Table 9. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item Minnesota Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton 
Farms number, 2012 53,891 384 285 677 396 768 
2007 53,943 440 295 650 468 726 
acres harvested, 2012 19,807,839 50,835 30,847 277,080 68,437 132,822 
2007 19,267,018 52,098 25,245 213,073 72,392 123,224 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY SIZE OF FARM 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres farms 1,328 4 26 6 1 7 
acres harvested 4,328 8 79 9 (D) 12 
10 to 49 acres farms 7,671 51 109 67 23 167 
acres harvested 116,823 714 (D) 940 (D) 2,946 
50 to 69 acres farms 2,497 21 29 18 25 66 
acres harvested 79,449 556 867 528 560 1 ,754 
70 to 99 acres farms 4,789 59 28 57 30 95 
acres harvested 232,723 2,216 1,006 1,485 917 4,099 
1 00 to 1 39 acres farms 4,240 42 17 49 35 85 
acres harvested 297,574 1,952 1,154 2,458 1,127 6,192 
1 40 to 1 79 acres farms 4,676 40 21 80 53 71 
acres harvested 473,939 1,976 1,840 5,547 3,018 6,513 
180 to 21 9 acres farms 3,202 31 10 49 31 33 
acres harvested 410,596 2,175 780 4,429 1,721 4,244 
220 to 259 acres farms 2,846 21 9 57 23 48 
acres harvested 448,376 2,098 1,220 6,743 1,871 7,005 
260 to 499 acres farms 9,563 61 18 138 83 123 
acres harvested 2,525,556 7,164 (D) 25,277 12,123 31,307 
500 to 999 acres farms 6,915 36 13 77 69 46 
acres harvested 4,012,690 11,441 8,517 32,035 20,787 23,889 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres farms 4,003 13 3 32 17 18 
acres harvested 4,861,135 12,067 3,510 36,062 9,684 19,576 
2.000 acres or more farms 2,161 5 2 47 6 9 
acres harvested 6,344,650 8,468 (D) 161,567 16,233 25,285 
2007 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres farms 1,159 7 24 4 3 5 
acres harvested 4,032 18 58 7 11 13 
10 to 49 acres farms 7,644 62 119 59 37 141 
acres harvested 110,869 1,023 (D) 1,170 511 2,126 
50 to 69 acres farms 2,292 17 31 19 25 57 
acres harvested 67,699 419 607 334 535 1,735 
70 to 99 acres farms 4,265 71 26 68 44 95 
acres harvested 184,634 2,222 1,271 2,041 1,558 4,072 
1 00 to 1 39 acres farms 4,029 47 29 51 44 94 
acres harvested 262,022 1,981 1,533 2,451 1,736 5,885 
140 to 179 acres farms 4,628 46 18 71 60 57 
acres harvested 456,214 2,658 1,460 3,949 3,336 4,863 
180 to 219 acres farms 3,036 36 7 51 31 49 
acres harvested 384,191 3,003 718 4,389 2,209 6,281 
220 to 259 acres farms 2,910 30 8 48 24 35 
acres harvested 460,035 2,315 1,535 5,177 2,111 5,163 
260 to 499 acres farms 10,256 73 18 141 95 113 
acres harvested 2,689,577 9,252 3,544 21,731 13,459 27,170 
500 to 999 acres farms 7,691 34 12 72 77 59 
acres harvested 4,414,266 9,127 (D) 30,092 23,415 30,659 
1.000 to 1,999 acres farms 4,135 11 1 32 22 14 
acres harvested 4,968,593 9,114 (D) 38,269 11,791 16,787 
2.000 acres or more farms 1,898 6 2 34 6 7 
acres harvested 5,264,886 10,966 (D) 103,463 11,720 18,470 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY ACRES HARVESTED 
2012 acres harvested: 
1 to 9 acres farms 5,090 35 78 42 17 54 
acres 22,535 142 312 181 78 240 
10 to 19 acres farms 4,228 43 60 78 41 93 
acres 56,198 605 773 1,022 538 1,192 
20 to 29 acres farms 2,964 47 22 54 32 75 
acres 68,019 1,060 494 1,196 727 1,752 
30 to 49 acres farms 4,316 66 31 83 55 107 
acres 161,942 2,428 1,091 2,983 2,015 4,050 
50 to 99 acres farms 7,295 86 30 89 96 127 
acres 521,141 5,884 1,926 6,356 6,651 9,063 
1 00 to 1 99 acres farms 8,881 49 28 108 53 139 
acres 1,253,893 6,206 3,432 14,931 6,485 19,597 
200 to 499 acres farms 10,231 38 24 117 80 124 
acres 3,213,193 11,414 8,169 33,093 23,960 37,941 
500 to 999 acres farms 5,597 12 7 41 14 29 
acres 3,936,029 7,998 5,812 30,245 9,083 20,167 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 5,289 8 5 65 8 20 
acres 10,574,889 15,098 8,838 187,073 18,900 38,820 
2007 acres harvested: 
1 to 9 acres farms 5,002 32 94 42 25 62 
acres 22,863 124 376 201 104 263 
10 to 19 acres farms 4,459 62 46 55 45 69 
acres 59,149 826 580 776 624 975 
20 to 29 acres farms 3,019 57 34 70 53 78 
acres 69,040 1,272 774 1,663 1,148 1,752 
30 to 49 acres farms 4,328 78 36 88 66 93 
acres 161,071 2,852 1,406 3,202 2,534 3,463 
50 to 99 acres farms 6,549 81 36 99 95 133 
acres 462,749 5,362 2,585 6,621 6,638 9,389 
100 to 199 acres farms 8,470 72 19 119 81 113 
acres 1,202,732 9,173 2,699 16,088 10,873 15,809 
200 to 499 acres farms 10,953 43 20 89 70 131 
acres 3,468,334 12,759 5,273 26,542 21,251 39,498 
500 to 999 acres farms 6,101 6 7 34 30 31 
acres 4,255,362 4,404 4,189 24,228 18,326 21,164 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 5,062 9 3 54 3 16 
acres 9,565,718 15,326 7,363 133,752 10,894 30,911 
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356 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
