Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Nobles 
Norman 
Olmsted 
Otter Tail 
Pennington 
Pine 
Pipestone 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
35 
26 
83 
334 
22 
63 
26 
acres 
688 
1,293 
1,590 
11,494 
1,272 
1,237 
734 
bushels 
55,670 
76,041 
114,688 
553,931 
79,783 
61,065 
45,829 
Barley for grain 
farms 
4 
21 
19 
34 
36 
5 
3 
acres 
166 
4,688 
355 
2,276 
8,327 
198 
206 
bushels 
2,892 
302,602 
20,630 
105,575 
588,029 
7,650 
4,700 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
676 
361 
411 
780 
194 
121 
348 
acres 
155,561 
188,110 
51,259 
169,160 
83,630 
16,489 
77,426 
bushels 
6,702,880 
5,992,715 
2,675,669 
6,400,397 
2,919,822 
533,925 
2,923,792 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
11 
1 
32 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
3,687 
(D) 
9,140 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
54,589 
(D) 
199,443 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
201 
114 
438 
1,272 
133 
629 
228 
acres 
6,214 
7,464 
18,813 
83,244 
15,439 
48,338 
12,414 
tons, dry 
21,269 
12,129 
73,334 
230,881 
27,057 
102,620 
36,894 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
16 
- 
20 
6 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
2,647 
- 
1,774 
997 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
4,031,286 
- 
3,191,567 
2,305,230 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
111 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
47,490 
- 
2,433 
- 
(D) 
- 
tons 
- 
1,151,940 
- 
46,413 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
12 
4 
95 
35 
4 
19 
6 
acres 
129 
112 
8,594 
10,605 
6 
71 
39 
Potatoes 
farms 
5 
3 
6 
15 
3 
4 
5 
acres 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
10,277 
(Z) 
1 
2 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
7 
2 
29 
24 
3 
19 
5 
acres 
47 
(D) 
102 
97 
(D) 
131 
37 
-continued 
248 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
