Table 37. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
FIELD CROPS 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
1,003 
99,643 
6,052,695 
27 
1,311 
1,126 
108,268 
5,800,659 
31 
1,784 
1 to 1 4 acres 
224 
1,834 
75,882 
- 
- 
231 
1,850 
91,625 
4 
24 
1 5 to 24 acres 
150 
2,863 
119,300 
1 
(D) 
159 
3,072 
155,934 
3 
(D) 
25 to 49 acres 
209 
7,111 
327,205 
6 
(D) 
235 
8,054 
424,860 
5 
148 
50 to 99 acres 
127 
8,489 
383,263 
12 
158 
186 
12,244 
548,620 
2 
(D) 
1 00 to 249 acres 
176 
27,605 
1,726,769 
7 
1,034 
210 
33,571 
1,746,841 
13 
1,390 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
31,376 
2,103,194 
1 
(D) 
73 
25,320 
1,465,568 
4 
151 
500 to 999 acres 
22 
13,782 
884,245 
- 
27 
18,309 
1,072,081 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
6 
6,583 
432,837 
- 
- 
5 
5,848 
295,130 
- 
- 
Camelina (pounds) (see text) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Canola (pounds) 
165 
29,219 
42,640,341 
2 
(D) 
144 
29,125 
36,701,922 
5 
305 
1 to 14 acres 
3 
17 
18,600 
1 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 5 to 24 acres 
5 
79 
86,800 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
25 to 49 acres 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
9 
316 
433,520 
1 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
34 
2,382 
2,892,725 
1 
(D) 
30 
2,108 
2,347,791 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
64 
9,359 
12,949,765 
- 
57 
8,349 
10,853,326 
2 
(D) 
250 to 499 acres 
31 
10,083 
15,368,601 
- 
- 
33 
11,186 
13,070,418 
1 
(□) 
500 to 999 acres 
7 
4,353 
6,893,302 
- 
- 
10 
7,118 
9,975,208 
1 
(D) 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
33,198 
8,316,822 
1,297,767,570 
1,382 
288,179 
30,976 
7,801,001 
1,138,660,229 
1,265 
250,683 
1 to 1 4 acres 
2,745 
20,746 
2,489,627 
36 
244 
2,262 
17,675 
1,652,438 
28 
171 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,964 
37,523 
4,512,107 
23 
330 
1,553 
29,516 
2,900,240 
24 
313 
25 to 49 acres 
4,366 
158,050 
20,967,552 
75 
1,875 
3,533 
126,675 
13,739,688 
61 
1,913 
50 to 99 acres 
6,387 
447,627 
62,699,209 
215 
11,307 
5,797 
414,287 
51,724,832 
177 
10,113 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,190 
1,300,434 
193,378,056 
343 
32,618 
8,384 
1,335,843 
184,112,789 
397 
42,115 
250 to 499 acres 
4,983 
1,743,566 
271,986,087 
267 
47,916 
5,254 
1,839,448 
271,570,367 
223 
41,474 
500 to 999 acres 
3,023 
2,037,291 
322,877,700 
253 
69,149 
2,935 
1,981,883 
299,793,305 
209 
59,959 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,540 
2,571,585 
418,857,232 
170 
124,740 
1,258 
2,055,674 
313,166,570 
146 
94,625 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,244 
1,632,894 
267,081,756 
112 
60,737 
989 
1,300,000 
199,991,735 
102 
54,613 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
197 
460,426 
73,677,102 
33 
23,745 
192 
449,041 
65,984,484 
33 
29,345 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
72 
264,542 
42,373,796 
17 
17,871 
63 
218,275 
32,605,174 
9 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
27 
213,723 
35,724,578 
8 
22,387 
14 
88,358 
14,585,177 
2 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
6,746 
361,189 
6,160,112 
185 
11,664 
7,998 
433,506 
5,791,485 
233 
13,028 
1 to 14 acres 
1,526 
13,259 
187,199 
12 
(D) 
1,596 
13,874 
189,436 
14 
(D) 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,226 
23,099 
364,202 
22 
345 
1,457 
27,348 
370,069 
12 
(D) 
25 to 49 acres 
2,023 
68,732 
1,117,122 
54 
1,544 
2,198 
75,207 
1,023,452 
66 
1,764 
50 to 99 acres 
1,131 
74,683 
1,238,238 
40 
1,475 
1,681 
111,098 
1,472,516 
69 
2,962 
1 00 to 249 acres 
648 
91,343 
1,541,488 
31 
2,690 
851 
118,329 
1,521,569 
49 
3,684 
250 to 499 acres 
132 
44,749 
826,311 
16 
2,499 
177 
58,383 
746,511 
18 
2,611 
500 to 999 acres 
51 
33,065 
648,125 
7 
1,339 
32 
20,742 
353,481 
2 
(D) 
1 ,000 acres or more 
9 
12,259 
237,427 
3 
(D) 
6 
8,525 
114,451 
3 
