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) 
96 
948,931 
58 
518,580 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
9,885 
(X) 
8,941 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
69 
59,990 
35 
39,104 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
10 
77,333 
12 
80,815 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
5 
59,237 
3 
46,328 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
2 
(D) 
3 
96,333 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
6 
406,112 
4 
(D) 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
2 
(D) 
- 
250,000 bushels or more 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
(D) 
14 
3,791 
1 0 to 49 acres 
47 
229,810 
12 
62,280 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
3 
(D) 
5 
3,634 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
14 
40,703 
4 
(D) 
140 to 179 acres 
6 
(D) 
7 
79,533 
180 to 219 acres 
2 
(D) 
5 
27,600 
220 to 259 acres 
2 
(□) 
1 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
10 
422,359 
8 
282,667 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
- 
- 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
63 
258,290 
26 
66,071 
1 0 to 49 acres 
11 
14,856 
6 
3,934 
50 to 69 acres 
3 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
70 to 99 acres 
3 
(D) 
6 
22,042 
100 to 139 acres 
5 
50,100 
6 
83,533 
140 to 179 acres 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
2 
(D) 
220 to 259 acres 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
3 
156,592 
5 
205,133 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
302,111 
3 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 
(D) 
- 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (1 1 1) 
24 
358,306 
23 
295,108 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
72 
590,625 
35 
223,472 
1 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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