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) 
150 
1,661,790 
100 
933,911 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
11,079 
(X) 
9,339 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
84 
65,070 
54 
(D) 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
27 
200,560 
22 
150,223 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
13 
(D) 
8 
123,938 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
10 
223,595 
7 
(D) 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
11 
397,332 
4 
153,333 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
3 
195,000 
5 
291,000 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
250,000 bushels or more 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
7 
2,085 
1 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20 
17,173 
5 
2,850 
50 to 69 acres 
2 
(D) 
8 
3,142 
70 to 99 acres 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
100 to 139 acres 
7 
8,942 
7 
22,000 
140 to 179 acres 
5 
16,233 
2 
(D) 
180 to 219 acres 
9 
15,055 
1 
(D) 
220 to 259 acres 
9 
5,720 
4 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
34 
211,643 
32 
183,956 
500 to 999 acres 
29 
417,882 
26 
304,548 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
18 
511,456 
8 
184,461 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
9 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
33 
66,694 
11 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15 
27,271 
11 
9,470 
50 to 69 acres 
4 
37,105 
7 
10,034 
70 to 99 acres 
21 
(D) 
7 
14,314 
100 to 139 acres 
13 
91,259 
9 
(D) 
140 to 179 acres 
5 
(D) 
11 
36,509 
180 to 219 acres 
7 
54,619 
7 
23,333 
220 to 259 acres 
3 
18,233 
4 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
19 
408,659 
14 
162,386 
500 to 999 acres 
16 
312,616 
11 
191,795 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
10 
292,866 
7 
(□) 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
4 
301,167 
1 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (111) 
49 
629,483 
28 
198,811 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
101 
1,032,307 
72 
735,100 
1 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
34 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
