Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Minnesota 
Aitkin 
Anoka 
Becker 
Beltrami 
Benton 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,665 
23 
5 
92 
48 
72 
acres 
130,729 
972 
219 
4,192 
1,881 
1,401 
bushels 
7,812,393 
36,730 
8,080 
171,369 
95,643 
87,364 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1,003 
9 
5 
11 
17 
10 
acres 
99,643 
149 
95 
405 
1,548 
458 
bushels 
6,052,695 
3,452 
1,960 
10,268 
45,344 
13,790 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,761 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
880 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
tons 
5,319 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
14 
54 
221 
41 
314 
acres 
7,005,764 
7,930 
5,902 
105,927 
11,195 
38,423 
bushels 
293,830,150 
141,271 
177,429 
4,088,176 
384,667 
1,493,361 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
555 
- 
- 
11 
2 
1 
acres 
155,154 
- 
- 
3,147 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
3,189,208 
- 
- 
58,690 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
26,994 
327 
146 
461 
352 
495 
acres 
1,499,586 
34,513 
5,321 
33,360 
37,162 
20,374 
tons, dry 
3,998,940 
67,980 
9,952 
63,762 
73,748 
55,302 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
242 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
acres 
47,725 
- 
- 
156 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
95,684,515 
- 
- 
312,282 
(D) 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
1,226 
- 
- 
16 
- 
acres 
480,847 
- 
- 
7,147 
- 
- 
tons 
12,300,781 
- 
- 
188,226 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
2,623 
14 
30 
16 
9 
10 
acres 
227,641 
47 
945 
(D) 
22 
1,632 
Potatoes 
farms 
559 
7 
8 
8 
5 
5 
acres 
48,212 
8 
9 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
881 
9 
21 
7 
5 
7 
acres 
5,043 
15 
86 
25 
17 
10 
-continued 
240 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
