Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Geographic area 
Harvested 
Irrigated 
Harvested 
Irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Farms 
Acres 
FORAGE - LAND USED FOR ALL HAY 
AND ALL HAYLAGE, GRASS SILAGE, 
AND GREENCHOP (TONS, DRY 
EQUIVALENT) (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Counties - Con. 
Sherman 
234 
23,101 
58,747 
103 
6,437 
230 
25,197 
81,529 
96 
8,306 
Sioux 
133 
23,701 
66,490 
103 
15,737 
225 
43,487 
123,345 
161 
25,121 
Stanton 
291 
19,534 
54,499 
29 
1,564 
291 
17,356 
66,191 
34 
1,357 
Thayer 
175 
9,273 
20,476 
39 
1,365 
190 
9,703 
26,377 
30 
1,542 
Thomas 
34 
4,361 
9,689 
8 
1,138 
41 
8,994 
18,066 
18 
2,795 
Thurston 
99 
1 1 ,432 
39,604 
4 
50 
132 
12,838 
48,823 
2 
(D) 
Valley 
221 
22,228 
55,742 
92 
6,671 
246 
26,521 
94,902 
123 
8,993 
Washington 
260 
13,854 
36,870 
7 
383 
279 
16,571 
59,171 
8 
691 
Wayne 
221 
12,951 
42,605 
14 
975 
266 
16,940 
65,611 
22 
1,903 
Webster 
214 
19,422 
43,541 
14 
936 
209 
17,202 
45,984 
20 
1,471 
Wheeler 
116 
44,499 
58,864 
43 
3,825 
118 
37,000 
69,279 
51 
4,225 
York 
HAY - ALL HAY INCLUDING ALFALFA, 
OTHER TAME, SMALL GRAIN, AND 
WILD (TONS, DRY) (SEE TEXT) 
106 
3,351 
14,592 
31 
1,160 
161 
4,280 
14,832 
39 
1,479 
State Total 
Nebraska 
19,615 
2,443,603 
4,605,325 
4,309 
389,745 
20,289 
2,567,911 
6,106,699 
4,956 
485,739 
Counties 
Adams 
154 
8,610 
16,779 
23 
1,239 
156 
10,330 
(D) 
41 
3,889 
Antelope 
293 
22,289 
44,999 
81 
5,451 
295 
26,479 
74,497 
101 
6,738 
Arthur 
52 
18,984 
35,924 
28 
5,981 
45 
21,453 
32,966 
19 
4,039 
Banner 
34 
5,694 
19,075 
25 
2,812 
51 
9,410 
31,451 
28 
4,935 
Blaine 
54 
26,214 
41,909 
16 
3,510 
67 
25,339 
(D) 
19 
4,991 
Boone 
269 
20,555 
52,444 
90 
5,490 
300 
28,560 
92,607 
107 
7,607 
Box Butte 
114 
17,954 
46,330 
64 
8,566 
120 
16,161 
44,598 
77 
9,556 
Boyd 
175 
33,930 
40,148 
3 
173 
183 
37,423 
76,806 
5 
181 
Brown 
159 
55,912 
68,583 
28 
2,758 
138 
50,302 
(D) 
29 
4,921 
Buffalo 
492 
34,414 
88,080 
138 
7,815 
477 
42,502 
143,163 
171 
15,544 
Burt 
138 
7,050 
18,796 
7 
113 
139 
6,534 
22,784 
1 
(D) 
Butler 
316 
12,922 
37,099 
31 
1,655 
302 
12,937 
39,030 
33 
1,156 
Cass 
213 
8,187 
21,892 
- 
- 
208 
7,544 
23,969 
1 
(D) 
Cedar 
410 
27,306 
59,847 
62 
3,311 
476 
35,502 
110,867 
76 
4,697 
Chase 
69 
5,980 
13,813 
34 
2,569 
73 
8,381 
(D) 
48 
4,627 
Cherry 
326 
284,668 
321,066 
66 
12,222 
337 
294,775 
371,073 
73 
15,990 
Cheyenne 
95 
13,630 
31,050 
49 
4,849 
121 
14,748 
42,485 
62 
7,696 
Clay 
110 
6,873 
22,599 
28 
2,544 
137 
7,591 
(D) 
33 
3,734 
Colfax 
230 
13,466 
43,582 
16 
869 
259 
14,424 
57,899 
27 
1,195 
Cuming 
339 
16,698 
61,774 
23 
1,179 
413 
25,398 
108,443 
41 
2,037 
Custer 
673 
82,479 
196,979 
243 
19,626 
692 
98,117 
336,153 
270 
25,220 
Dakota 
89 
4,818 
9,759 
2 
(D) 
102 
5,445 
(D) 
- 
- 
Dawes 
224 
39,736 
75,776 
