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) 
797 
4,881,882 
1,047 
4,296,804 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
6,125 
(X) 
4,104 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
615 
624,925 
871 
948,725 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
74 
497,150 
68 
432,979 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
49 
661,300 
60 
776,100 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
11 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
22 
793,507 
21 
738,500 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
22 
1,455,000 
13 
860,500 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
3 
363,000 
2 
(D) 
250,000 bushels or more 
1 
(D) 
- 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
10 
8,470 
4 
275 
1 0 to 49 acres 
61 
37,304 
69 
(D) 
50 to 69 acres 
31 
13,935 
52 
39,000 
70 to 99 acres 
49 
74,270 
85 
82,361 
100 to 139 acres 
81 
248,302 
108 
139,972 
140 to 179 acres 
67 
92,284 
92 
127,126 
180 to 219 acres 
67 
199,544 
70 
190,450 
220 to 259 acres 
44 
90,818 
88 
142,159 
260 to 499 acres 
146 
687,222 
208 
594,477 
500 to 999 acres 
132 
1,116,367 
165 
1,246,521 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
70 
1,134,870 
81 
1,125,690 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
34 
1,125,496 
24 
516,651 
5,000 acres or more 
5 
53,000 
1 
(D) 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
74 
(D) 
117 
113,677 
1 0 to 49 acres 
257 
223,822 
337 
284,835 
50 to 69 acres 
88 
296,005 
110 
143,447 
70 to 99 acres 
72 
210,229 
106 
253,028 
100 to 139 acres 
78 
225,907 
128 
307,554 
140 to 179 acres 
44 
178,180 
70 
326,704 
180 to 219 acres 
41 
235,340 
37 
165,780 
220 to 259 acres 
22 
146,340 
33 
261,329 
260 to 499 acres 
69 
991,143 
67 
882,330 
500 to 999 acres 
35 
1,006,650 
30 
895,120 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
14 
812,000 
12 
663,000 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (1 1 1) 
257 
2,486,905 
226 
1,670,089 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
540 
2,394,977 
821 
2,626,715 
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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