Table 37. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
FIELD CROPS 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
566 
25,908 
1,957,673 
500 
21,083 
487 
22,124 
1,833,678 
461 
19,122 
1 to 1 4 acres 
182 
1,549 
120,604 
170 
1,434 
159 
1,252 
103,878 
152 
1,190 
1 5 to 24 acres 
104 
2,002 
143,895 
85 
(D) 
86 
1,618 
135,871 
80 
1,488 
25 to 49 acres 
132 
4,707 
342,380 
110 
3,778 
95 
3,362 
283,725 
89 
3,038 
50 to 99 acres 
91 
6,455 
525,248 
83 
5,511 
83 
5,409 
446,211 
77 
4,720 
1 00 to 249 acres 
42 
6,278 
488,890 
39 
5,473 
54 
7,336 
617,001 
53 
6,524 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
4.917 
336,656 
13 
(D) 
10 
3,147 
246,992 
10 
2,162 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Canola (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
373 
33,879 
5,379,627 
373 
33,879 
331 
21,367 
3,249,594 
331 
21,367 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
546 
52,481 
1,200,480 
546 
52,481 
573 
45,375 
969,548 
573 
45,375 
1 to 1 4 acres 
85 
739 
14,769 
85 
739 
101 
854 
13,828 
101 
854 
1 5 to 24 acres 
62 
1,183 
26,359 
62 
1,183 
76 
1,425 
25,014 
76 
1,425 
25 to 49 acres 
119 
4,103 
81,706 
119 
4,103 
140 
4,950 
105,001 
140 
4,950 
50 to 99 acres 
140 
9,183 
206,884 
140 
9,183 
127 
8,242 
156,726 
127 
8,242 
1 00 to 249 acres 
103 
14,519 
316,780 
103 
14,519 
102 
14,593 
308,269 
102 
14,593 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
5,103 
114,311 
15 
5,103 
13 
3,952 
102,366 
13 
3,952 
500 to 999 acres 
19 
12,392 
286,261 
19 
12,392 
11 
7,499 
163,027 
11 
7,499 
1 ,000 acres or more 
3 
5,259 
153,410 
3 
5,259 
3 
3,860 
95,317 
3 
3,860 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
16 
1,627 
6,994 
10 
159 
Dry edible peas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
223 
5,665 
5 
220 
Flaxseed (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(□) 
(□) 
1 
(D) 
Mint for oil, all (pounds of oil) 
4 
672 
57,022 
4 
672 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
128 
2,973 
207,071 
114 
2,846 
266 
4,833 
367,230 
252 
4,461 
Rye for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Safflower (pounds) 
85 
22,683 
10,378,823 
28 
2,398 
111 
17,278 
10,022,918 
77 
7,280 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop (tons) 
9 
438 
1,745 
9 
438 
7 
404 
6,408 
7 
404 
Sunflower seed, all (pounds) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
12 
5,332 
2,460,696 
4 
75 
Sunflower seed - oil varieties (pounds) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Sunflower seed - non-oil varieties (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
724 
138,100 
6,034,525 
514 
44,943 
602 
137,404 
5,771,071 
442 
41,319 
1 to 14 acres 
129 
1,047 
74,242 
98 
777 
104 
805 
70,173 
94 
725 
1 5 to 24 acres 
68 
1,303 
123,146 
53 
985 
68 
1,298 
97,146 
52 
967 
25 to 49 acres 
150 
5,207 
408,355 
118 
3,983 
94 
3,110 
254,538 
75 
2,379 
50 to 99 acres 
144 
10,098 
666,200 
105 
6,899 
112 
7,510 
538,165 
86 
5,549 
1 00 to 249 acres 
112 
16,746 
1,061,349 
83 
10,216 
104 
17,249 
1,203,880 
76 
11,271 
250 to 499 acres 
63 
21,319 
1,293,905 
39 
11,715 
63 
21,640 
1,011,235 
34 
8,604 
500 to 999 acres 
26 
17,154 
867,630 
10 
5,726 
23 
16,406 
778,447 
