Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
3 
17 
57 
39 
60 
27 
acres 
50 
171 
1,020 
728 
1,152 
762 
bushels 
3,960 
14,030 
72,183 
34,606 
69,756 
31,634 
Barley for grain 
farms 
4 
6 
6 
17 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
373 
160 
366 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(□) 
(D) 
8,260 
10,562 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
250 
569 
688 
5 
296 
15 
acres 
98,733 
138,089 
105,605 
(D) 
37,896 
1,308 
bushels 
4,203,420 
6,714,428 
4,672,903 
(D) 
1,815,815 
41,005 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
3 
1 
2 
acres 
402 
- 
600 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
11,536 
- 
6,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
79 
139 
216 
398 
407 
346 
acres 
3,216 
3,067 
6,039 
34,391 
13,515 
36,961 
tons, dry 
7,760 
9,052 
23,884 
60,459 
49,453 
58,496 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
2 
25 
97 
15 
19 
11 
acres 
(D) 
1,794 
8,440 
47 
184 
(D) 
Potatoes 
farms 
1 
4 
5 
4 
7 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1 
4 
1 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1 
19 
4 
7 
27 
8 
acres 
(D) 
93 
24 
11 
172 
21 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Minnesota 241 
