Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Columbia 
Conway 
Craighead 
Crawford 
Crittenden 
Cross 
Dallas 
Farms 
number 
278 
816 
583 
886 
263 
325 
90 
Land in farms 
acres 
45,580 
179,318 
337,668 
125,292 
337,904 
278,915 
21,258 
Average size of farm 
acres 
164 
220 
579 
141 
1,285 
858 
236 
Median size of farm 
acres 
85 
100 
90 
57 
340 
290 
129 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
353,727 
568,464 
1 ,857,806 
424,447 
3,568,986 
2,181,257 
377,984 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,157 
2,587 
3,208 
3,001 
2,778 
2,542 
1,600 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
18,073 
63,568 
161,402 
52,837 
133,298 
122,197 
4,494 
Average per farm 
dollars 
65,010 
77,902 
276,848 
59,635 
506,838 
375,992 
49,929 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
25 
40 
74 
6 
5 
2 
1 0 to 49 acres 
73 
217 
185 
328 
40 
47 
15 
50 to 1 79 acres 
123 
333 
117 
332 
48 
93 
44 
1 80 to 499 acres 
60 
178 
69 
105 
53 
46 
19 
500 to 999 acres 
14 
35 
35 
24 
16 
33 
5 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2 
28 
137 
23 
100 
101 
5 
Total cropland 
farms 
191 
574 
449 
506 
234 
268 
52 
acres 
12,545 
76,375 
314,247 
48,569 
306,536 
255,241 
3,223 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
166 
511 
401 
456 
206 
210 
46 
acres 
10,755 
63,914 
310,744 
43,333 
301,679 
241,240 
3,010 
Irrigated land 
farms 
7 
53 
277 
50 
130 
164 
2 
acres 
255 
14,767 
271,621 
4,472 
173,321 
214,710 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
41,709 
161,648 
261,600 
67,408 
215,016 
188,778 
1,305 
Average per farm 
dollars 
150,031 
198,098 
448,714 
76,081 
817,553 
580,856 
14,497 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
5,082 
16,616 
258,784 
22,542 
214,685 
188,405 
776 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
36,627 
145,032 
2,816 
44,866 
331 
373 
529 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
94 
264 
196 
335 
55 
127 
40 
$2,500 to $4,999 
37 
79 
33 
136 
4 
5 
12 
$5,000 to $9,999 
40 
109 
33 
126 
15 
8 
10 
$10,000 to $24,999 
46 
135 
44 
136 
24 
16 
22 
$25,000 to $49,999 
23 
73 
35 
64 
13 
12 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6 
18 
29 
20 
14 
11 
2 
$100,000 or more 
32 
138 
213 
69 
138 
146 
1 
Government payments 
farms 
24 
142 
337 
77 
201 
276 
24 
$1,000 
84 
1,554 
10,157 
342 
6,850 
1 1 ,662 
54 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54 
295 
266 
346 
146 
159 
30 
$1,000 
319 
2,430 
8,879 
2,074 
3,270 
5,707 
163 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
35,349 
137,761 
151,896 
55,214 
142,155 
144,989 
1,442 
Average per farm 
dollars 
127,156 
168,825 
260,541 
62,318 
540,513 
446,120 
16,022 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
278 
816 
583 
886 
263 
325 
90 
$1,000 
6,762 
27,870 
128,740 
14,610 
82,981 
61,158 
80 
Average per farm 
dollars 
24,323 
34,155 
220,824 
16,490 
315,518 
188,179 
888 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
117 
416 
303 
392 
176 
192 
46 
Other 
number 
161 
400 
280 
494 
87 
133 
44 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
213 
463 
319 
523 
138 
142 
47 
200 days or more 
number 
130 
335 
207 
405 
86 
101 
31 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
172 
490 
126 
555 
22 
34 
56 
number 
9,304 
37,436 
3,375 
27,009 
1,016 
1,711 
1,751 
Beef cows 
farms 
149 
450 
103 
493 
17 
25 
49 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
1,846 
(D) 
620 
885 
1,222 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
135 
418 
96 
461 
13 
19 
43 
number 
4,033 
20,284 
1,648 
19,195 
318 
353 
739 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6 
7 
8 
13 
2 
3 
5 
number 
96 
12,512 
185 
58 
(D) 
22 
237 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
7 
4 
5 
7 
2 
1 
4 
number 
196 
90,300 
(D) 
50 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
- 
2 
7 
26 
3 
2 
1 
number 
- 
(D) 
293 
418 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
23 
50 
26 
95 
12 
4 
8 
number 
106,464 
62,928 
469 
139,451 
755 
102 
82 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
23 
93 
- 
16 
4 
- 
- 
number 
9,573,664 
39,399,799 
- 
3,720,757 
1,015 
- 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
- 
9 
91 
19 
34 
26 
- 
acres 
- 
2,890 
32,238 
2,125 
8,487 
9,961 
- 
bushels 
- 
378,246 
6,021,532 
248,096 
1,548,604 
1,648,209 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
343 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
2,073 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
17 
37 
19 
106 
65 
- 
acres 
- 
4,978 
7,831 
5,559 
34,297 
18,254 
- 
bushels 
- 
221,756 
442,543 
300,898 
1,865,149 
1,073,973 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
17 
37 
19 
106 
65 
- 
acres 
- 
4,978 
7,831 
5,559 
34,297 
18,254 
- 
bushels 
- 
221,756 
442,543 
300,898 
1,865,149 
1,073,973 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 227 