13 
5,789 
1 ,000 acres or more 
32 
65,226 
1,539,698 
8 
4,642 
34 
69,386 
1,817,487 
12 
6,035 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
18 
24,205 
758,308 
6 
(D) 
19 
25,284 
798,610 
8 
(D) 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
9 
21,847 
371,917 
2 
(D) 
9 
20,028 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
5 
19,174 
409,473 
- 
5 
(□) 
441,723 
2 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
632 
124,785 
5,498,779 
438 
38,745 
546 
129,946 
5,386,467 
390 
37,461 
1 to 1 4 acres 
110 
871 
66,985 
82 
652 
84 
665 
61,326 
78 
622 
1 5 to 24 acres 
62 
1,179 
116,502 
47 
860 
63 
1,186 
90,532 
47 
851 
25 to 49 acres 
129 
4,477 
373,059 
102 
3,448 
89 
2,936 
235,601 
69 
2,189 
50 to 99 acres 
122 
8,453 
601,699 
90 
5,868 
98 
6,693 
473,473 
74 
4,852 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
14,682 
933,590 
68 
8,266 
97 
16,394 
1,155,928 
69 
10,442 
250 to 499 acres 
57 
19,171 
1,197,463 
33 
10,349 
60 
20,518 
973,148 
31 
7,818 
500 to 999 acres 
25 
16,509 
828,599 
11 
5,076 
21 
15,106 
694,222 
11 
4,832 
1 ,000 acres or more 
30 
59,443 
1,380,882 
5 
4,226 
34 
66,448 
1,702,237 
11 
5,855 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
18 
23,883 
664,383 
4 
(D) 
19 
24,909 
771,860 
7 
(D) 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
7 
17,186 
319,026 
1 
(D) 
10 
21,965 
576,154 
2 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
5 
18,374 
397,473 
- 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
Other Spring wheat for grain (bushels) 
151 
13,315 
535,746 
115 
6,198 
86 
7,458 
384,604 
72 
3,858 
HAY, FORAGE, AND FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS 
Field and grass seed crops, ail 
44 
2,501 
(X) 
34 
1,845 
61 
4,235 
(X) 
56 
3,790 
Alfalfa seed (pounds) 
38 
2,321 
746,529 
28 
1,665 
54 
3,803 
2,077,813 
51 
3,516 
Ryegrass seed (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
(D) 
3,614 
4 
(D) 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (tons, 
dry equivalent) (see text) 
9,435 
761,515 
2,731,135 
8,470 
677,035 
8,930 
690,946 
2,569,087 
8,458 
628,996 
1 to 14 acres 
3,642 
25,048 
74,554 
3,158 
21,312 
3,245 
22,855 
66,133 
3,036 
21,044 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,118 
21,022 
70,525 
1,002 
(D) 
1,235 
22,935 
69,488 
1,163 
20,845 
25 to 49 acres 
1,507 
51,464 
170,191 
1,332 
43,675 
1,527 
52,434 
163,025 
1,450 
48,062 
50 to 99 acres 
1,331 
90,404 
301,501 
1,225 
78,017 
1,253 
86,457 
273,826 
1,196 
76,435 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,124 
171,054 
607,049 
1,061 
149,236 
1,012 
156,204 
552,648 
969 
140,689 
250 to 499 acres 
441 
151,460 
581,603 
426 
134,039 
441 
149,689 
590,460 
434 
134,861 
500 to 999 acres 
194 
122,845 
462,370 
189 
111,026 
157 
100,874 
400,584 
151 
92,044 
1 ,000 acres or more 
78 
128,218 
463,342 
77 
(D) 
60 
99,498 
452,923 
59 
95,016 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
62 
79,789 
272,623 
61 
(D) 
48 
60,521 
258,613 
47 
56,039 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
10 
22,764 
109,876 
10 
21,321 
9 
20,177 
96,941 
9 
20,177 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 27 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
