Table 43. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Grain storage capacity 
2012 
2007 1 
Farms 
Bushels 
Farms 
Bushels 
Grain storage capacity (see text) 
1,264 
15,833,480 
1,547 
15,561,328 
Average capacity per farm 
(X) 
12,526 
(X) 
10,059 
Capacity by bushels: 
1 to 4,999 bushels 
686 
1,070,108 
946 
1,576,020 
5,000 to 9,999 bushels 
176 
1,137,338 
226 
1,422,418 
10,000 to 19,999 bushels 
191 
2,422,926 
173 
2,154,740 
20,000 to 29,999 bushels 
73 
1,667,759 
64 
1,458,250 
30,000 to 49,999 bushels 
70 
2,476,044 
64 
2,259,900 
50,000 to 99,999 bushels 
44 
2,954,700 
54 
3,478,600 
100,000 to 249,999 bushels 
20 
2,354,605 
18 
(D) 
250,000 bushels or more 
4 
1,750,000 
2 
(D) 
Capacity by land in farms: 
1 to 9 acres 
64 
341,262 
66 
193,644 
1 0 to 49 acres 
128 
450,979 
198 
478,472 
50 to 69 acres 
60 
390,509 
47 
93,423 
70 to 99 acres 
57 
171,047 
101 
545,755 
100 to 139 acres 
76 
299,605 
64 
305,590 
140 to 179 acres 
58 
459,950 
92 
430,545 
180 to 219 acres 
48 
365,513 
67 
290,080 
220 to 259 acres 
44 
366,850 
56 
240,298 
260 to 499 acres 
171 
1,630,085 
211 
1,448,630 
500 to 999 acres 
180 
2,371,301 
202 
2,286,800 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
150 
2,425,622 
166 
2,341,220 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
131 
2,713,802 
170 
2,861,011 
5,000 acres or more 
97 
3,846,955 
107 
4,045,860 
Capacity by harvested cropland: 
0 to 9 acres 
192 
2,425,407 
244 
1,930,717 
1 0 to 49 acres 
204 
637,027 
267 
719,801 
50 to 69 acres 
79 
299,350 
104 
623,320 
70 to 99 acres 
99 
466,436 
130 
420,825 
100 to 139 acres 
92 
493,950 
138 
616,351 
140 to 179 acres 
71 
596,192 
93 
563,933 
180 to 219 acres 
80 
1,001,262 
70 
521,650 
220 to 259 acres 
48 
418,649 
73 
563,280 
260 to 499 acres 
169 
2,203,115 
221 
2,378,456 
500 to 999 acres 
135 
2,884,269 
119 
2,794,895 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
65 
2,182,034 
61 
2,488,700 
2,000 to 4,999 acres 
26 
2,117,789 
22 
1,336,400 
5,000 acres or more 
4 
108,000 
5 
603,000 
Capacity by North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS): 
Crop production (1 1 1) 
715 
9,255,442 
614 
8,341,661 
Animal production and aquaculture (112) 
549 
6,578,038 
933 
7,219,667 
1 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
