Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland 
....farms, 2012 
171 
405 
329 
100 
265 
88 
2007 
165 
360 
312 
88 
164 
123 
acres, 2012 
10,528 
14,357 
15,538 
2,425 
9,115 
4,217 
2007 
14,237 
15,745 
17,750 
2,799 
5,427 
5,567 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed 
....farms, 2012 
157 
385 
308 
49 
199 
61 
2007 
123 
340 
275 
45 
132 
64 
acres, 2012 
9,954 
13,392 
14,312 
1,246 
7,735 
3,546 
2007 
11,390 
14,880 
15,088 
1,521 
3,569 
3,639 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
....farms, 2012 
14 
17 
12 
37 
52 
23 
2007 
29 
19 
26 
30 
10 
59 
acres, 2012 
347 
391 
319 
602 
784 
514 
2007 
674 
548 
920 
802 
400 
1,587 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow 
....farms, 2012 
9 
15 
16 
28 
38 
9 
2007 
25 
10 
35 
26 
33 
21 
acres, 2012 
227 
574 
907 
577 
596 
157 
2007 
2,173 
317 
1,742 
476 
1,458 
341 
Total woodland 
....farms, 2012 
41 
328 
184 
366 
331 
374 
2007 
54 
394 
210 
349 
365 
399 
acres, 2012 
1,831 
13,955 
10,025 
26,976 
8,199 
40,084 
2007 
1,526 
15,400 
10,515 
31,107 
9,378 
37,718 
Woodland pastured 
....farms, 2012 
8 
60 
21 
169 
98 
218 
2007 
21 
64 
43 
204 
136 
250 
acres, 2012 
300 
1,483 
777 
6,484 
1,706 
18,174 
2007 
351 
1,487 
2,645 
8,839 
2,599 
18,084 
Woodland not pastured 
....farms, 2012 
34 
288 
170 
299 
259 
247 
2007 
39 
361 
185 
273 
252 
244 
acres, 2012 
1,531 
12,472 
9,248 
20,492 
6,493 
21,910 
2007 
1,175 
13,913 
7,870 
22,268 
6,779 
19,634 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) 
....farms, 2012 
79 
163 
128 
339 
275 
321 
2007 
106 
186 
170 
339 
301 
363 
acres, 2012 
9,543 
5,574 
4,430 
14,700 
3,945 
45,543 
2007 
8,256 
5,847 
8,338 
16,154 
4,804 
49,176 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
....farms, 2012 
248 
662 
668 
386 
600 
380 
2007 
253 
726 
672 
299 
562 
368 
acres, 2012 
21,669 
18,101 
15,169 
8,442 
11,559 
10,321 
2007 
18,696 
18,377 
17,073 
6,755 
10,673 
10,045 
Pastureland, all types 
....farms, 2012 
97 
200 
149 
372 
359 
393 
2007 
153 
280 
298 
398 
431 
448 
acres, 2012 
10,490 
7,829 
5,478 
23,113 
6,735 
66,009 
2007 
12,249 
10,635 
17,671 
31,264 
12,384 
73,734 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
156 
415 
337 
12 
162 
23 
2007 
190 
485 
408 
20 
151 
37 
acres, 2012 
7,444 
1 1 ,225 
13,939 
188 
4,942 
1,263 
2007 
12,091 
13,300 
18,512 
865 
4,149 
1,750 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs 
....farms, 2012 
231 
548 
682 
12 
254 
50 
2007 
237 
541 
630 
9 
208 
71 
acres, 2012 
176,404 
290,619 
249,058 
928 
93,332 
21,539 
2007 
184,728 
303,293 
241,822 
1,933 
92,044 
26,472 
-continued 
344 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
