Tables. 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 
69,754 
100.0 
78,463 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
14,568,926 
100.0 
15,190,804 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
60,936 
87.4 
68,478 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
9,910,991 
68.0 
10,116,279 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,193 
1.7 
1,394 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
52,083 
74.7 
54,105 
acres 
11,213 
0.1 
17,399 
acres 
9,149,273 
62.8 
8,884,628 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
41,454 
59.4 
47,667 
1 to 49 acres 
24,180 
34.7 
24,684 
acres 
2,526,754 
17.3 
2,920,214 
1 to 9 acres 
7,957 
11.4 
7,755 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,586 
16.6 
13,614 
1 0 to 19 acres 
6,375 
9.1 
6,456 
acres 
472,079 
3.2 
526,008 
20 to 29 acres 
4,320 
6.2 
4,392 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
35,273 
50.6 
40,733 
30 to 49 acres 
5,528 
7.9 
6,081 
acres 
2,054,675 
14.1 
2,394,206 
50 to 99 acres 
8,013 
11.5 
8,529 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8,506 
12.2 
8,988 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
7,394 
10.6 
8,173 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
32,089 
46.0 
34,174 
500 to 999 acres 
2,427 
3.5 
2,416 
acres 
1,034,738 
7.1 
1,065,814 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,087 
1.6 
930 
2,000 acres or more 
476 
0.7 
385 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
53,998 
77.4 
56,225 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,096,443 
7.5 
1,088,497 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
6,691 
9.6 
15,368 
acres 
162,095 
1.1 
391,728 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
17,728 
25.4 
22,931 
acres 
599,623 
4.1 
839,923 
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 
1 1 ,555 
(X) 
18,105 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
351,457 
(X) 
654,486 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
14,911 
21.4 
19,836 
acres 
523,107 
3.6 
761,695 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
14,652 
(X) 
14,553 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,731 
3.9 
3,115 
acres 
4,945,810 
(X) 
4,267,668 
acres 
65,303 
0.4 
60,829 
16 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
