Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fergus 
Flathead 
Gallatin 
Garfield 
Glacier 
Golden Valley 
Granite 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
532 
627 
666 
178 
261 
68 
88 
acres 
379,633 
59,529 
161,269 
189,650 
308,927 
40,658 
21,613 
Irrigated 
farms 
64 
199 
350 
12 
85 
31 
82 
acres 
11,231 
16,564 
69,172 
(D) 
30,371 
6,007 
19,707 
Barley for grain 
farms 
113 
82 
133 
23 
102 
7 
2 
acres 
33,102 
9,086 
37,291 
4,831 
102,392 
4,661 
(D) 
bushels 
1,356,410 
530,550 
1,768,530 
164,927 
3,945,924 
90,968 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
16 
77 
- 
32 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
1,263 
11,153 
“ 
10,265 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
26 
5 
3 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
28 
29 
38 
3 
8 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
35 
14 
47 
5 
20 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
30 
9 
24 
10 
16 
2 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
15 
4 
10 
2 
17 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4 
- 
9 
- 
37 
2 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
7 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
857 
- 
209 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
20,426 
- 
(□) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
~ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
22 
1 
- 
6 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
2,040 
(D) 
- 
679 
(D) 
tons 
- 
- 
39,376 
(D) 
- 
8,839 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
19 
- 
6 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
" 
1,930 
" 
“ 
329 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
5 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
474 
498 
550 
137 
176 
52 
87 
acres 
155,136 
26,121 
59,199 
72,118 
45,636 
12,397 
20,283 
tons, dry equivalent 
196,964 
52,752 
151,049 
113,445 
67,647 
21,347 
39,679 
Irrigated 
farms 
56 
113 
258 
10 
61 
28 
81 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
10,273 
6,889 
34,141 
1,323 
13,869 
5,208 
18,380 
1 to 24 acres 
63 
279 
226 
5 
14 
6 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
90 
151 
157 
25 
48 
12 
18 
100 to 249 acres 
99 
49 
111 
35 
56 
18 
23 
250 to 499 acres 
109 
14 
36 
35 
32 
8 
28 
500 to 999 acres 
79 
5 
9 
20 
21 
6 
7 
1 ,000 acres or more 
34 
- 
11 
17 
5 
2 
2 
Oats for grain 
farms 
16 
10 
12 
11 
4 
- 
1 
acres 
995 
366 
329 
882 
91 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
26,176 
26,042 
15,786 
25,380 
5,300 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(□) 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
4 
8 
- 
3 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
6 
4 
6 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
-continued 
376 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
