Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Geographic area 
Harvested 
Irrigated 
Harvested 
Irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Farms 
Acres 
HAY - ALL HAY INCLUDING ALFALFA, 
OTHER TAME, SMALL GRAIN, AND 
WILD (TONS, DRY) (SEE TEXT) 
State Total 
Montana 
11,504 
2,251,827 
3,908,679 
6,130 
900,839 
12,658 
2,821,154 
5,363,210 
6,902 
1,045,208 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
243 
114,928 
260,751 
227 
99,403 
221 
113,842 
(D) 
209 
96,464 
Big Horn 
208 
43,131 
76,059 
90 
14,387 
333 
82,776 
(D) 
155 
21,575 
Blaine 
224 
70,038 
115,657 
140 
27,863 
303 
80,738 
177,887 
190 
41,072 
Broadwater 
136 
28,641 
87,528 
117 
24,205 
135 
27,366 
(D) 
114 
23,136 
Carbon 
361 
36,928 
81,034 
306 
29,248 
394 
49,542 
118,863 
333 
33,787 
Carter 
151 
45,412 
40,309 
10 
839 
198 
100,318 
(D) 
16 
2,607 
Cascade 
461 
69,758 
96,067 
185 
15,937 
492 
82,712 
139,171 
189 
16,298 
Chouteau 
183 
30,488 
42,703 
41 
6,153 
212 
39,257 
(D) 
44 
8,459 
Custer 
195 
44,183 
90,077 
131 
18,391 
224 
63,036 
113,701 
136 
16,806 
Daniels 
101 
28,669 
34,902 
5 
703 
124 
39,820 
48,204 
14 
1,277 
Dawson 
154 
25,034 
37,948 
44 
3,344 
267 
61,175 
(D) 
80 
6,248 
Deer Lodge 
40 
7,122 
18,283 
34 
6,973 
52 
11,658 
24,274 
45 
10,716 
Fallon 
114 
40,369 
38,147 
9 
769 
178 
89,929 
103,059 
15 
1,563 
Fergus 
471 
156,322 
193,540 
56 
10,198 
563 
186,313 
305,905 
86 
17,809 
Flathead 
478 
25,681 
52,391 
105 
6,699 
447 
26,212 
61,027 
134 
9,087 
Gallatin 
546 
57,971 
144,173 
255 
33,807 
487 
67,673 
171,178 
280 
33,470 
Garfield...., 
137 
72,532 
112,951 
10 
830 
159 
68,759 
(D) 
28 
3,498 
Glacier 
176 
45,880 
67,640 
61 
13,875 
170 
42,430 
(D) 
91 
15,799 
Golden Valley 
50 
12,199 
21,204 
27 
5,028 
71 
25,465 
39,783 
32 
6,678 
Granite 
87 
20,118 
39,305 
81 
18,215 
84 
22,872 
(D) 
74 
18,233 
Hill 
159 
31,918 
39,793 
31 
5,790 
167 
29,476 
(D) 
29 
6,772 
Jefferson 
134 
24,120 
51,193 
111 
21,480 
125 
21,252 
(D) 
99 
17,355 
Judith Basin 
188 
93,032 
116,486 
37 
10,728 
193 
100,010 
175,072 
45 
14,695 
Lake 
513 
43,259 
102,323 
391 
33,157 
510 
44,145 
(D) 
426 
33,823 
Lewis and Clark 
344 
32,671 
91,846 
282 
26,469 
331 
43,115 
108,969 
293 
34,170 
Liberty 
43 
10,829 
16,674 
11 
2,255 
54 
11,054 
(D) 
18 
3,525 
Lincoln 
156 
6,549 
9,271 
60 
2,145 
151 
7,075 
(D) 
56 
2,819 
McCone 
156 
38,938 
43,593 
27 
3,423 
189 
53,111 
(D) 
39 
5,164 
Madison 
292 
75,211 
204,966 
263 
68,681 
264 
71,039 
205,287 
245 
63,779 
Meagher 
73 
34,325 
64,783 
62 
27,019 
69 
39,970 
(D) 
62 
32,844 
Mineral 
38 
1,553 
1,993 
23 
652 
38 
2,210 
3,662 
19 
507 
Missoula 
272 
14,588 
23,114 
183 
9,676 
259 
14,868 
30,181 
181 
10,917 
Musselshell 
130 
35,073 
46,391 
36 
8,340 
144 
34,622 
(D) 
44 
8,229 
Park 
240 
45,495 
88,989 
181 
33,962 
255 
50,339 
144,774 
197 
35,055 
Petroleum 
59 
23,665 
44,314 
39 
9,547 
64 
32,523 
58,174 
40 
12,974 
Phillips 
246 
80,791 
136,986 
139 
25,218 
272 
90,184 
152,679 
167 
38,469 
Pondera 
192 
36,653 
65,628 
123 
17,926 
