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 
1,324 
776 
574 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
26,612 
16,238 
14,567 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
90 
41 
44 
17 
17 
8 
37 
40 
number 
4,567 
1,890 
2,227 
914 
914 
382 
9,491 
2,135 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
388 
344 
265 
442 
442 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
60,349 
54,567 
34,095 
50,242 
49,717 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
8,472,807 
6,858,369 
3,788,534 
6,319,193 
6,261,074 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
255 
265 
314 
330 
326 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
34,332 
32,146 
38,782 
29,295 
28,747 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
681,210 
646,760 
705,759 
563,972 
554,416 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
375 
347 
315 
659 
656 
670 
924 
1,095 
acres 
131,905 
127,051 
129,979 
221,599 
221,041 
211,312 
252,784 
355,938 
bushels 
3,697,368 
2,978,072 
2,213,032 
6,537,732 
6,520,663 
5,264,505 
7,207,742 
9,169,664 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
298 
314 
294 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
120,113 
120,970 
127,643 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
3,215,169 
2,809,154 
2,148,529 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
110,367 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
60 
37 
25 
155 
154 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
6,081 
2,336 
15,027 
14,979 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
371,832 
168,918 
64,503 
488,518 
487,188 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
117 
154 
197 
501 
490 
620 
795 
1,017 
acres 
5,886 
8,040 
13,544 
36,698 
33,973 
31,757 
41,987 
47,012 
bushels 
321,163 
382,864 
640,707 
1,881,837 
1,770,424 
1,723,289 
1,893,335 
2,286,662 
Barley for grain 
farms 
408 
342 
364 
732 
721 
857 
1,190 
1,311 
acres 
62,590 
52,457 
62,834 
96,953 
93,095 
104,167 
127,366 
136,748 
bushels 
5,543,278 
4,485,775 
4,568,059 
7,576,660 
7,251,158 
8,178,366 
8,654,469 
8,791,442 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
15 
14 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,472 
2,357 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
157,251 
153,751 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
5 
10 
5 
14 
14 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
416 
450 
338 
1,499 
1,499 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
3,569 
7,514 
5,530 
29,430 
29,430 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
267 
193 
227 
324 
317 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
41,618 
24,197 
30,151 
29,968 
29,326 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
990,319 
566,459 
612,503 
646,901 
630,995 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
5,158 
5,276 
4,680 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,053,646 
1,192,019 
938,695 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
2,069,934 
2,426,555 
1,572,870 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
34 
21 
14 
9 
9 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
5,019 
4,668 
3,313 
(D) 
1,382 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
7,470,979 
3,292,514 
1,531,650 
(D) 
1,423,920 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
140 
139 
181 
360 
356 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
31,302 
30,782 
36,105 
65,318 
63,732 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
875,118 
675,601 
683,010 
1,321,689 
1,285,165 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
53 
46 
18 
24 
24 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
906 
952 
128 
93 
93 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
31 
20 
11 
16 
15 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
865 
843 
711 
754 
704 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
43 
25 
16 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
109 
73 
48 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
