Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
31 
26 
5 
- 
11 
20 
$1,000 
379 
245 
133 
- 
106 
273 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
21 
18 
3 
- 
9 
12 
$1,000 
217 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
10 
8 
2 
- 
2 
8 
$1,000 
162 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
9,303 
6,448 
2,585 
270 
5,1 66 
4,137 
$1,000 
80,371 
34,161 
37,818 
8,391 
40,480 
39,891 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
146 
36 
95 
15 
71 
75 
$1,000 
26,857 
(D) 
17,080 
(D) 
1 1 ,226 
15,631 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
22,116 
13,666 
7,531 
919 
11,530 
10,586 
$1,000 
766,476 
323,888 
419,053 
23,535 
389,160 
377,315 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,728 
1,082 
1,543 
103 
1,351 
1,377 
$1,000 
521,182 
183,562 
322,744 
14,875 
260,854 
260,328 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
123 
55 
64 
4 
55 
68 
$1,000 
28,225 
9,482 
16,402 
2,341 
10,636 
17,589 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
96 
40 
52 
4 
41 
55 
$1,000 
27,529 
9,204 
15,984 
2,341 
10,344 
17,185 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
540 
341 
183 
16 
224 
316 
$1,000 
47,178 
28,137 
19,009 
33 
19,865 
27,313 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
77 
47 
30 
- 
33 
44 
$1,000 
46,386 
27,662 
18,725 
- 
19,520 
26,867 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,693 
1,292 
334 
67 
621 
1,072 
$1,000 
3,954 
2,827 
(D) 
(D) 
1,536 
2,418 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,242 
1,565 
598 
79 
876 
1,366 
$1,000 
11,699 
8,082 
3,059 
558 
4,693 
7,007 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
18 
14 
3 
1 
12 
6 
$1,000 
1,743 
1,340 
(D) 
(D) 
988 
755 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
4,520 
3,346 
1,097 
77 
1,776 
2,744 
$1,000 
4,011,725 
2,921,108 
1,053,660 
36,958 
1,721,435 
2,290,291 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,844 
2,062 
753 
29 
1,214 
1,630 
$1,000 
4,010,205 
2,919,887 
1,053,457 
36,861 
1 ,720,842 
2,289,363 
Aquaculture 
farms 
127 
84 
28 
15 
67 
60 
$1,000 
67,453 
37,167 
22,593 
7,693 
27,692 
39,761 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
69 
39 
23 
7 
37 
32 
$1,000 
66,700 
36,699 
22,505 
7,497 
27,266 
39,434 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
489 
369 
91 
29 
191 
298 
$1,000 
4,169 
2,661 
(D) 
(D) 
1,412 
2,757 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
10 
2 
1 
5 
8 
$1,000 
2,867 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
898 
1,969 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
13,140 
6,743 
4,555 
1,842 
7,385 
5,755 
$1,000 
262,967 
53,593 
129,037 
80,338 
114,451 
148,516 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,865 
- 
1,773 
1,092 
1,448 
1,417 
$1,000 
433,390 
- 
247,871 
185,519 
164,328 
269,062 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,391 
1,059 
279 
53 
582 
809 
$1,000 
6,369 
3,760 
2,292 
317 
2,533 
3,836 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' 
farms 
45,071 
30,753 
1 1 ,259 
3,059 
24,077 
20,994 
$1,000 
7,701 ,266 
3,294,498 
3,082,970 
1,323,798 
3,247,520 
4,453,747 
Average per farm 
dollars 
170,870 
107,128 
273,823 
432,755 
134,881 
212,144 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
19,900 
10,896 
6,967 
2,037 
10,137 
9,763 
$1,000 
629,255 
72,157 
336,298 
220,801 
247,790 
381,466 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,394 
9,048 
3,810 
536 
6,777 
6,617 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,306 
1,444 
1,514 
348 
1,824 
1,482 
$25,000 to $49,999 
666 
166 
323 
177 
413 
253 
$50,000 or more 
2,534 
238 
1,320 
976 
1,123 
1,411 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
20,001 
10,876 
6,970 
2,155 
9,843 
10,158 
$1,000 
505,519 
48,137 
257,694 
199,688 
191,351 
314,168 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
15,790 
10,089 
4,986 
715 
7,650 
8,140 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,293 
477 
503 
313 
814 
479 
$25,000 to $49,999 
588 
107 
276 
205 
370 
218 
$50,000 or more 
2,330 
203 
1,205 
922 
1,009 
1,321 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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