Total organic product sales. The data represent the 
value of commodities produced according to 
USDA’s National Organic Program and sold from 
operations during 2012. Crops, livestock, and 
poultry products were reported individually on the 
2012 report form, but in 2007, these commodities 
were combined and may have come from either 
crops or livestock production. The data for the 2012 
census years is not directly comparable. 
Total sales. See Market value of agricultural 
products sold. 
Turkeys. Turkey data are a combination of turkeys 
for meat production, turkey hens and toms kept for 
breeding, and turkey brooders, tabulated from three 
questions. Turkey brooders are immature birds sent 
to another farm for further growout to meat 
production or breeding. This may result in a turkey 
being sold more than once from different operations. 
Type of organization. See Farms by type of 
organization. 
Unpaid workers. This is a new item for 2012. It 
includes agricultural workers not on the payroll who 
performed activities or work on a farm or ranch. 
Utilities. See Total farm production expense. 
Value of agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human consumption. This item 
represents the value of agricultural products 
produced and sold directly to individuals for human 
consumption from roadside stands, farmers’ markets, 
pick-your-own sites, etc. It excludes non-edible 
products such as nursery crops, cut flowers, and 
wool but includes livestock sales. Sales of 
agricultural products by vertically integrated 
operations through their own processing and 
marketing operations were excluded. 
Value of commodities. Data show the number of 
farms and the market value of all commodities 
delivered under a production contract. Also see 
commodities raised and delivered under production 
contract. 
Value of landlord’s share of total sales. Data 
include the value of agricultural sales received by the 
landlords. 
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Value of organically produced commodities. See 
Total organic product sales. 
Value of sales. See Market value of agricultural 
products sold. 
Vegetable transplants. Data are for vegetable 
transplants grown and sold from this operation for 
transplanting to fields on another operation. 
Vegetables harvested for fresh market. 
Respondents reported the total vegetable acres 
harvested, harvested for fresh market and harvested 
for processing. 
Vegetables harvested for sale. The acres of 
vegetables harvested is the summation of the acres of 
individual vegetables harvested. All of the 
individual vegetable items may not be shown. When 
more than one vegetable crop was harvested from 
the same acreage, acres were counted for each crop. 
Vegetables, melons, and potatoes. See 
Commodities raised and delivered under production 
contracts. 
Vegetables, other. See Other vegetables. 
Wheat for grain. Data were reported by type of 
wheat - Durum, winter, and spring other than 
Durum. 
Wind turbines. See Renewable energy systems. 
Woodland pastured. This category includes all 
woodland used for pasture or grazing during the 
census year. Woodland or forest land pastured under 
a per-head grazing permit was not counted as land in 
farms and, therefore, was not included in woodland 
pastured. 
Woodland, total. This category includes natural or 
planted woodlots or timber tracts, cutover and 
deforested land with young growth which has or will 
have value for wood products and woodland 
pastured. Land covered by sagebrush or mesquite 
was reported as Permanent pastureland and 
rangeland or other land. Land planted for Christmas 
tree production and short rotation woody crops was 
reported in Cropland harvested, and land in tapped 
maple trees was reported as Woodland not pastured. 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
