Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
99,171 
100.0 
107,825 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
28,266,137 
100.0 
29,026,573 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
76,746 
77.4 
86,299 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
15,259,319 
54.0 
16,405,595 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,411 
1.4 
1,358 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
64,722 
65.3 
69,585 
acres 
81,306 
0.3 
74,228 
acres 
12,917,688 
45.7 
12,980,113 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
57,038 
57.5 
57,389 
1 to 49 acres 
31,035 
31.3 
33,464 
acres 
4,551,644 
16.1 
4,414,396 
1 to 9 acres 
5,433 
5.5 
5,626 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
29,793 
30.0 
31,842 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
8,061 
8.1 
8,657 
acres 
1,741,089 
6.2 
1,866,337 
20 to 29 acres 
7,066 
7.1 
7,899 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
36,642 
36.9 
35,372 
30 to 49 acres 
10,475 
10.6 
1 1 ,282 
acres 
2,810,555 
9.9 
2,548,059 
50 to 99 acres 
12,297 
12.4 
13,282 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
8,719 
8.8 
9,392 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
6,499 
6.6 
7,256 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
64,225 
64.8 
63,016 
500 to 999 acres 
3,119 
3.1 
3,138 
acres 
7,064,563 
25.0 
6,864,391 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
2,031 
2.0 
2,122 
2,000 acres or more 
1,022 
1.0 
931 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
63,423 
64.0 
54,431 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,390,612 
4.9 
1,342,191 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
6,973 
7.0 
21,757 
acres 
567,132 
2.0 
1,858,684 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
23,808 
24.0 
20,778 
acres 
1,774,499 
6.3 
1,566,798 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
17,136 
(X) 
20,678 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
1,256,796 
(X) 
1,691,694 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
19,457 
19.6 
17,813 
acres 
1,465,513 
5.2 
1,374,183 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
14,786 
(X) 
13,666 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
4,484 
4.5 
2,599 
acres 
7,798,065 
(X) 
6,673,331 
acres 
227,680 
0.8 
118,387 
16 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
