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Annual Crop  Total Acres Conservation Tillage Total Conservation Tillage Other Tillage Practices
No-Till Ridge-Till Mulch-Till (15-30% residue)
Reduced-Till1
(0-15% residue)
Intensive-Till2

Corn3

80,033,294

14,351,654

1,671,830

13,800,529

29,824,013

16,698,739

33,510,542

Small Grain (Spring-Seeded)

37,636,943

3,435,335

44,155

7,563,043

11,042,533

10,679,512

15,914,898

Small Grain (Fall-Seeded)

49,011,673

5,095,284

80,800

10,151,698

15,327,782

12,655,923

21,027,968

Soybeans (Full Season)

69,848,371

21,445,347

695,949

16,884,427

39,025,723

11,581,168

19,241,480

Soybeans (Double-Cropped)

5,484,257

3,327,052

5,537

339,614

3,672,203

741,166

1,070,888

Cotton

16,917,606

1,351,906

369,117

373,499

2,094,522

1,645,900

13,177,184

Grain Sorghum3

10,716,310

1,454,639

140,165

1,747,838

3,342,642

2,417,622

4,956,046

Forage Crops4

6,484,441

731,459

N/A

808,706

1,540,165

1,423,903

3,520,373

Other Crops5

21,333,706

1,006,389

332,750

1,876,815

3,215,954

3,459,508

14,658,244

Total Planted Acres

297,466,601

52,199,065

3,340,303

53,546,169

109,085,537

61,303,441

127,077,623

  

Newly Established Permanent Pasture

2,994,797

1,149,335

N/A

228,132

1,377,467

404,285

1,213,045

Fallow

18,965,364

3,367,853

N/A

4,533,454

8,171,307

5,147,710

5,646,347

               

Annual Crop Total Acres Conservation Tillage Total Conservation Tillage Other Tillage Practices
No-Till Ridge-Till Mulch-Till (15-30% residue)
Reduced-Till1
(0-15% residue)
Intensive-Till2

Corn3

80,033,294

17.93%

2.09%

17.24%

37.26% 20.86% 41.87%

Small Grain (Spring-Seeded)

37,636,943

9.13% 0.12% 20.09% 29.34% 28.38% 42.29%

Small Grain (Fall-Seeded)

49,011,673

10.4%

0.16% 20.71% 31.27% 25.82% 42.9%

Soybeans (Full Season)

69,848,371

30.7%

1.0% 24.17% 55.87% 16.58% 27.55%

Soybeans (Double-Cropped)

5,484,257

60.67%

0.1% 6.19% 66.96% 13.51% 19.53%

Cotton

16,917,606

7.99%

2.18% 2.21% 12.38% 9.73% 77.89%

Grain Sorghum3

10,716,310

13.57%

1.31% 16.31% 31.19% 22.56% 46.25%

Forage Crops4

6,484,441

11.28%

N/A 12.47% 23.75% 21.96% 54.29%

Other Crops5

21,333,706

4.72%

1.56% 8.80% 15.08% 16.22% 68.71%

Total Planted Acres

297,466,601

17.55%

1.12% 18.0% 36.67% 20.61% 42.72%

  

Newly Established Permanent Pasture

2,994,797

38.38%

N/A 7.62% 46% 13.5% 40.51%

Fallow

18,965,364

19.18%

N/A 23.9% 43.08% 27.14% 29.77%

FOOTNOTES

I Reduced-Till = 500-1000 lbs. Small Grain Equivalent (SGE)
2 Intensive-Till < 500 lbs. Small Grain Equivalent (SGE)
3 Includes Full Season and Double Cropped

4 Forage Crops reported in seeding year only
5 Other Crops include other vegetable crops, truck crops, peanuts, tobacco, sugar beets, etc.

Last Updated: 01/20/2002