Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Dakota 
Adams 
Barnes 
Benson 
Billings 
Bottineau 
Bowman 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
2,177 
27 
17 
19 
10 
54 
38 
acres 
1 ,329,835 
25,254 
2,035 
4,592 
2,419 
27,284 
34,574 
bushels 
46,156,379 
842,750 
92,945 
191,757 
66,678 
1 ,074,598 
1,153,289 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,162 
10 
12 
33 
12 
20 
5 
acres 
109,519 
595 
591 
3,435 
1,159 
1,872 
441 
bushels 
6,791,676 
25,362 
46,580 
189,025 
80,412 
136,004 
14,663 
Barley for grain 
farms 
3,148 
30 
40 
101 
14 
218 
29 
acres 
1,006,554 
8,171 
9,495 
44,040 
2,387 
106,225 
8,069 
bushels 
60,177,807 
349,929 
597,211 
2,677,750 
89,989 
7,043,632 
293,127 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
831 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
2,156 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,223 
- 
379 
251 
- 
122 
2 
acres 
4,729,137 
- 
377,255 
171,249 
- 
42,418 
(D) 
bushels 
153,601,859 
- 
11,239,114 
5,128,342 
- 
1,251,301 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,567 
- 
20 
74 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
681,778 
- 
7,456 
44,660 
- 
- 
590 
cwt 
11,925,965 
- 
120,235 
728,737 
- 
- 
9,465 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage. 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
10,141 
172 
215 
198 
115 
224 
163 
acres 
2,172,738 
39,188 
17,091 
36,752 
39,860 
31,897 
58,577 
tons, dry 
3,139,320 
44,680 
30,364 
69,337 
31,768 
45,985 
63,264 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
2,060 
52 
24 
14 
15 
143 
39 
acres 
849,274 
20,670 
6,069 
5,757 
7,203 
80,668 
18,382 
pounds 
1,413,089,090 
32,148,880 
10,117,772 
9,253,886 
9,047,004 
147,301,731 
21,621,309 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
528 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
227,771 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
6,033,807 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
262 
- 
7 
4 
1 
2 
- 
acres 
88,762 
- 
55 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
189 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
85,844 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
54 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
145 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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