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 
840 
516 
424 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
92,754 
109,344 
200,440 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
87 
75 
84 
90 
83 
160 
305 
290 
number 
60,366 
14,442 
185,702 
197,516 
193,401 
38,573 
52,677 
35,402 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
6,651 
5,809 
3,540 
2,875 
2,812 
3,353 
5,313 
3,325 
acres 
3,465,997 
2,348,171 
991,390 
592,078 
578,953 
595,347 
533,379 
522,122 
bushels 
406,059,209 
275,329,681 
1 1 1 ,380,248 
56,335,638 
54,996,430 
37,487,419 
46,983,098 
34,122,728 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,455 
1,707 
1,768 
2,008 
2,024 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
151,096 
180,634 
171,810 
161,299 
164,276 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
1,770,976 
1,965,111 
1,291,392 
1,148,578 
1,162,005 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
10,370 
12,303 
12,908 
19,767 
19,488 
22,918 
28,245 
29,277 
acres 
7,767,484 
8,428,462 
7,909,124 
11,000,606 
10,874,126 
10,627,608 
8,778,869 
9,818,946 
bushels 
328,269,437 
293,464,779 
215,655,462 
264,011,225 
260,522,260 
409,882,271 
248,678,425 
295,849,566 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1,769 
1,434 
315 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
729,244 
446,115 
65,965 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
38,910,081 
21,336,301 
2,155,698 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
2,177 
2,487 
3,807 
5,590 
5,457 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1 ,329,835 
1,462,666 
1,945,910 
2,626,753 
2,540,885 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
46,156,379 
42,689,608 
48,877,517 
58,285,243 
56,415,384 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
8,692 
10,670 
10,988 
17,104 
16,915 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
5,708,405 
6,519,681 
5,897,249 
8,310,684 
8,270,597 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
243,202,977 
229,438,870 
164,622,247 
204,316,133 
202,714,112 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,162 
2,513 
3,108 
4,932 
4,937 
7,843 
9,748 
12,987 
acres 
109,519 
257,021 
302,455 
421,688 
423,877 
557,388 
657,196 
963,922 
bushels 
6,791,676 
14,862,093 
12,456,205 
18,541,558 
18,616,546 
33,414,633 
31,162,857 
47,655,524 
Barley for grain 
farms 
3,148 
4,855 
5,218 
9,636 
9,565 
13,979 
20,825 
12,271 
acres 
1,006,554 
1,384,689 
1,303,723 
2,187,449 
2,178,700 
2,388,696 
2,690,972 
1,808,815 
bushels 
60,177,807 
75,444,593 
56,810,477 
99,094,251 
98,641,946 
142,747,145 
120,600,254 
91,873,953 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4 
17 
112 
103 
104 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
831 
1,122 
7,028 
6,325 
6,361 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
2,156 
6,464 
30,801 
28,502 
28,806 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,223 
5,779 
5,308 
3,584 
3,405 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,729,137 
3,073,981 
2,629,364 
1,143,902 
1,062,624 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
153,601,859 
106,556,290 
87,793,840 
33,401,430 
31,069,124 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,567 
1,682 
1,999 
2,075 
2,043 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
681,778 
664,389 
661,379 
568,459 
565,407 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
11,925,965 
10,745,281 
10,104,405 
7,147,961 
7,105,599 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
10,141 
11,561 
12,545 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,172,738 
2,525,213 
2,827,815 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
3,139,320 
4,832,502 
3,525,003 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
2,060 
3,000 
3,555 
5,121 
5,069 
5,287 
7,043 
11,703 
acres 
849,274 
1 ,054,584 
1,128,498 
(D) 
1 ,347,376 
1,130,593 
1,407,115 
3,115,317 
pounds 
1,413,089,090 
1,496,184,686 
1,409,006,958 
(D) 
1,678,505,673 
1,260,442,267 
1,916,363,928 
3,245,244,028 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
528 
553 
694 
901 
873 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
227,771 
245,735 
260,235 
239,006 
235,121 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
6,033,807 
5,695,862 
4,811,685 
4,259,981 
4,191,298 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) ^ 
farms 
262 
224 
69 
128 
123 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
88,762 
94,543 
655 
921 
903 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
189 
152 
216 
286 
280 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
85,844 
91,855 
105,367 
110,410 
109,777 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
54 
41 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
145 
118 
16 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
‘ Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
^ Data for 1 982 exclude abnormal farms. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
® Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
^ Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
