Table 43. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Grain storage capacity 
2012 
2007 ' 
Farms 
Bushels 
Farms 
Bushels 
Grain storage capacity (see text) 
211 
3,502,627 
157 
2,445,449 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
16,600 
(X) 
15,576 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
119 
119,964 
74 
85,589 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
13 
91,900 
19 
122,300 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
24 
313,313 
21 
280,400 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
17 
375,500 
18 
425,000 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
18 
662,250 
16 
579,460 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
13 
854,700 
5 
382,700 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
7 
1 ,085,000 
4 
570,000 
250,000 bushels or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
9 
25,750 
4 
2,000 
1 0 to 49 acres 
31 
144,000 
11 
26,870 
50 to 69 acres 
2 
(D) 
12 
3,849 
70 to 99 acres 
7 
2,239 
5 
25,800 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
18 
26,560 
11 
19,694 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
13 
(D) 
10 
39,063 
180 to 219 acres 
12 
1 1 ,833 
2 
(D) 
220 to 259 acres 
10 
19,703 
6 
35,650 
260 to 499 acres 
30 
224,550 
24 
156,725 
500 to 999 acres 
23 
332,346 
31 
367,388 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
42 
1 ,220,564 
25 
716,460 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
12 
972,000 
14 
748,000 
5,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
56 
402,822 
27 
57,244 
1 0 to 49 acres 
22 
38,749 
18 
27,775 
50 to 69 acres 
21 
70,215 
4 
(D) 
70 to 99 acres 
11 
16,400 
15 
50,644 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
8 
18,580 
7 
(D) 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
9 
59,496 
4 
17,550 
180 to 219 acres 
7 
54,251 
5 
7,975 
220 to 259 acres 
5 
(D) 
11 
67,938 
260 to 499 acres 
22 
398,250 
25 
450,560 
500 to 999 acres 
30 
945,564 
25 
648,250 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
14 
758,500 
10 
481,000 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
4 
428,000 
4 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (111) 
130 
2,718,666 
89 
2,059,969 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
81 
783,961 
68 
385,480 
^ 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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