93 
12,941 
251 
57,983 
(D) 
72 
13,150 
Dawson 
354 
43,615 
163,484 
129 
14,886 
379 
50,843 
213,013 
134 
16,074 
Deuel 
33 
6,140 
10,434 
10 
1,635 
34 
4,312 
(D) 
17 
2,520 
Dixon 
194 
8,819 
24,209 
6 
281 
185 
7,977 
25,521 
7 
185 
Dodge 
205 
7,890 
24,371 
27 
592 
235 
10,366 
35,550 
34 
876 
Douglas 
125 
4,183 
6,354 
2 
(D) 
124 
5,061 
14,511 
7 
107 
Dundy 
78 
9,254 
24,512 
43 
5,233 
103 
14,227 
(D) 
69 
8,369 
Fillmore 
120 
5,438 
14,234 
18 
937 
156 
7,193 
23,276 
30 
2,052 
Franklin 
149 
10,528 
23,035 
45 
1,386 
127 
9,151 
(D) 
31 
1,575 
Frontier 
122 
11,642 
24,098 
30 
1,713 
145 
14,734 
46,873 
36 
3,039 
Furnas 
156 
1 1 ,938 
41,021 
42 
2,573 
183 
17,257 
69,280 
51 
4,289 
Gage 
462 
19,108 
40,488 
13 
561 
476 
17,465 
39,615 
13 
213 
Garden 
105 
41,559 
74,553 
53 
10,453 
113 
37,028 
85,962 
66 
12,463 
Garfield 
120 
35,639 
44,085 
32 
3,230 
145 
43,928 
(D) 
46 
3,561 
Gosper 
94 
7,263 
17,580 
25 
2,171 
86 
5,972 
17,999 
27 
1,331 
Grant 
50 
37,845 
37,141 
4 
(D) 
55 
40,017 
51,526 
6 
1,250 
Greeley 
187 
19,146 
38,786 
53 
5,112 
157 
16,153 
46,985 
70 
4,652 
Hall 
221 
13,155 
22,795 
50 
2,069 
213 
13,279 
35,496 
59 
3,082 
Hamilton 
146 
4,765 
9,876 
47 
1,681 
151 
4,922 
17,331 
46 
2,191 
Harlan 
132 
10,444 
21,511 
39 
1,554 
158 
14,100 
(D) 
48 
3,852 
Hayes 
86 
13,227 
44,791 
35 
5,528 
99 
12,194 
49,535 
42 
4,630 
Hitchcock 
101 
10,507 
31,005 
44 
3,986 
85 
8,909 
31,779 
32 
1,965 
Holt 
761 
261,286 
300,394 
126 
14,238 
697 
227,692 
343,274 
167 
19,333 
Hooker 
20 
12,231 
16,865 
10 
3,124 
34 
16,529 
19,951 
10 
2,530 
Howard 
328 
27,927 
67,528 
81 
5,518 
296 
22,895 
70,993 
97 
6,294 
Jefferson 
253 
13,219 
27,696 
22 
1,289 
269 
13,211 
27,844 
25 
1,147 
Johnson 
254 
10,993 
17,671 
7 
213 
213 
10,382 
20,185 
4 
35 
Kearney 
87 
4,888 
12,406 
28 
1,495 
122 
6,749 
23,432 
41 
2,124 
Keith 
96 
16,879 
38,237 
57 
5,991 
122 
21,243 
64,945 
77 
9,687 
Keya Paha 
159 
65,574 
75,141 
28 
2,855 
150 
66,293 
106,260 
28 
3,074 
Kimball 
93 
24,065 
59,285 
69 
11,615 
87 
16,102 
44,027 
55 
7,245 
Knox 
605 
68,782 
118,898 
45 
2,643 
520 
67,652 
194,494 
56 
3,100 
Lancaster 
795 
28,548 
36,212 
8 
287 
730 
25,577 
53,759 
12 
582 
Lincoln 
494 
84,585 
184,553 
176 
20,941 
492 
93,920 
240,166 
191 
26,025 
Logan 
63 
24,230 
41,986 
29 
3,219 
73 
19,612 
(D) 
32 
4,363 
Loup 
72 
17,710 
29,120 
18 
2,222 
92 
23,571 
(□) 
39 
4,610 
McPherson 
47 
14,084 
31,054 
23 
4,117 
64 
16,211 
(D) 
32 
6,226 
Madison 
308 
18,957 
45,689 
49 
2,936 
296 
18,147 
62,155 
37 
1,887 
Merrick 
189 
9,057 
14,580 
41 
1,435 
206 
12,466 
34,967 
62 
2,290 
Morrill 
254 
40,544 
96,434 
217 
20,422 
270 
49,381 
156,662 
224 
29,300 
Nance 
146 
10,388 
26,981 
30 
1,335 
169 
12,221 
(D) 
35 
1,920 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 487 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
