Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Wisconsin 
Adams 
Ashland 
Barron 
Bayfield 
Brown 
Buffalo 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
52,083 
245 
151 
1,051 
267 
857 
770 
acres 
9,149,273 
82,155 
20,379 
193,110 
31,714 
145,070 
151,073 
Irrigated 
farms 
3,176 
82 
11 
57 
37 
40 
34 
acres 
419,439 
44,099 
18 
11,730 
118 
525 
4,582 
Barley for grain 
farms 
847 
2 
- 
19 
7 
9 
10 
acres 
20,315 
(D) 
- 
431 
244 
187 
289 
bushels 
886,356 
(D) 
- 
18,407 
10,203 
11,445 
12,890 
Irrigated 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
518 
“ 
" 
" 
" 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
590 
2 
- 
13 
4 
8 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
236 
- 
- 
6 
3 
1 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
27,809 
123 
12 
592 
21 
346 
568 
acres 
3,306,621 
23,165 
1,308 
78,486 
1,047 
30,455 
67,741 
bushels 
397,056,812 
2,617,081 
137,553 
10,596,006 
104,616 
4,575,182 
9,673,413 
Irrigated 
farms 
766 
54 
- 
28 
- 
- 
12 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
137,430 
1 1 ,020 
■ 
6,624 
■ 
■ 
1,818 
1 to 24 acres 
8,658 
20 
5 
157 
10 
115 
135 
25 to 99 acres 
11,405 
50 
3 
226 
6 
160 
268 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4,808 
28 
2 
134 
5 
41 
95 
250 to 499 acres 
1,656 
15 
2 
51 
- 
19 
44 
500 to 999 acres 
832 
7 
- 
15 
- 
8 
19 
1 ,000 acres or more 
450 
3 
- 
9 
- 
3 
7 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
14,477 
32 
13 
289 
18 
303 
207 
acres 
953,876 
1,843 
1,063 
14,716 
919 
32,500 
10,334 
tons 
14,047,188 
13,876 
15,927 
266,526 
9,393 
592,641 
197,986 
Irrigated 
farms 
203 
3 
- 
3 
- 
1 
7 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
15,460 
225 
" 
537 
" 
(D) 
1,015 
1 to 24 acres 
5,918 
5 
7 
145 
10 
109 
108 
25 to 99 acres 
6,332 
22 
2 
117 
4 
133 
73 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,560 
4 
2 
16 
4 
35 
21 
250 to 499 acres 
424 
1 
2 
7 
- 
14 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
171 
- 
- 
4 
- 
7 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
72 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
103,832 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5,015 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
2 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
37,020 
152 
131 
791 
208 
621 
555 
acres 
2,396,640 
11,841 
16,442 
49,242 
25,322 
49,568 
44,360 
tons, dry equivalent 
7,218,964 
23,942 
31,154 
142,935 
45,924 
183,651 
160,853 
Irrigated 
farms 
374 
20 
- 
11 
2 
- 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
27,526 
4,278 
■ 
656 
(D) 
■ 
522 
1 to 24 acres 
15,197 
53 
24 
273 
43 
291 
183 
25 to 99 acres 
14,754 
74 
57 
353 
85 
207 
231 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5,672 
18 
29 
147 
50 
86 
107 
250 to 499 acres 
1,030 
5 
14 
14 
23 
17 
27 
500 to 999 acres 
286 
- 
7 
4 
7 
14 
7 
1 ,000 acres or more 
81 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
6,403 
18 
7 
91 
14 
119 
95 
acres 
130,374 
260 
207 
1,856 
494 
2,530 
2,089 
bushels 
7,713,979 
10,220 
10,920 
108,718 
14,410 
130,233 
113,006 
Irrigated 
farms 
34 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,145 
(D) 
" 
" 
" 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
4,745 
16 
3 
64 
7 
80 
63 
25 to 99 acres 
1,585 
2 
4 
27 
5 
39 
30 
1 00 to 249 acres 
57 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
33 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
acres 
717 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 
- 
bushels 
29,737 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,610 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
17,391 
106 
6 
355 
5 
224 
270 
acres 
1,699,728 
10,951 
965 
35,388 
648 
17,397 
25,478 
bushels 
67,454,065 
335,400 
29,080 
1,285,353 
16,851 
816,828 
1,091,842 
Irrigated 
farms 
373 
26 
- 
11 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
40,489 
2,554 
- 
1,236 
- 
- 
1,066 
--continued 
418 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
