Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Rice - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
259 
251 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
acres 
129,405 
127,873 
- 
- 
- 
1,532 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
24 
22 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
94 
90 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
60 
58 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
76 
76 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain farms 
217 
203 
2 
- 
- 
10 
- 
acres 
46,412 
44,980 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,299 
- 
bushels 
3,920,356 
3,812,832 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated farms 
28 
27 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,242 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
30 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
42 
40 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
65 
63 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
47 
44 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
500 acres or more 
26 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
3,274 
2,930 
32 
4 
6 
204 
_ 
acres 
1,956,477 
1,860,483 
1 1 ,966 
256 
216 
68,797 
- 
bushels 
86,976,455 
83,119,577 
518,168 
(D) 
(D) 
2,750,372 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1,152 
1,081 
2 
1 
2 
59 
- 
acres 
863,200 
842,722 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
19,025 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
310 
247 
7 
2 
4 
28 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
679 
607 
3 
- 
1 
46 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
612 
528 
6 
2 
1 
38 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
482 
420 
7 
- 
- 
42 
- 
500 acres or more 
1,191 
1,128 
9 
- 
- 
50 
- 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
4 
4 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
35 
35 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
52,540 
52,540 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
1,247 
1,148 
3 
_ 
_ 
69 
_ 
acres 
346,310 
328,220 
(D) 
- 
- 
13,407 
- 
bushels 
19,615,783 
18,658,994 
(D) 
- 
- 
714,772 
- 
Irrigated farms 
83 
77 
- 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
13,895 
13,576 
- 
- 
- 
316 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
85 
67 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
307 
281 
- 
- 
- 
17 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
400 
367 
2 
- 
- 
25 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
275 
260 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
500 acres or more 
180 
173 
1 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
11,948 
448 
144 
89 
19 
3,731 
- 
acres 
634,505 
36,189 
3,701 
2,002 
897 
189,677 
- 
tons, dry 
1,494,791 
93,990 
7,746 
2,570 
1,850 
484,456 
- 
Irrigated farms 
102 
4 
14 
3 
2 
21 
- 
acres 
3,447 
202 
177 
(D) 
(D) 
721 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,827 
150 
106 
65 
12 
1,565 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
5,356 
174 
32 
20 
5 
1,674 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,480 
101 
4 
4 
1 
412 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
234 
15 
2 
- 
1 
65 
- 
500 acres or more 
51 
8 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
Alfalfa hay farms 
119 
3 
6 
_ 
_ 
41 
_ 
acres 
2,823 
55 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,004 
- 
tons, dry 
7,234 
130 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,675 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Other tame hay farms 
8,661 
340 
91 
56 
13 
2,510 
_ 
acres 
467,708 
29,755 
2,826 
1,235 
397 
135,048 
- 
tons, dry 
1,191,065 
82,890 
6,303 
1,715 
770 
377,322 
- 
Irrigated farms 
85 
4 
9 
3 
2 
15 
- 
acres 
2,961 
202 
135 
(D) 
(D) 
636 
- 
Field and grass seed crops, all farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
acres 
347 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
182 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
