Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
298 
739 
828 
418 
621 
395 
acres 
204,560 
323,701 
280,570 
38,077 
121,351 
54,758 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
15 
26 
10 
19 
21 
acres 
2,107 
(D) 
2,423 
(D) 
216 
8,753 
Barley for grain 
farms 
4 
6 
6 
17 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
373 
160 
366 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
8,260 
10,562 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
4 
2 
9 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
1 
4 
8 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
216 
592 
727 
15 
363 
57 
acres 
88,680 
176,791 
153,607 
489 
63,480 
6,183 
bushels 
13,891,117 
29,441,207 
24,108,561 
61,555 
10,450,283 
637,424 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
5 
20 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,146 
965 
1,375 
“ 
“ 
1,480 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
44 
43 
9 
62 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
44 
174 
233 
5 
153 
18 
100 to 249 acres 
59 
152 
245 
1 
80 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
43 
119 
147 
- 
39 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
44 
67 
47 
- 
16 
3 
1 ,000 acres or more 
15 
36 
12 
- 
13 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
13 
31 
99 
16 
94 
40 
acres 
802 
1,172 
4,515 
667 
3,581 
2,526 
tons 
16,219 
20,405 
71,168 
6,497 
64,985 
34,283 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
73 
“ 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
12 
36 
9 
29 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
7 
17 
57 
5 
61 
21 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
1 
6 
2 
4 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
3 
- 
1 
2 
acres 
402 
- 
600 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
11,536 
- 
6,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
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 equivalent 
7,760 
9,052 
23,884 
60,459 
49,453 
58,496 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
" 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
427 
1 to 24 acres 
30 
97 
138 
109 
255 
74 
25 to 99 acres 
42 
38 
69 
162 
115 
157 
100 to 249 acres 
7 
4 
9 
112 
34 
79 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
12 
3 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
11 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
17 
48 
27 
40 
18 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
7 
12 
20 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
4 
13 
1 
- 
acres 
955 
695 
786 
- 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
470 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
