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1125. Cropland Used for Crops and Acreages of Crops Harvested

[In millions of acres, except as indicated (332 represents 332,000,000)]

 
Item 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
 
  Cropland used for crops 332 340 334 352 361 367 369 378 369 378 382 387 383 333 373 372 357 331 327 341 341 337 337 330 339 332 346 349 345 344
    Index (1977=100) 88 90 88 93 96 97 98 100 97 100 101 102 101 88 99 98 94 88 87 90 90 89 89 87 90 88 92 92 91 91
Cropland harvested 1 289 300 289 316 322 330 330 338 330 340 342 351 347 294 337 334 316 293 287 306 310 306 305 297 310 302 314 321 315 316
Crop failure 5 6 7 5 8 6 8 9 7 6 10 6 5 5 6 7 9 6 10 8 6 7 8 11 7 8 10 7 10 8
Cultivated summer fallow 38 34 38 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 30 30 31 34 30 31 32 32 30 27 25 24 24 22 22 22 22 21 20 20
 
  Cropland idled by all Federal programs (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 78 61 62 65 55 60 49 55 34 33 30 30
Annual programs (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 53 31 28 30 20 23 13 18 0 0 0 0
Conservation Reserve Program (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 25 30 34 35 35 36 36 36 34 33 30 30
 
  Acres of crops harvested 2 293 305 294 321 328 336 337 345 338 348 352 366 362 306 348 342 325 302 298 318 322 318 317 308 321 314 326 332 326 327
NA Not available.
1 Land supporting one or more harvested crops.
2 Area in principal crops harvested as reported by Crop Reporting Board plus acreages in fruits, vegetables for sale, tree nuts, and other minor crops.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: Production and Efficiency Statistics, annual. Also in Agricultural Statistics, annual. Beginning 1991 Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, periodic, and "AREI Updates: Cropland Use," No. 12, annual.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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