Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
18,027 
100.0 
16,700 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
10,974,396 
100.0 
11,094,700 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
12,064 
66.9 
12,398 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
1,645,898 
15.0 
1,837,904 
summer fallow 
farms 
620 
3.4 
754 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
10,729 
59.5 
10,259 
acres 
86,129 
0.8 
112,098 
acres 
1,054,369 
9.6 
964,702 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,418 
7.9 
1,220 
1 to 49 acres 
7,150 
39.7 
6,916 
acres 
434,316 
4.0 
385,193 
1 to 9 acres 
3,447 
19.1 
3,050 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
819 
4.5 
642 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,602 
8.9 
1,701 
acres 
267,956 
2.4 
244,942 
20 to 29 acres 
944 
5.2 
1,021 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
722 
4.0 
664 
30 to 49 acres 
1,157 
6.4 
1,144 
acres 
166,360 
1.5 
140,251 
50 to 99 acres 
1,383 
7.7 
1,304 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
936 
5.2 
848 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
817 
4.5 
820 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
10,828 
60.1 
8,737 
500 to 999 acres 
289 
1.6 
231 
acres 
8,606,154 
78.4 
8,601,640 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
112 
0.6 
104 
2,000 acres or more 
42 
0.2 
36 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
9,834 
54.6 
7,476 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
288,028 
2.6 
269,963 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,283 
7.1 
3,545 
acres 
157,631 
1.4 
403,022 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
2,791 
15.5 
2,935 
acres 
433,898 
4.0 
470,180 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
495 
(X) 
668 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
164,612 
(X) 
207,420 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
1,576 
8.7 
1,610 
acres 
278,366 
2.5 
293,699 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
649 
(X) 
963 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,019 
5.7 
1,106 
acres 
451,526 
(X) 
421,150 
acres 
69,403 
0.6 
64,383 
16 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
