 
2 
6 
1 
12 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,140 
117 
(D) 
266 
(D) 
427 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
79 
- 
1 
2 
1 
5 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
150 
3 
5 
12 
3 
7 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
6,983 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
163,125 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,331 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
197 
- 
25 
- 
- 
27 
- 
acres 
45,807 
- 
7,195 
- 
- 
3,011 
- 
tons 
1,265,481 
- 
210,040 
- 
- 
74,350 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
197 
- 
25 
- 
- 
27 
- 
acres 
45,807 
7,195 
3,011 
- 
-continued 
374 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
