fresh market, and acres harvested for processing by 
individual vegetable crops. 
Landlord’s share of the total sales. Data represent 
the share of the operation’s total sales that went to 
landlord(s). 
Layers. This category includes table-egg type layers, 
hatching layers for meat-types, hatching layers for 
table egg types, and reported bantams. 
Legal status for tax purposes. See Farms by legal 
status. 
Less than $1,000. See Farms with sales and 
government payments of less than $1,000. 
Livestock and poultry purchased or leased. See 
Total farm production expenses; Livestock and 
poultry purchased or leased. 
Maple syrup. Data are for the number of taps set, 
syrup produced, and value of sales. 
Market value of agricultural products sold. This 
category represents the gross market value before 
taxes and production expenses of all agricultural 
products sold or removed from the place in 2012 
regardless of who received the payment. It is 
equivalent to total sales and it includes sales by the 
operators as well as the value of any shares received 
by partners, landlords, contractors, or others 
associated with the operation. It includes value of 
direct sales and the value of commodities placed in 
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan 
program. Market value of agricultural products sold 
does not include payments received for participation 
in other federal farm programs. Also, it does not 
include income from farm-related sources such as 
customwork and other agricultural services, or 
income from nonfarm sources. 
The value of crops sold in 2012 does not necessarily 
represent the sales from crops harvested in 2012. 
Data may include sales from crops produced in 
earlier years and may exclude some crops produced 
in 2007 but held in storage and not sold. For 
commodities such as sugarbeets and wool sold 
through a co-op that made payments in several 
installments, respondents were requested to report 
the total value received in 2012. 
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The value of agricultural products sold was 
requested of all operators. If the operators failed to 
report this information, estimates were made based 
on the amount of crops harvested, livestock or 
poultry inventory, or number sold. Caution should be 
used when comparing sales in the 2012 census with 
sales reported in earlier censuses. Sales figures are 
expressed in current dollars and have not been 
adjusted for inflation or deflation. See Farms with 
sales and government payments of less than $1,000. 
Market value of agricultural products sold and 
government payments. See Total market value of 
agricultural products sold and government payments. 
Methane digesters. See Renewable energy 
producing systems. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor. Data are for those operations that 
did not have hired farm workers but reported that 
they did have migrant contract workers on their 
operation in 2012. 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor. 
Operators were asked whether any hired or contract 
workers were migrant workers. A migrant farm 
worker is a farm worker whose employment required 
travel that prevented the worker from returning to 
his/her permanent place of residence the same day. 
Migrant workers, total. This is a new item for 
2012. The 2007 census did not collect a total. Data 
are for total migrant farm workers whose 
employment requires travel that prevents the worker 
from returning to his or her permanent place of 
residence the same day. 
Milk from cows, value of sales. This is a new item 
for 2012. In 2007, milk from cows value of sales 
also included other dairy products from cows. Data 
are not comparable. 
Milk from sheep and goats, value. This is a new 
item for 2012. In 2007, milk from sheep and goats 
value of sales was included in Other livestock 
products. Data are not comparable. 
Mink, live. For the 2012 census, data are for 
inventory and sales of live mink. Mink pelts are 
included in Other livestock products. In 2007, mink 
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