Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,398 
1,310 
1,089 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
3,814,859 
3,584,791 
3,426,388 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
73 
39 
67 
21 
19 
21 
23 
43 
number 
4,310 
1,165 
2,898 
(D) 
(D) 
5,091 
7,793 
4,357 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
373 
331 
231 
392 
377 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
33,879 
21,367 
14,999 
17,924 
17,200 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
5,379,627 
3,249,594 
2,134,158 
2,642,441 
2,533,052 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
546 
573 
713 
858 
855 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
52,481 
45,375 
46,442 
38,380 
38,495 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
1,200,480 
969,548 
958,300 
837,579 
840,576 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
724 
602 
568 
1,184 
1,148 
1,274 
1,711 
1,703 
acres 
138,100 
137,404 
112,714 
183,231 
182,372 
177,360 
191,384 
237,229 
bushels 
6,034,525 
5,771,071 
3,847,763 
7,968,490 
7,832,313 
6,295,501 
7,149,004 
6,662,449 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
632 
546 
492 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
124,785 
129,946 
102,245 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
5,498,779 
5,386,467 
3,437,995 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
151 
86 
127 
282 
278 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
13,315 
7,458 
10,469 
18,826 
18,779 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
535,746 
384,604 
409,768 
919,432 
910,295 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
128 
266 
210 
487 
481 
681 
789 
1,054 
acres 
2,973 
4,833 
3,788 
9,178 
9,208 
1 1 ,923 
11,107 
13,312 
bushels 
207,071 
367,230 
302,019 
638,172 
643,121 
669,910 
699,305 
784,230 
Barley for grain 
farms 
566 
487 
706 
1,976 
1,929 
2,345 
3,139 
3,863 
acres 
25,908 
22,124 
33,330 
95,447 
94,072 
104,213 
126,345 
150,908 
bushels 
1,957,673 
1,833,678 
2,172,458 
7,539,950 
7,422,580 
7,879,596 
9,506,857 
10,949,532 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
1 
2 
7 
14 
13 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
574 
952 
945 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
40,599 
65,848 
65,358 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
9 
7 
22 
32 
31 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
438 
404 
858 
1,203 
1,202 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
1,745 
6,408 
9,500 
15,087 
15,143 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
16 
10 
22 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
1,627 
277 
5,201 
5,201 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(D) 
6,994 
4,410 
43,568 
43,568 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
9,435 
8,930 
8,606 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
761,515 
690,946 
717,984 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
2,731,135 
2,569,087 
2,392,884 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
1 
12 
5 
3 
3 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
5,332 
503 
(D) 
42 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
(D) 
2,460,696 
124,290 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
786 
583 
323 
326 
294 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
6,119 
5,920 
4,792 
7,383 
6,695 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
306 
113 
92 
106 
98 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
981 
464 
749 
3,258 
3,247 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
712 
805 
593 
714 
631 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
8,007 
8,058 
8,254 
10,883 
10,162 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
