Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mississippi 
Adams 
Alcorn 
Amite 
Attala 
Benton 
Bolivar 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,595 
50 
260 
272 
202 
114 
345 
acres 
4,292,113 
12,112 
36,693 
15,760 
19,613 
23,085 
349,311 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,369 
6 
3 
9 
12 
11 
197 
acres 
1,648,601 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
376 
(D) 
247,520 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,022 
3 
32 
2 
8 
11 
121 
acres 
793,762 
(D) 
7,175 
(D) 
1,580 
4,025 
63,515 
bushels 
127,937,980 
(D) 
744,149 
(D) 
190,588 
390,525 
10,835,690 
Irrigated 
farms 
874 
1 
- 
2 
2 
93 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
425,872 
(D) 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
48,257 
1 to 24 acres 
466 
- 
14 
2 
2 
1 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
286 
1 
8 
- 
- 
2 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
381 
1 
2 
- 
3 
1 
30 
250 to 499 acres 
355 
- 
2 
- 
2 
3 
30 
500 to 999 acres 
311 
- 
5 
- 
1 
4 
30 
1 ,000 acres or more 
223 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
18 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
107 
- 
4 
2 
4 
- 
1 
acres 
9,573 
- 
54 
(D) 
344 
- 
(D) 
tons 
129,093 
- 
756 
(D) 
3,344 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
262 
“ 
" 
(D) 
" 
■ 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
51 
- 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
24 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
824 
1 
2 
_ 
8 
_ 
21 
acres 
470,522 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4,704 
- 
16,732 
bales 
979,534 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 1 ,652 
- 
37,615 
Irrigated 
farms 
332 
- 
1 
- 
17 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
190,582 
" 
“ 
" 
(D) 
" 
1 1 ,578 
1 to 24 acres 
59 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
116 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
155 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
174 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
176 
1 
2 
- 
3 
- 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
144 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
108 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
1,722 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,948 
32 
208 
232 
171 
83 
12 
acres 
634,505 
1,927 
7,877 
1 1 ,955 
8,204 
3,997 
2,716 
tons, dry equivalent 
1,494,791 
5,416 
15,625 
30,733 
20,210 
8,759 
4,662 
Irrigated 
farms 
102 
- 
1 
1 
3 
2 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,447 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
4,827 
9 
99 
101 
72 
34 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
5,356 
16 
97 
97 
75 
41 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,480 
7 
9 
32 
23 
7 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
234 
- 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
44 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
45 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
2,047 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
157,592 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
29 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
128 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
48,306 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
212,203,138 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
39 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
11,127 
■ 
” 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
29 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
259 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
69 
acres 
129,405 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
34,148 
cwt 
9,315,302 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,462,315 
Irrigated 
farms 
259 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
69 
acres 
129,405 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
34,148 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Mississippi 427 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
