Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
746 
27 
40 
18 
21 
40 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
5,989,829 
5,544,439 
393,734 
339 
1,036 
6,311 
sold 
farms 
86 
13 
2 
2 
1 
5 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
5,510,205 
5,322,515 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
1,157 
87 
84 
43 
58 
92 
Farms with- 
number 
45,037,969 
26,162,382 
17,706,616 
833,011 
166,084 
88,729 
1 to 1,999 
1,004 
16 
20 
33 
55 
88 
2,000 to 59,999 
15 
1 
1 
5 
3 
4 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
136 
68 
63 
5 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
559 
171 
22 
17 
13 
15 
number 
19,449,992 
18,973,891 
275,373 
154,362 
34,827 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
383 
179 
23 
15 
13 
18 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
48,237,708 
47,100,554 
877,566 
201,573 
47,628 
4,485 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1,003 
158 
130 
161 
241 
154 
acres 
99,643 
44,073 
20,386 
13,281 
11,871 
6,741 
bushels 
6,052,695 
2,999,685 
1,321,491 
735,885 
603,882 
283,063 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
2 
7 
16 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,311 
(D) 
989 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
374 
14 
24 
50 
95 
73 
25 to 99 acres 
336 
25 
33 
63 
114 
62 
1 00 to 249 acres 
176 
49 
46 
35 
26 
18 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
48 
21 
13 
6 
1 
500 acres or more 
28 
22 
6 
" 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
4,544 
4,609 
5,699 
6,824 
5,500 
acres 
8,316,822 
4,072,162 
1,780,163 
1,230,826 
754,834 
321,858 
bushels 
1,297,767,570 
679,957,773 
277,501,298 
181,269,422 
103,354,900 
40,068,633 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,382 
377 
283 
265 
245 
148 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
288,179 
169,532 
62,705 
31,562 
17,574 
5,575 
1 to 24 acres 
4,709 
28 
27 
77 
274 
614 
25 to 99 acres 
10,753 
126 
241 
750 
3,077 
4,357 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,190 
431 
867 
3,070 
3,212 
501 
250 to 499 acres 
4,983 
767 
2,336 
1,599 
237 
22 
500 acres or more 
4,563 
3,192 
1,138 
203 
24 
6 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,746 
808 
1,042 
1,474 
1,697 
915 
acres 
361,189 
132,217 
72,241 
65,639 
56,306 
21,396 
tons 
6,160,112 
2,542,865 
1,251,614 
1,107,082 
833,806 
279,484 
Irrigated 
farms 
185 
53 
28 
56 
26 
20 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 1 ,664 
6,814 
1,652 
2,173 
(D) 
596 
1 to 24 acres 
2,752 
82 
184 
421 
790 
631 
25 to 99 acres 
3,154 
295 
654 
944 
832 
267 
1 00 to 249 acres 
648 
277 
180 
96 
74 
17 
250 to 499 acres 
132 
109 
9 
13 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
60 
45 
15 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
555 
298 
92 
50 
39 
36 
acres 
155,154 
123,201 
15,769 
9,122 
3,118 
2,648 
cwt 
3,189,208 
2,506,222 
332,977 
215,818 
73,056 
45,708 
Irrigated 
farms 
93 
51 
19 
9 
11 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
29,748 
24,597 
3,136 
1,030 
(D) 
_ 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
8 
- 
2 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
140 
25 
24 
18 
29 
27 
100 to 249 acres 
173 
84 
49 
21 
8 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
102 
17 
2 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
88 
79 
2 
7 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,665 
163 
412 
733 
1,122 
928 
acres 
130,729 
9,223 
15,898 
24,219 
31,337 
24,118 
bushels 
7,812,393 
609,018 
1,150,419 
1,541,599 
1,958,930 
1,318,510 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
1 
2 
16 
3 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
873 
(D) 
(D) 
342 
41 
268 
1 to 24 acres 
2,869 
73 
192 
363 
670 
602 
25 to 99 acres 
1,647 
65 
198 
349 
407 
307 
1 00 to 249 acres 
129 
17 
19 
18 
45 
17 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
8 
1 
2 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
147 
121 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
2,761 
1,863 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
4,323 
4,424 
5,097 
5,933 
4,650 
acres 
7,005,764 
3,155,190 
1,616,786 
1,090,397 
687,916 
309,877 
bushels 
293,830,150 
139,414,723 
67,777,317 
43,649,680 
26,692,048 
11,525,277 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
128 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
