Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
202 
249 
percent 
100.0 
1.5 
1.2 
1.7 
3.4 
4.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
436,539 
96,144 
21,723 
26,181 
32,284 
22,276 
Average size of farm 
acres 
73 
1,045 
315 
254 
160 
89 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
202 
249 
$1,000 
555,461 
387,842 
47,882 
36,753 
31,547 
17,472 
Average per farm 
dollars 
92,933 
4,215,677 
693,940 
356,827 
156,173 
70,169 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,841 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
833 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
723 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
760 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
359 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
249 
- 
- 
- 
- 
249 
$100,000 to $249,999 
202 
- 
- 
- 
202 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
103 
- 
103 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
69 
_ 
69 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
92 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
54 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
14 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
24 
24 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
202 
249 
$1,000 
550,620 
386,678 
47,360 
36,263 
30,634 
17,030 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
261 
32 
22 
30 
36 
23 
$1,000 
15,216 
8,893 
1,620 
1,913 
1,325 
706 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
20 
9 
11 
13 
5 
$1,000 
12,776 
8,520 
1,321 
1,619 
989 
328 
Corn 
farms 
239 
31 
21 
30 
35 
22 
$1,000 
14,907 
8,878 
1,532 
1,870 
(D) 
660 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
20 
9 
11 
13 
4 
$1,000 
12,575 
8,507 
1,246 
1,577 
989 
256 
Wheat 
farms 
13 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
62 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
8 
1 
1 
- 
2 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
27 
3 
2 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
49 
7 
7 
8 
5 
9 
$1,000 
35,722 
27,341 
4,299 
2,817 
675 
325 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
30 
7 
6 
8 
5 
4 
$1,000 
35,359 
27,341 
(D) 
2,817 
675 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
952 
23 
26 
33 
60 
104 
$1,000 
36,386 
1 1 ,743 
7,149 
4,002 
4,559 
3,113 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
116 
15 
21 
22 
30 
28 
$1,000 
28,116 
11,656 
7,075 
3,723 
3,904 
1,757 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
556 
12 
17 
16 
44 
65 
$1,000 
27,349 
10,779 
6,836 
2,577 
2,916 
1,867 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
75 
9 
13 
11 
23 
19 
$1,000 
23,821 
10,753 
6,706 
2,535 
2,616 
1,211 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
314 
7 
13 
14 
31 
54 
$1,000 
21,629 
9,814 
4,696 
1,802 
2,366 
1,495 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
7 
9 
9 
18 
14 
$1,000 
19,185 
9,814 
4,596 
1,742 
2,124 
909 
Berries 
farms 
371 
8 
14 
11 
28 
47 
$1,000 
5,720 
965 
2,139 
775 
549 
373 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
4 
2 
1 
3 
$1,000 
3,697 
899 
1,828 
(D) 
(D) 
192 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
880 
41 
30 
37 
84 
118 
$1,000 
252,923 
211,354 
12,059 
9,600 
9,178 
5,533 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
224 
38 
27 
31 
63 
65 
$1,000 
245,921 
(D) 
11,976 
9,427 
8,918 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
