Table 43. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Grain storage capacity 
2012 
2007 ' 
Farms 
Bushels 
Farms 
Bushels 
Grain storage capacity (see text) 
1,463 
110,050,752 
1,585 
93,681,066 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
75,223 
(X) 
59,105 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
327 
395,702 
397 
574,414 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
108 
710,000 
160 
1,049,695 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
189 
2,521,960 
241 
3,119,304 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
85 
1 ,944,500 
108 
2,511,700 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
195 
7,208,112 
162 
6,040,566 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
216 
14,236,427 
213 
14,126,687 
1 00,000 to 249,999 bushels 
223 
32,768,970 
220 
32,895,400 
250,000 bushels or more 
120 
50,265,081 
84 
33,363,300 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
5 
26,989 
22 
63,903 
1 0 to 49 acres 
73 
1,032,437 
70 
639,073 
50 to 69 acres 
28 
117,675 
48 
263,681 
70 to 99 acres 
57 
730,319 
63 
1 ,395,576 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
55 
312,977 
57 
368,864 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
42 
229,232 
49 
269,372 
180 to 219 acres 
60 
215,724 
44 
344,087 
220 to 259 acres 
22 
129,278 
51 
559,436 
260 to 499 acres 
146 
2,252,112 
201 
2,849,155 
500 to 999 acres 
212 
7,673,722 
219 
5,513,889 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
315 
18,769,602 
302 
16,628,009 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
332 
39,801,185 
353 
39,443,221 
5,000 acres or more 
116 
38,759,500 
106 
25,342,800 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
208 
2,704,273 
211 
5,617,242 
1 0 to 49 acres 
101 
597,830 
208 
1,338,231 
50 to 69 acres 
63 
475,530 
54 
371,256 
70 to 99 acres 
31 
152,600 
54 
396,794 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
44 
376,824 
71 
643,667 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
32 
213,532 
50 
442,490 
180 to 219 acres 
31 
211,264 
36 
256,750 
220 to 259 acres 
20 
164,700 
29 
310,696 
260 to 499 acres 
92 
2,195,600 
103 
2,792,950 
500 to 999 acres 
207 
9,964,412 
160 
6,062,765 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
267 
18,132,402 
252 
16,826,569 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
276 
39,770,785 
284 
39,160,856 
5,000 acres or more 
91 
35,091,000 
73 
19,460,800 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (111) 
1,088 
106,219,469 
1,033 
86,248,008 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
375 
3,831,283 
552 
7,433,058 
' 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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