Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
7,348 
7,211 
4,243 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
5,413,563 
4,873,675 
4,415,462 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
1,499 
1,238 
1,226 
830 
587 
504 
674 
897 
number 
48,766,897 
46,804,252 
33,652,214 
27,747,569 
27,607,761 
13,686,548 
10,761,742 
8,803,544 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
27,809 
27,505 
29,021 
37,383 
34,315 
36,674 
48,665 
52,645 
acres 
3,306,621 
3,250,847 
2,862,031 
2,981,830 
2,877,971 
2,830,496 
2,787,734 
3,257,104 
bushels 
397,056,812 
437,174,706 
385,057,040 
374,550,814 
362,498,739 
283,709,848 
311,689,830 
332,327,822 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
14,477 
15,338 
17,632 
23,830 
22,498 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
953,876 
732,636 
704,513 
733,284 
717,549 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
14,047,188 
11,645,140 
11,233,740 
10,643,670 
10,444,465 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
5,211 
5,422 
4,801 
4,867 
4,578 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
261,519 
280,464 
194,863 
156,454 
150,469 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
18,368,973 
18,789,893 
11,693,175 
8,387,371 
8,083,650 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
4,870 
5,257 
4,653 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
245,266 
272,964 
188,363 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
17,597,789 
18,539,559 
11,485,097 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
401 
202 
183 
325 
298 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
16,253 
7,500 
6,500 
6,841 
6,393 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
771,184 
250,334 
208,078 
274,278 
256,716 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
6,403 
7,934 
11,300 
16,416 
14,925 
22,195 
31,065 
40,594 
acres 
130,374 
166,794 
245,695 
335,107 
314,722 
488,332 
679,203 
890,503 
bushels 
7,713,979 
11,122,339 
14,600,211 
19,746,962 
18,623,580 
27,900,172 
37,458,060 
46,411,629 
Barley for grain 
farms 
847 
1,104 
1,489 
3,006 
2,806 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
20,315 
23,645 
35,226 
67,107 
64,060 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
886,356 
1,351,838 
1 ,735,478 
3,556,712 
3,403,587 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
33 
11 
19 
9 
9 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
717 
242 
1,294 
595 
595 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
29,737 
12,774 
93,075 
44,000 
44,000 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
241 
138 
159 
134 
125 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
6,327 
2,201 
2,048 
2,130 
2,008 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
60,558 
19,645 
20,255 
20,425 
19,467 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
17,391 
14,513 
15,245 
12,580 
12,028 
8,957 
5,628 
5,667 
acres 
1,699,728 
1,363,124 
1,520,471 
997,861 
990,531 
575,087 
297,226 
332,235 
bushels 
67,454,065 
54,701,222 
67,060,605 
42,996,339 
42,681,842 
17,659,688 
11,491,031 
10,619,901 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
14 
6 
17 
88 
75 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
6,069 
7,398 
11,611 
10,554 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
103,832 
148,408 
186,131 
171,239 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Tobacco 
farms 
181 
195 
452 
950 
839 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
810 
934 
1,517 
2,846 
2,553 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
1,800,756 
2,254,739 
3,807,667 
5,996,086 
5,355,466 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
37,020 
42,082 
43,561 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,396,640 
2,797,497 
3,089,564 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
7,218,964 
8,528,063 
10,135,628 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
57 
78 
46 
72 
69 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,404 
3,722 
2,076 
(D) 
3,985 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
2,440,816 
4,449,621 
2,774,463 
(D) 
5,566,905 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) ^ 
farms 
2,873 
3,319 
2,850 
3,540 
3,288 
4,269 
4,177 
4,262 
acres 
288,528 
297,238 
252,693 
285,31 1 
270,130 
347,581 
328,902 
280,326 
Potatoes 
farms 
718 
608 
399 
442 
418 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
66,400 
63,933 
80,332 
84,922 
85,304 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
42 
14 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
23 
13 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,321 
1,135 
1,009 
1,116 
853 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
9,481 
9,730 
9,683 
12,758 
10,851 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
' Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
^ Data for 1 982 exclude abnormal farms. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
® Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
^ Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
