Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 201 2 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
5 
3,920 
13 
7 
14 
35,100 
2007 
7 
10,600 
18 
17 
23 
1,844,200 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
1 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
2007 
- 
19 
55 
19 
193,814 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
11 
(D) 
9 
47 
20 
(D) 
2007 
16 
47,168 
4 
22 
19 
1,367,295 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
406 
5,683,454 
269 
522 
546 
48,185,085 
2007 
409 
6,413,684 
231 
429 
524 
68,005,821 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
346 
4,942,391 
179 
356 
444 
42,686,578 
2007 
365 
5,038,516 
164 
320 
444 
51,479,887 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
20 
43,663 
45 
52 
53 
368,427 
2007 
13 
(D) 
29 
36 
38 
484,327 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
33 
98,356 
5 
1 
37 
490,583 
2007 
21 
265,444 
5 
14 
23 
2,070,496 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
66 
538,552 
44 
26 
95 
3,316,135 
2007 
80 
1,015,662 
42 
37 
112 
13,725,659 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
13 
60,492 
16 
87 
26 
1,323,362 
2007 
3 
(D) 
9 
22 
9 
245,452 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
250 
4 
2 
7 
4,520 
2007 
4 
(D) 
13 
178 
17 
315,160 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
22 
27,008 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
80,422 
2007 
11 
24,500 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
25,870 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
315 
1,604,740 
(X) 
(X) 
315 
5,719,067 
2007 
148 
467,591 
(X) 
(X) 
148 
3,705,812 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
62 
26,496 
(X) 
(X) 
62 
161,318 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
43 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
43 
313,430 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
72 
182,150 
(X) 
(X) 
72 
975,128 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
23 
72,336 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
321,130 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
42 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
1,245,702 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
43 
318,604 
(X) 
(X) 
43 
1,329,572 
10,000 or more square feet 
30 
736,024 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
1,372,787 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
12 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
17 
492,704 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
798,387 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
273 
1,339,178 
(X) 
(X) 
273 
5,209,309 
2007 
126 
402,971 
(X) 
(X) 
126 
2,769,558 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
61 
27,075 
(X) 
(X) 
61 
164,772 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
45 
61,095 
(X) 
(X) 
45 
390,034 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
60 
154,978 
(X) 
(X) 
60 
974,800 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
17 
54,240 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
315,620 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
34 
167,689 
(X) 
(X) 
34 
1,083,936 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
33 
246,317 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
1,109,906 
10,000 or more square feet 
23 
627,784 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
1,170,241 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
116 
265,562 
(X) 
(X) 
116 
509,758 
2007 
34 
64,620 
(X) 
(X) 
34 
936,254 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
1 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
" 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
“ 
- 
Mushrooms 
2012 
18 
30,586 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
298,281 
2007 
11 
10,482 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
203,924 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
40 
846,154 
203 
2,012 
218 
18,718,017 
2007 1 
38 
361,882 
231 
4,237 
245 
25,335,095 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
4,573 
42 
11,574,806 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
6,288 
42 
20,041,742 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
51 
8 
67,054 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
264 
8 
483,396 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
858 
12 
1,714,356 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
1,267 
8 
3,487,500 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
815 
3 
2,037,500 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
1,318 
3 
3,785,000 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
" 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
4 
12,600 
3 
(D) 
4 
76,988 
2007 
10 
20,925 
10 
44,075 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
14 
3,783 
14 
17 
27 
(□) 
2007 
15 
13,300 
8 
3 
23 
22,054 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
43 
88,326 
18 
41 
55 
455,053 
2007 
26 
62,470 
6 
4 
30 
149,330 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Missouri 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
