Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 201 2 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2 
(□) 
2007 
4 
(D) 
6 
5 
9 
321,825 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
6 
1,772 
12 
14 
18 
(D) 
2007 
3 
13,640 
14 
26 
17 
130,743 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
12 
708,867 
4 
(D) 
14 
7,626,545 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
2007 
7 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
362 
12,135,765 
218 
498 
486 
114,262,871 
2007 
364 
13,915,949 
196 
992 
472 
123,381,541 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
331 
9,184,661 
140 
329 
395 
91,525,950 
2007 
345 
10,904,851 
131 
401 
406 
98,035,514 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
19 
427,816 
61 
100 
72 
5,109,427 
2007 
18 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
78 
4,564,557 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
24 
184,932 
6 
5 
29 
2,011,528 
2007 
22 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
25 
4,796,953 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
57 
2,244,884 
16 
13 
69 
14,354,303 
2007 
55 
2,397,740 
18 
24 
66 
15,971,435 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
15 
93,472 
15 
51 
27 
1,261,663 
2007 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3 
13,082 
Flower seeds 
2012 
6 
6,056 
14 
280 
20 
608,120 
2007 
2 
(D) 
15 
689 
17 
805,440 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
30 
43,398 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
125,302 
2007 
8 
9,740 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
14,710 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
226 
1,723,718 
(X) 
(X) 
226 
13,612,949 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
92 
1,425,980 
(X) 
(X) 
92 
14,743,607 
1 to 999 square feet 
53 
21,245 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
106,020 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
40 
60,458 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
303,191 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
46 
108,943 
(X) 
(X) 
46 
450,693 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
29 
97,458 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
426,198 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
17 
81,628 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
294,919 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
16 
115,128 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
262,945 
10,000 or more square feet 
25 
1,238,858 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
11,768,983 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
15 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
623,379 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
9 
218,980 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
194 
1,370,625 
(X) 
(X) 
194 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
72 
1,187,382 
(X) 
(X) 
72 
12,840,573 
1 to 999 square feet 
71 
28,945 
(X) 
(X) 
71 
190,282 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
43 
61,112 
(X) 
(X) 
43 
415,438 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
30 
68,660 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
291,954 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
14 
46,215 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
250,004 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
11 
49,891 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
274,928 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
10 
72,332 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
219,160 
10,000 or more square feet 
15 
1,043,470 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
10 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
374,600 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
4 
109,800 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,146,315 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
144 
353,093 
(X) 
(X) 
144 
(D) 
2007 
41 
238,598 
(X) 
(X) 
41 
1,903,034 
Mushrooms 
2012 
6 
5,193 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
2007 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
40 
349,957 
282 
6,294 
290 
61,308,127 
2007 1 
23 
281,494 
352 
7,917 
360 
72,491,156 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
68 
7,245 
68 
14,980,636 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
76 
10,776 
76 
19,050,931 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
55 
12 
125,000 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
358 
15 
725,698 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
883 
15 
2,522,100 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
2,173 
16 
4,087,208 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
1,834 
6 
3,201,530 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,941 
4 
4,319,100 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
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Vegetable seeds 
2012 
16 
23,839 
20 
23 
33 
148,011 
2007 
2 
(D) 
6 
31 
7 
57,626 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
31 
51,412 
8 
14 
36 
289,194 
2007 
12 
12,932 
4 
7 
15 
62,130 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Minnesota 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
