Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
18,774 
5,634 
857 
3,569 
992 
620 
507 
2,124 
acres 
- 
1,976,774 
641,491 
236,776 
1,071,268 
492,934 
91,083 
17,438 
156,592 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
7,257 
4,928 
805 
3,500 
891 
414 
362 
1,526 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
944,243 
535,405 
222,527 
1,026,169 
485,062 
76,959 
9,766 
129,390 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
4,567 
2,621 
197 
240 
120 
256 
323 
1,256 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
1,194 
877 
101 
370 
32 
23 
28 
95 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
707 
675 
186 
1,007 
105 
42 
6 
52 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
435 
572 
185 
1,422 
253 
55 
3 
49 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
128 
112 
99 
342 
257 
22 
2 
51 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
125 
67 
28 
102 
94 
9 
- 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
101 
4 
9 
17 
30 
7 
8 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
877 
924 
79 
502 
41 
89 
106 
422 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
38,733 
40,255 
3,195 
21,798 
1,196 
1,904 
1,729 
7,672 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
669 
182 
20 
132 
19 
31 
17 
56 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
23,183 
5,592 
613 
2,965 
645 
345 
501 
685 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
12,739 
986 
170 
352 
299 
240 
134 
508 
acres 
- 
949,567 
53,624 
9,259 
15,006 
5,269 
11,383 
5,312 
17,934 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
621 
188 
23 
137 
14 
15 
6 
44 
acres 
- 
21,048 
6,61 5 
1,182 
5,330 
762 
492 
130 
911 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
9,072 
4,089 
301 
1,655 
253 
502 
491 
2,044 
acres 
- 
607,496 
250,952 
17,352 
102,427 
10,517 
22,225 
13,128 
68,014 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
2,185 
2,561 
158 
864 
87 
175 
249 
1,012 
acres 
- 
101,325 
128,325 
7,999 
42,088 
2,827 
4,584 
4,290 
24,192 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
7,877 
2,588 
201 
1,171 
206 
390 
323 
1,374 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
506,171 
122,627 
9,353 
60,339 
7,690 
17,641 
8,838 
43,822 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
4,826 
5,658 
469 
2,203 
244 
450 
743 
2,985 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
263,633 
361,306 
37,612 
116,979 
10,888 
10,397 
12,398 
83,424 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
13,327 
6,402 
825 
3,093 
1,139 
943 
926 
3,491 
acres 
- 
426,619 
110,373 
20,585 
104,865 
27,986 
30,099 
9,969 
65,231 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
166 
85 
33 
228 
36 
30 
9 
50 
acres 
- 
(D) 
10,858 
6,246 
37,042 
7,465 
(D) 
(D) 
7,902 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
159 
85 
33 
219 
34 
27 
2 
31 
acres 
- 
(D) 
10,821 
6,246 
36,129 
7,448 
(D) 
(D) 
7,685 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
15 
4 
- 
23 
3 
4 
7 
20 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
1,986 
37 
913 
17 
22 
(D) 
217 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
12,420 
849 
176 
281 
345 
193 
108 
449 
acres 
- 
839,616 
46,789 
5,274 
6,649 
5,107 
7,667 
4,042 
16,328 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,143 
975 
498 
2,167 
754 
131 
27 
175 
acres 
- 
572,112 
234,758 
166,814 
638,403 
444,690 
53,181 
3,122 
82,590 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
51 
15 
13 
143 
3 
4 
14 
12 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
2,796 
710 
642 
31,672 
(D) 
(D) 
816 
712 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
19,597 
8,083 
1,048 
3,746 
1,442 
1,085 
1,088 
4,245 
$1,000 
- 
9,865,391 
4,072,789 
1,664,368 
5,488,163 
3,632,553 
732,974 
287,889 
2,103,735 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
503,413 
503,871 
1,588,137 
1,465,073 
2,519,108 
675,553 
264,604 
495,580 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
3,013 
2,986 
5,329 
3,933 
6,698 
4,766 
5,439 
5,636 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
1,154 
527 
75 
85 
107 
71 
116 
282 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
1,809 
507 
40 
41 
76 
102 
125 
323 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
4,473 
1,691 
96 
153 
132 
228 
314 
994 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
8,117 
3,372 
264 
750 
264 
391 
435 
1,879 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
2,726 
1,251 
218 
1,031 
152 
155 
79 
481 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
790 
440 
134 
939 
171 
68 
14 
155 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
289 
231 
120 
589 
284 
44 
2 
85 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
129 
48 
77 
122 
198 
18 
2 
25 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
110 
16 
24 
36 
58 
8 
1 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Minnesota 171 
