Table 41 . Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
9 
124,960 
13 
108 
17 
1 ,782,730 
2007 
16 
59,810 
23 
167 
28 
1,342,175 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
4 
1,700 
12 
(D) 
16 
261,497 
2007 
1 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
10 
395,804 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
25 
584,849 
20 
84 
41 
9,759,067 
2007 
26 
189,452 
13 
208 
35 
3,405,952 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
630 
10,122,324 
348 
925 
820 
97,543,721 
2007 
710 
12,710,866 
402 
864 
953 
124,311,086 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
558 
7,914,610 
200 
348 
650 
75,368,652 
2007 
665 
9,952,075 
282 
324 
819 
101,720,701 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
42 
195,383 
105 
473 
126 
4,068,638 
2007 
41 
261,684 
128 
(D) 
158 
4,876,855 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
57 
352,354 
- 
- 
57 
3,051,534 
2007 
47 
301,560 
2 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
115 
1,506,942 
26 
10 
137 
13,188,384 
2007 
166 
2,195,547 
13 
3 
177 
15,186,067 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
37 
153,035 
35 
93 
65 
1,866,513 
2007 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
7 
23,161 
17 
590 
23 
1,461,033 
2007 
3 
7,800 
28 
623 
28 
1,718,916 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
15 
28,126 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
37,828 
2007 
7 
19,752 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
28,927 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
306 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
305 
5,716,925 
2007 
132 
621,727 
(X) 
(X) 
132 
3,269,176 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
66 
24,501 
(X) 
(X) 
65 
150,825 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
46 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
46 
346,679 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
66 
157,775 
(X) 
(X) 
66 
982,536 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
44 
142,878 
(X) 
(X) 
44 
664,426 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
38 
185,639 
(X) 
(X) 
38 
1,199,647 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
26 
194,433 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
818,241 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
20 
434,211 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
1,554,571 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
13 
187,774 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
792,282 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
6 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
221 
644,370 
(X) 
(X) 
220 
3,438,055 
2007 
88 
326,530 
(X) 
(X) 
88 
1 ,347,547 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
175 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
174 
2,278,870 
2007 
66 
295,197 
(X) 
(X) 
66 
1,921,629 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
1 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
27 
114,600 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
2,569,069 
2007 
17 
89,636 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
2,057,661 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
69 
1,017,998 
508 
9,799 
530 
70,771 ,525 
2007 ^ 
65 
288,909 
613 
12,177 
635 
81,692,285 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
5,250 
51 
10,945,349 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
63 
4,852 
63 
25,705,454 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
1 5.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
408 
11 
808,512 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
626 
9 
1,334,500 
1 00.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
1,874 
13 
3,022,737 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
960 
3 
2,126,000 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
7 
28,800 
- 
- 
7 
(D) 
2007 
6 
22,500 
- 
- 
6 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
17 
12,449 
14 
17 
31 
58,973 
2007 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
54 
96,620 
7 
16 
58 
376,650 
2007 
31 
25,106 
4 
2 
35 
75,915 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
