Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
45,071 
3,572 
1,548 
1,076 
1,310 
2,028 
percent 
100.0 
7.9 
3.4 
2.4 
2.9 
4.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,810,786 
5,684,721 
1,058,911 
661,086 
821,997 
862,768 
Average size of farm 
acres 
306 
1,591 
684 
614 
627 
425 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
45,071 
3,572 
1,548 
1,076 
1,310 
2,028 
$1,000 
10,038,726 
7,736,947 
1,173,805 
418,174 
224,948 
152,464 
Average per farm 
dollars 
222,731 
2,165,999 
758,272 
388,638 
171,716 
75,179 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,032 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
4,352 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,006 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,888 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,223 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,724 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,167 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,863 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,403 
- 
- 
- 
1,230 
165 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,100 
- 
- 
1,020 
80 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,536 
_ 
1,480 
56 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,640 
3,572 
68 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,922 
2,854 
68 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
578 
578 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
140 
140 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
45,071 
3,572 
1,548 
1,076 
1,310 
2,028 
$1,000 
9,775,758 
7,576,039 
1,147,311 
404,295 
212,029 
142,360 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,629 
1,865 
614 
460 
559 
337 
$1,000 
4,214,355 
3,515,960 
416,973 
157,633 
85,575 
23,312 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,739 
1,846 
605 
453 
532 
303 
$1,000 
4,197,447 
3,515,666 
416,701 
157,541 
85,009 
22,529 
Corn 
farms 
1,741 
1,081 
228 
137 
153 
62 
$1,000 
802,551 
717,448 
50,885 
18,946 
11,521 
2,747 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,499 
1,052 
208 
115 
93 
31 
$1,000 
797,232 
716,598 
50,215 
18,480 
9,814 
2,124 
Wheat 
farms 
1,630 
750 
221 
146 
168 
95 
$1,000 
170,891 
132,532 
17,125 
8,871 
7,019 
2,594 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
853 
600 
124 
73 
44 
12 
$1,000 
154,162 
128,003 
14,548 
6,914 
3,837 
860 
Soybeans 
farms 
4,154 
1,814 
595 
421 
483 
263 
$1,000 
1,853,360 
1 ,506,942 
200,467 
75,619 
48,243 
12,863 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,258 
1,785 
574 
392 
381 
126 
$1,000 
1 ,835,309 
1,506,214 
199,892 
74,908 
45,189 
9,106 
Sorghum 
farms 
549 
312 
82 
61 
45 
17 
$1,000 
70,861 
54,166 
8,096 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
349 
246 
52 
27 
19 
5 
$1,000 
66,570 
52,462 
7,477 
3,723 
2,616 
291 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
2,345 
1,331 
426 
268 
184 
89 
$1,000 
1,314,526 
1,103,332 
140,260 
49,336 
15,606 
4,756 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,149 
1,305 
416 
236 
141 
51 
$1,000 
1 ,308,474 
1,102,367 
139,905 
48,391 
14,292 
3,518 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
46 
16 
4 
3 
2 
2 
$1,000 
2,166 
1,539 
140 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
11 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
1,784 
1,451 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
701 
466 
87 
57 
49 
16 
$1,000 
445,812 
398,469 
30,358 
11,165 
4,332 
860 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
638 
462 
82 
49 
36 
9 
$1,000 
443,955 
398,364 
30,189 
10,873 
3,904 
625 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
634 
34 
10 
9 
29 
32 
$1,000 
36,577 
24,626 
3,282 
1,519 
1,889 
1,214 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
21 
7 
5 
15 
14 
$1,000 
31,630 
24,407 
(D) 
1,437 
1,649 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
496 
25 
12 
16 
32 
36 
$1,000 
15,600 
2,652 
2,373 
2,791 
3,071 
1,547 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
8 
4 
10 
17 
18 
$1,000 
11,364 
2,341 
2,270 
2,704 
2,732 
1,317 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
368 
23 
10 
15 
28 
32 
$1,000 
12,386 
(D) 
(D) 
2,644 
2,378 
1,428 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
7 
4 
10 
15 
16 
$1,000 
9,203 
1,011 
2,270 
2,582 
2,133 
1,207 
Berries 
farms 
169 
3 
2 
3 
13 
5 
$1,000 
3,214 
(D) 
(D) 
146 
694 
118 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
2 
2 
5 
1 
$1,000 
2,069 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
286 
13 
11 
12 
41 
27 
$1,000 
41,784 
22,681 
6,481 
3,551 
5,540 
1,513 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
91 
11 
10 
11 
39 
20 
$1,000 
39,540 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,385 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
