Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Dakota 
Adams 
Barnes 
Benson 
Billings 
Bottineau 
Bowman 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
19,391 
233 
528 
375 
128 
506 
217 
acres 
23,469,816 
307,923 
740,663 
549,043 
110,209 
668,733 
294,946 
Irrigated 
farms 
729 
2 
5 
6 
- 
3 
7 
acres 
217,057 
(D) 
1,691 
1,232 
- 
(D) 
1,453 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
71 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
10,660 
“ 
" 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
109 
- 
4 
1 
- 
8 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
621 
5 
6 
7 
5 
23 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
988 
18 
19 
32 
5 
45 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
846 
3 
7 
29 
4 
76 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
434 
2 
3 
22 
- 
47 
4 
1 ,000 acres or more 
150 
2 
1 
10 
- 
19 
1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
6,651 
62 
281 
170 
8 
87 
20 
acres 
3,465,997 
22,543 
223,753 
81,163 
2,326 
22,443 
11,015 
bushels 
406,059,209 
1,438,595 
28,363,264 
8,123,219 
129,980 
2,006,263 
693,961 
Irrigated 
farms 
346 
- 
4 
5 
- 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
91,390 
■ 
1,685 
424 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
246 
- 
13 
1 
- 
12 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1,069 
5 
40 
24 
3 
15 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,783 
30 
66 
46 
1 
31 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
1,432 
15 
41 
42 
2 
22 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
1,167 
9 
62 
30 
2 
3 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
954 
3 
59 
27 
- 
4 
2 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,455 
23 
34 
33 
5 
11 
10 
acres 
151,096 
4,882 
1,419 
3,019 
300 
568 
2,655 
tons 
1,770,976 
51,782 
14,288 
38,078 
1,756 
8,230 
23,896 
Irrigated 
farms 
50 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,044 
" 
“ 
■ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
151 
3 
10 
4 
- 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
832 
6 
22 
16 
5 
5 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
366 
9 
2 
13 
- 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
68 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,076 
" 
“ 
" 
“ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
25 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
437 
- 
5 
14 
- 
- 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
440 
- 
4 
21 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
335 
- 
2 
26 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
148 
3 
9 
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 equivalent 
3,139,320 
44,680 
30,364 
69,337 
31,768 
45,985 
63,264 
Irrigated 
farms 
186 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
13,412 
(D) 
" 
20 
■ 
“ 
796 
1 to 24 acres 
1,538 
29 
72 
17 
4 
30 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
2,905 
37 
84 
71 
10 
76 
28 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,891 
53 
44 
56 
44 
78 
42 
250 to 499 acres 
1,660 
22 
14 
40 
29 
37 
36 
500 to 999 acres 
877 
27 
1 
12 
21 
2 
24 
1 ,000 acres or more 
270 
4 
- 
2 
7 
1 
11 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
61 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
194 
3 
4 
3 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
586 
6 
6 
15 
7 
14 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
322 
1 
2 
13 
5 
2 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
Irrigated 
farms 
181 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
30,688 
“ 
(D) 
738 
“ 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
127 
- 
4 
2 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
771 
- 
33 
30 
- 
6 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,566 
- 
54 
30 
- 
40 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1,636 
- 
78 
47 
- 
52 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,615 
- 
79 
78 
- 
19 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,508 
- 
131 
64 
- 
4 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
528 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
227,771 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
6,033,807 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
9,918 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Dakota 355 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
