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Farm Program Acres: Download Data

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Data Set Last Updated
1996 Farm Act Production Flexibility Contract (PFC) acres
County-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, and total PFC acres.
      2001
Oct 2003
2002 Farm Act base acres
County-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres.
      2002
Oct 2003
Base acres updated to reflect average 1998-2001 plantings
County-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres updated to reflect average 1998-2001 plantings.
      2002
Oct 2003
Share (percent) of base acres updated to reflect average 1998-2001 plantings
County-level data for percent of corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres updated to reflect average 1998-2001 plantings.
      2002
Oct 2003
Planted acres
Annual, county-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, and soybeans planted acres.
      1996
      1997
      1998
      1999
      2000
      2001
      2002
      2003
      2004
      2005
      2006
      2007
Jul 2008
Cropland acres
Total U.S. cropland, by county from the 2002 Census of Agriculture.
      2002
Jun 2004
Share (percent) of PFC acres planted
County-level data for percent of corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, and upland cotton PFC acres that were planted.
      1996
      1997
      1998
      1999
      2000
      2001
Jul 2005
Share (percent) of base acres planted
County-level data for percent of corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, and upland cotton base acres that were planted.
      2002
      2003
      2004
      2005
      2006
      2007
Jul 2008
2002 Farm Act State-average direct payment yields
State-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres.
      2002
Jun 2007
2002 Farm Act county-average direct payment yields
County-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres.
      2002
May 2008
2002 Farm Act State-average counter-cyclical payment yields
State-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres.
      2002
Jun 2007
2002 Farm Act county-average counter-cyclical payment yields
County-level data for corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, upland cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard, crambe, sesame, and total base acres.
      2002
May 2008
FIPS codes and county names, by State
List of county names, by State, for the FIPS codes used in the other Excel files.
Jul 2005

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Updated date: July 15, 2008