663 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
555 
155,154 
3,189,208 
93 
29,748 
526 
145,422 
2,638,507 
93 
26,692 
1 to 14 acres 
22 
119 
1,600 
2 
(D) 
17 
78 
2,284 
3 
3 
1 5 to 24 acres 
10 
200 
4,611 
2 
(D) 
3 
51 
460 
- 
- 
25 to 49 acres 
53 
1,961 
28,112 
1 
(D) 
32 
1,151 
21,979 
1 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
87 
6,210 
153,139 
13 
(D) 
99 
7,244 
136,508 
14 
(D) 
1 00 to 249 acres 
173 
28,878 
652,900 
29 
3,770 
190 
31,448 
565,928 
32 
4,721 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
41,504 
831,365 
23 
5,686 
102 
36,562 
629,709 
21 
6,283 
500 to 999 acres 
64 
41,456 
866,934 
11 
5,093 
65 
41,599 
746,664 
16 
8,702 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
26,663 
524,294 
10 
8,641 
15 
19,689 
357,475 
4 
3,753 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
8,163 
126,253 
2 
(D) 
3 
7,600 
177,500 
2 
(D) 
Dry edible peas (cwt) 
93 
6,671 
209,937 
5 
584 
88 
8,162 
190,044 
8 
505 
Flaxseed (bushels) 
42 
3,002 
39,918 
- 
- 
56 
3,823 
68,179 
- 
- 
Lentils (cwt) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Mint for oil, all (pounds of oil) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
4,665 
130,729 
7,812,393 
45 
873 
5,499 
180,942 
10,494,120 
76 
2,249 
1 to 14 acres 
1,698 
14,903 
937,459 
13 
78 
1,849 
15,927 
998,162 
19 
138 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,171 
21,891 
1,426,249 
11 
132 
1,348 
25,306 
1,639,614 
14 
(D) 
25 to 49 acres 
1,172 
39,884 
2,354,802 
6 
147 
1,383 
46,566 
2,821,460 
21 
522 
50 to 99 acres 
475 
30,485 
1,851,095 
15 
516 
649 
42,210 
2,628,302 
14 
387 
1 00 to 249 acres 
129 
16,691 
899,444 
- 
- 
230 
31,058 
1,618,375 
6 
269 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
5,125 
253,344 
- 
- 
26 
8,668 
403,907 
2 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
1,750 
90,000 
- 
- 
11 
7,787 
350,100 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3,420 
34,200 
- 
Popcorn (pounds, shelled) 
4 
4 
3,004 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Proso millet (bushels) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
4 
166 
1,783 
- 
- 
Rye for grain (bushels) 
238 
10,017 
285,456 
7 
477 
350 
17,672 
472,295 
7 
248 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
10 
147 
2,761 
- 
- 
3 
36 
360 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop (tons) 
15 
880 
5,319 
- 
- 
13 
145 
1,716 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
28,783 
7,005,764 
293,830,150 
748 
84,833 
27,040 
6,273,919 
259,891,979 
723 
92,688 
1 to 14 acres 
1,485 
12,204 
479,624 
22 
196 
1,163 
9,780 
319,173 
12 
86 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,458 
28,341 
1,102,416 
19 
251 
1,169 
22,683 
768,236 
14 
239 
25 to 49 acres 
3,806 
137,016 
5,537,149 
74 
2,168 
3,250 
118,161 
4,367,728 
59 
1,597 
50 to 99 acres 
5,861 
413,920 
17,348,132 
139 
6,473 
5,383 
383,926 
15,421,268 
115 
6,048 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7,581 
1,200,693 
50,604,468 
208 
18,223 
7,917 
1,271,560 
53,408,997 
216 
18,961 
250 to 499 acres 
4,754 
1,666,518 
71,626,162 
137 
20,686 
4,868 
1,692,298 
71,740,191 
159 
21,260 
500 to 999 acres 
2,717 
1,834,067 
77,145,156 
108 
23,253 
2,551 
1,700,107 
71,042,494 
108 
26,880 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,121 
1,713,005 
69,987,043 
41 
13,583 
739 
1,075,404 
42,823,892 
40 
17,617 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
961 
1,240,916 
50,913,352 
32 
8,963 
644 
818,760 
33,033,658 
33 
12,941 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
107 
256,872 
9,974,313 
5 
(D) 
73 
167,120 
6,330,180 
3 
276 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
45 
162,758 
6,976,982 
1 
(D) 
19 
69,763 
2,757,692 
4 
4,400 
5,000 acres or more 
8 
52,459 
2,122,396 
3 
(D) 
3 
19,761 
702,362 
- 
--continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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