Crow Wing County

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Crow Wing County

The 740,500 acres of Crow Wing County are home to 63,428 people.  The 5 largest agricultural inventory items for Crow Wing County are forage land (hay and haylage, grass silage, greenchop), corn for grain, soybeans, corn for silage, and oats for grain.  The 5 largest livestock inventories are broilers and other meattype chickens, cattle and calves, layers, horses and ponies, and rabbits (live).  Crow Wing County is ranked 1st in the state for rabbits (live), and 9th in the state for broilers and other meat-type chickens. Source: USDA 2012 Census

Crow Wing County has...  740,500 total acres  99,972 acres in farms  2,179 irrigated acres  533 farms Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012

A watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. Watersheds in the County (% of the County)

1.Elk-Nokasippi (33.7%) 2. Pine River (32.2%) 3. Crow Wing (10%) 4. Rum (Wahkon) River (4.7%) 5. Platte-Spunk (3.4%) Source: NRCS, USDA, and MPCA, 2007

13.5% of Crow Wing County is farms. Farm Land Use 44.8% - Cropland 26.6% - Woodland 18.7% - Pastureland 9.9% - Other

Practices that farmers in Crow Wing County implement to protect natural resources include:  Field buffers, windbreaks, and reduced tillage to protect against soil erosion.  Nutrient management best management practice techniques, including soil sampling, precision application, and split applications.