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 
4,501 
3,760 
2,859 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
9,693,648 
10,596,573 
11,876,411 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
1,157 
940 
1,036 
686 
621 
679 
1,000 
1,411 
number 
45,037,969 
47,948,383 
31,138,768 
28,483,244 
28,456,532 
36,828,542 
27,356,247 
22,556,750 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
30,976 
31,782 
37,619 
37,630 
42,961 
51,355 
57,612 
acres 
8,316,822 
7,801,001 
6,556,082 
6,338,175 
6,227,640 
6,123,731 
4,756,348 
5,904,579 
bushels 
1,297,767,570 
1,138,660,229 
989,887,877 
796,829,406 
783,739,207 
669,550,546 
567,384,166 
610,113,278 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,746 
7,998 
8,889 
12,425 
12,373 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
361,189 
433,506 
367,455 
442,835 
438,176 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
6,160,112 
5,791,485 
6,230,527 
6,542,513 
6,482,293 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
5,499 
6,727 
7,023 
9,819 
9,518 
12,753 
20,238 
21,070 
acres 
1,354,928 
1,718,565 
1,920,238 
2,699,818 
2,391,598 
2,609,161 
2,444,294 
2,972,376 
bushels 
76,133,135 
82,488,109 
64,609,805 
83,878,930 
74,531,074 
126,255,763 
97,967,169 
111,500,972 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
377 
683 
475 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
35,654 
(D) 
28,951 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
1,575,880 
(D) 
996,753 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
64 
27 
33 
30 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
4,156 
4,344 
3,823 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
147,547 
161,464 
142,151 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
5,243 
6,217 
6,688 
9,331 
9,051 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,319,274 
1,646,309 
1,887,131 
2,628,165 
2,329,490 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
74,557,255 
79,279,840 
63,465,505 
81,749,420 
72,702,523 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,665 
5,499 
7,464 
10,324 
10,122 
16,658 
25,984 
38,907 
acres 
130,729 
180,942 
231,859 
306,040 
296,188 
465,846 
730,864 
1,290,191 
bushels 
7,812,393 
10,494,120 
12,958,117 
16,667,790 
16,179,495 
29,142,473 
39,554,088 
78,684,380 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1,003 
1,126 
1,462 
4,136 
3,910 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
99,643 
108,268 
139,739 
496,702 
433,610 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
6,052,695 
5,800,659 
5,661,303 
25,015,257 
21,915,338 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
3 
13 
41 
41 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
147 
36 
185 
2,188 
2,267 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
2,761 
360 
7,942 
104,501 
109,199 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
15 
13 
80 
180 
174 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
880 
145 
1,529 
3,366 
2,993 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
5,319 
1,716 
13,755 
33,144 
30,155 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
27,040 
29,347 
31,148 
31,292 
33,581 
36,348 
38,867 
acres 
7,005,764 
6,273,919 
7,068,452 
6,351,840 
6,174,563 
5,078,066 
4,384,981 
4,501,543 
bushels 
293,830,150 
259,891,979 
303,069,928 
239,041,962 
233,714,926 
162,137,215 
166,025,760 
151,240,357 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
555 
526 
665 
879 
833 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
155,154 
145,422 
156,707 
176,016 
163,716 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
3,189,208 
2,638,507 
2,683,985 
2,683,152 
2,514,605 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
26,994 
29,844 
33,574 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,499,586 
1,716,693 
2,112,533 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
3,998,940 
4,392,567 
5,741,264 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
242 
505 
367 
667 
588 
1,131 
683 
2,747 
acres 
47,725 
126,552 
65,514 
(D) 
99,245 
202,025 
82,278 
467,408 
pounds 
95,684,515 
190,298,028 
84,268,425 
(D) 
106,405,806 
278,550,934 
117,623,254 
516,667,385 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
1,226 
1,247 
1,369 
1,536 
1,622 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
480,847 
485,650 
476,617 
445,986 
456,360 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
12,300,781 
11,432,253 
8,793,583 
8,092,386 
8,269,808 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
2,623 
2,720 
2,639 
3,064 
3,002 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
227,641 
247,099 
225,640 
223,281 
219,881 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
559 
478 
284 
366 
348 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
48,212 
49,935 
58,107 
75,168 
72,434 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
881 
814 
569 
596 
533 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
5,043 
4,979 
4,148 
4,538 
4,390 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 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 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
