Colorado CropMAP

Elbert

Total population (2010 census): 23,086
Total population (1990 census): 9,646
County seat: Colorado Springs

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Crop Statistics (2007 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield
Barley	1	D	D
Corn for Grain	18	4838	224247 bu
Wheat	63	33803	158565 bu
Winter Wheat	63	33803	158565 bu
Sunflower Seed	6	2338	3093850 Ibs
Proso Millet	16	11929	249463 bu
Triticale	4	170	1741 bu
Oats	5	132	2200 bu
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield (tons)
Total Hay*	374	55321	94324
Alfalfa Hay	227	28279	49391
Small Grain Hay	35	7498	21734
Tame Hay	91	11832	13960
Wild Hay	91	7712	9239
Sorghum for Silage	3	578	D
Corn for Silage	5	526	2903
Grass Silage	15	1743	3205
Vegetables	Farms	Acres	Yield
Potatoes	2	D
Pumpkins	-	-
Sweet Corn	2	D
Tomatoes	2	D
Other Crops	Farms	Acres	Yield
Herbs, Total	-	-	-
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Floriculture Crops	2	D	-	D
Bedding/Garden Plants	2	D	-	D
Vegetable Seeds	3	-	3	4980
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested	1	X	D	NA
Nursery Stock	12	-	124	D

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield
Maize=Corn	4	185	8350 bu
Sorghum for Grain or Seed	4	341	10885 bu
Wheat	101	38802	880849 bu
Spring Wheat	4	580	8794 bu
Winter Wheat	97	38222	872055 bu
Oats	6	676	19108 bu
Proso Millet	6	1945	21800 bu
Sunflower Seed	7	1522	1444900 lbs
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield
Total Hay*	296	35175	48324 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay	209	19847	27344 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay	39	5095	6579 tons, dry
Tame Hay	81	6629	11399 tons, dry
Wild Hay	40	2011	2126 tons dry
Grass Silage	7	1593	2630 tons, grn
Corn for Silage	3	431	2158 tons, grn
Sorghum Cut for Dry Forage or Hay	9	1165	1481 tons, dry
Sorghum for Silage	3	(D)	1483 tons, grn
Fruits	Farms	Acres	Yield
Plums and Prunes	3	5	283 trees
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	8	12200	59	149
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops	3	(X)	35	(X)
Florculture Crops	3	(D)	(D)	45

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
(-) = Represents zero.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(NA) = Not Available.
(X) = Not Applicable.
(Z) = Less than half of the unit shown.