Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
152,873 
244,954 
214,245 
191,422 
186,191 
602,119 
percent 
7.2 
11.6 
10.2 
9.1 
8.8 
28.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
48,350,767 
59,430,539 
25,442,268 
19,608,374 
13,471,001 
104,894,714 
Average size of farm 
acres 
316 
243 
119 
102 
72 
174 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
152,873 
244,954 
214,245 
191,422 
186,191 
602,119 
$1,000 
5,733,281 
4,165,504 
1,649,346 
768,451 
365,048 
1,262,703 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,504 
17,005 
7,698 
4,014 
1,961 
2,097 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
428,810 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
174,026 
62,475 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
178,178 
7,901 
45,309 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
200,738 
10,038 
2,767 
35,073 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
232,601 
12,251 
2,690 
1,219 
22,750 
$25,000 to $49,999 
142,815 
1 1 ,452 
1,040 
419 
245 
5,968 
$50,000 to $99,999 
9,789 
837 
198 
92 
30 
1,530 
$100,000 to $249,999 
267 
64 
18 
5 
3 
201 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
152,873 
244,954 
214,245 
191,422 
186,191 
602,119 
$1,000 
5,417,780 
3,907,920 
1,521,953 
687,586 
309,382 
71,054 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
55,398 
50,227 
27,715 
16,356 
9,781 
4,743 
$1,000 
1,515,366 
633,820 
158,267 
49,208 
14,409 
2,448 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
35,031 
28,267 
14,513 
8,080 
4,861 
2,537 
$1,000 
637,018 
261,278 
68,877 
21,350 
6,748 
1,274 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
13,947 
10,223 
4,330 
2,034 
1,016 
337 
$1,000 
236,407 
99,171 
21,690 
5,765 
1,455 
181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
29,644 
22,413 
10,634 
5,904 
3,041 
1,110 
$1,000 
570,983 
242,845 
59,006 
18,590 
4,737 
647 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
1,931 
1,216 
497 
226 
151 
67 
$1,000 
27,141 
10,044 
2,102 
631 
214 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1,332 
962 
425 
219 
132 
67 
$1,000 
13,120 
5,363 
1,426 
472 
152 
31 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
140 
74 
22 
4 
5 
3 
$1,000 
4,686 
991 
142 
10 
8 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
5,404 
4,986 
2,782 
1,740 
1,205 
819 
$1,000 
26,010 
14,128 
5,023 
2,390 
1,096 
280 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,494 
1,076 
425 
151 
51 
19 
$1,000 
33,366 
12,698 
2,637 
498 
75 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
1,102 
683 
255 
99 
43 
18 
$1,000 
30,648 
10,342 
1,675 
341 
70 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
7,474 
12,953 
1 1 ,597 
8,680 
5,503 
2,528 
$1,000 
150,154 
130,297 
56,743 
23,192 
7,036 
1,072 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
13,003 
20,054 
15,471 
10,707 
6,635 
3,474 
$1,000 
351,211 
249,362 
86,673 
31,875 
9,518 
1,859 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
10,729 
16,391 
12,430 
8,573 
5,134 
2,242 
$1,000 
311,148 
215,500 
73,257 
26,891 
7,695 
1,209 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
2,949 
4,833 
3,938 
2,687 
1,735 
1,305 
$1,000 
40,063 
33,863 
13,416 
4,985 
1,823 
650 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
7,114 
10,778 
6,316 
3,983 
2,866 
1,014 
$1,000 
186,837 
132,006 
32,903 
10,863 
3,836 
425 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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