Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Minnesota 
Aitkin 
Anoka 
Becker 
Beltrami 
Benton 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,891 
384 
285 
677 
396 
768 
acres 
19,807,839 
50,835 
30,847 
277,080 
68,437 
132,822 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,797 
12 
41 
37 
19 
43 
acres 
519,952 
3,084 
(D) 
10,186 
2,628 
1 1 ,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 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
3 
- 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,311 
“ 
“ 
30 
“ 
36 
1 to 24 acres 
374 
9 
2 
5 
4 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
336 
- 
3 
6 
8 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
176 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
6 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
29 
83 
252 
29 
462 
acres 
8,316,822 
1,967 
13,537 
77,783 
2,776 
58,904 
bushels 
1,297,767,570 
207,706 
1,740,785 
10,498,515 
324,877 
7,677,034 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,382 
- 
3 
7 
- 
24 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
288,179 
“ 
(D) 
1,364 
“ 
5,620 
1 to 24 acres 
4,709 
17 
32 
59 
9 
108 
25 to 99 acres 
10,753 
5 
31 
88 
12 
172 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,190 
4 
8 
42 
6 
138 
250 to 499 acres 
4,983 
3 
3 
24 
1 
24 
500 to 999 acres 
3,023 
- 
6 
19 
1 
13 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,540 
3 
20 
- 
7 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,746 
13 
13 
108 
23 
166 
acres 
361,189 
737 
292 
7,388 
1,247 
8,544 
tons 
6,160,112 
9,223 
4,926 
114,314 
13,994 
143,703 
Irrigated 
farms 
185 
- 
- 
1 
- 
9 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 1 ,664 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1,191 
1 to 24 acres 
2,752 
4 
7 
23 
7 
59 
25 to 99 acres 
3,154 
6 
6 
54 
14 
93 
1 00 to 249 acres 
648 
3 
- 
28 
1 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
132 
- 
- 
2 
1 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
51 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
Irrigated 
farms 
93 
- 
- 
4 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
29,748 
" 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
140 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
173 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
64 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
24 
1 
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 equivalent 
3,998,940 
67,980 
9,952 
63,762 
73,748 
55,302 
Irrigated 
farms 
470 
1 
- 
5 
- 
10 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
23,144 
(D) 
“ 
222 
“ 
608 
1 to 24 acres 
11,773 
79 
88 
149 
67 
224 
25 to 99 acres 
11,000 
157 
47 
197 
175 
223 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,477 
56 
10 
97 
73 
44 
250 to 499 acres 
577 
24 
1 
12 
31 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
144 
7 
- 
5 
4 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
23 
4 
- 
1 
2 
- 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
873 
“ 
“ 
72 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
2,869 
12 
1 
38 
15 
50 
25 to 99 acres 
1,647 
10 
3 
48 
31 
21 
1 00 to 249 acres 
129 
- 
1 
5 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,761 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
748 
- 
2 
10 
2 
7 
acres 
84,833 
- 
(D) 
1,151 
(D) 
2,010 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Minnesota 469 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
