Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,686 
4,006 
2,617 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
5,208,831 
3,952,975 
3,819,432 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
914 
452 
421 
233 
172 
142 
206 
282 
number 
2,062,445 
1,779,733 
2,817,234 
1,320,374 
1,310,733 
1,042,100 
1,713,646 
380,753 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,226 
4,243 
4,246 
5,983 
5,493 
5,724 
9,301 
10,523 
acres 
677,268 
551,629 
450,664 
610,571 
578,715 
518,839 
598,815 
749,492 
bushels 
87,677,512 
71,454,280 
42,767,720 
65,729,918 
62,242,783 
47,702,382 
65,911,889 
70,349,704 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,931 
5,278 
6,601 
8,679 
8,250 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
496,885 
507,568 
543,579 
556,668 
551,365 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
8,230,187 
8,640,006 
7,454,405 
8,311,269 
8,235,781 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,029 
1,058 
1,488 
2,077 
1,887 
2,200 
2,390 
2,965 
acres 
86,068 
84,955 
115,680 
129,403 
120,927 
117,908 
86,345 
116,994 
bushels 
5,377,408 
4,544,032 
6,639,707 
6,772,328 
6,339,980 
6,280,963 
3,622,242 
4,951,504 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1,021 
1,012 
1,482 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
84,809 
82,172 
115,300 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
5,323,226 
4,422,712 
6,630,107 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
31 
76 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,259 
2,783 
380 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
54,182 
121,320 
9,600 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,799 
1,809 
2,205 
3,077 
2,808 
4,059 
6,364 
9,422 
acres 
50,543 
60,999 
67,032 
81,377 
77,240 
109,686 
162,733 
249,804 
bushels 
3,229,581 
3,556,221 
4,138,239 
5,133,153 
4,841,802 
6,889,878 
9,562,189 
16,151,602 
Barley for grain 
farms 
286 
327 
425 
525 
494 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
7,679 
10,793 
12,569 
13,426 
12,847 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
338,294 
530,407 
589,695 
720,297 
695,121 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
26 
41 
5 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
486 
717 
562 
78 
58 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
24,290 
35,804 
14,067 
2,700 
1,900 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
121 
155 
215 
196 
189 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,638 
3,192 
4,189 
3,299 
3,232 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
18,391 
22,571 
36,879 
28,452 
28,163 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2,384 
1,347 
1,128 
1,032 
952 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
310,104 
199,775 
139,435 
107,315 
99,879 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
13,078,638 
7,456,657 
4,472,702 
3,976,646 
3,685,535 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
90 
143 
306 
452 
402 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
9,642 
16,218 
32,520 
47,492 
43,305 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
199,581 
247,762 
444,691 
705,971 
649,449 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
19,182 
20,194 
21,959 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,850,981 
1,962,620 
2,258,448 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
4,417,939 
4,981,812 
5,717,950 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
38 
28 
82 
25 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
728 
357 
502 
(D) 
411 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
639,915 
367,672 
379,813 
(D) 
328,440 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
3,467 
3,192 
2,637 
3,166 
2,720 
2,758 
2,822 
3,228 
acres 
135,997 
160,596 
143,967 
180,541 
169,331 
139,841 
150,054 
158,014 
Potatoes 
farms 
1,207 
860 
530 
631 
544 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
21,865 
18,911 
22,094 
25,930 
23,920 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
46 
19 
30 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
7 
16 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
2,629 
2,686 
2,753 
2,886 
2,436 
2,938 
3,290 
3,955 
acres 
93,661 
100,035 
99,148 
111,469 
101,628 
112,905 
124,432 
137,356 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