208 
34,177 
64,096 
171 
22,701 
Powder River 
154 
48,986 
49,309 
37 
9,277 
209 
91,223 
149,463 
59 
9,145 
Powell 
141 
45,505 
89,745 
118 
38,933 
149 
54,922 
(D) 
131 
50,954 
Prairie 
89 
16,862 
24,116 
34 
2,732 
108 
29,361 
47,192 
51 
5,908 
Ravalli 
696 
34,746 
90,404 
645 
31,805 
680 
33,800 
89,869 
652 
31,979 
Richland 
236 
48,243 
83,947 
91 
10,539 
278 
64,310 
122,075 
104 
12,002 
Roosevelt 
188 
44,359 
60,831 
33 
4,831 
263 
82,524 
(D) 
48 
6,526 
Rosebud 
146 
31,547 
65,968 
77 
15,108 
195 
50,773 
113,078 
97 
18,305 
Sanders 
282 
25,036 
42,360 
104 
1 1 ,862 
228 
21,181 
(D) 
116 
10,748 
Sheridan 
143 
42,845 
56,820 
10 
1,018 
191 
38,625 
(D) 
23 
2,925 
Silver Bow 
34 
3,752 
8,211 
20 
3,237 
45 
6,828 
13,752 
40 
6,594 
Stillwater 
203 
29,072 
44,221 
125 
11,636 
280 
59,796 
88,709 
154 
13,978 
Sweet Grass 
139 
26,743 
45,888 
107 
20,142 
159 
44,618 
(D) 
123 
27,561 
Teton 
275 
45,969 
88,068 
202 
30,166 
271 
65,311 
147,035 
215 
42,765 
Toole 
91 
20,742 
29,011 
17 
2,535 
71 
13,003 
15,674 
18 
2,340 
Treasure 
47 
8,019 
19,526 
34 
3,749 
44 
8,830 
(D) 
31 
4,077 
Valley 
245 
65,057 
129,895 
133 
24,779 
293 
77,251 
145,605 
148 
32,565 
Wheatland 
61 
39,805 
75,149 
44 
18,320 
76 
35,521 
58,264 
49 
15,857 
Wibaux 
89 
25,778 
24,688 
3 
69 
108 
29,177 
46,466 
9 
552 
Yellowstone 
ALFALFA HAY (TONS, DRY) 
494 
44,687 
81,510 
363 
16,766 
603 
53,037 
120,587 
438 
22,047 
State Total 
Montana 
8,284 
1,484,998 
2,790,112 
4,597 
601,765 
9,711 
1,868,756 
3,936,445 
5,444 
703,960 
Counties 
Beaverhead 
153 
43,844 
141,208 
145 
39,274 
145 
42,828 
141,961 
139 
37,939 
Big Horn 
174 
37,109 
69,340 
77 
13,648 
293 
70,177 
181,466 
135 
18,751 
Blaine 
183 
43,047 
81,078 
119 
20,391 
254 
53,439 
135,988 
167 
31,582 
Broadwater 
118 
24,358 
80,991 
110 
22,259 
115 
20,608 
80,074 
105 
18,765 
Carbon 
262 
21,113 
57,290 
234 
17,613 
309 
34,963 
87,750 
258 
22,083 
Carter 
126 
30,480 
25,247 
8 
(D) 
185 
68,447 
103,119 
13 
2,049 
Cascade 
358 
56,575 
75,457 
134 
12,868 
401 
65,292 
116,943 
162 
14,058 
Chouteau 
130 
18,594 
27,697 
31 
3,865 
149 
25,519 
42,578 
40 
5,073 
Custer 
164 
28,494 
62,414 
114 
15,394 
198 
41,624 
91,104 
127 
14,688 
Daniels 
88 
22,507 
27,097 
5 
(□) 
95 
19,602 
26,311 
10 
1,057 
Dawson 
110 
14,037 
22,142 
44 
2,880 
206 
29,735 
54,018 
73 
5,158 
Deer Lodge 
18 
3,164 
11,216 
17 
(D) 
21 
4,150 
13,459 
19 
4,056 
Fallon 
99 
34,093 
30,999 
9 
769 
165 
73,050 
83,380 
14 
1,456 
Fergus 
412 
135,095 
163,858 
49 
8,256 
520 
158,137 
264,997 
71 
15,176 
Flathead 
285 
15,204 
38,713 
74 
4,822 
315 
18,783 
50,486 
116 
7,416 
Gallatin 
361 
43,399 
122,755 
212 
29,551 
372 
54,242 
150,592 
235 
30,121 
Garfield 
92 
32,911 
33,548 
9 
(D) 
121 
30,927 
35,604 
26 
2,537 
Glacier 
138 
35,563 
52,804 
58 
13,304 
151 
28,397 
45,795 
89 
12,849 
Golden Valley 
39 
9,072 
16,776 
24 
4,588 
64 
21,207 
31,268 
31 
4,760 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Montana 403 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
