Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
1,014 
2,034 
1,778 
1,763 
1,891 
2,827 
$1,000 
20,172 
21,651 
9,511 
5,116 
2,625 
1,105 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
925 
1,851 
1,651 
1,674 
1,674 
2,761 
$1,000 
18,568 
19,779 
8,852 
4,872 
2,329 
1,072 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
104 
218 
149 
112 
247 
69 
$1,000 
1,604 
1,872 
660 
244 
296 
33 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
45,160 
74,013 
65,101 
58,570 
60,329 
48,780 
$1,000 
679,505 
620,390 
303,898 
162,705 
88,180 
24,745 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
794 
1,120 
1,183 
967 
1,065 
1,336 
$1,000 
10,169 
7,926 
3,864 
1,945 
1,104 
537 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
81,229 
136,744 
113,339 
89,826 
66,112 
19,863 
$1,000 
2,027,865 
1,727,721 
686,510 
289,328 
106,019 
13,335 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1,970 
853 
379 
221 
85 
79 
$1,000 
48,734 
7,189 
1,394 
393 
57 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,416 
5,875 
6,040 
6,099 
6,649 
5,143 
$1,000 
20,863 
20,147 
1 1 ,760 
7,811 
5,728 
2,020 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
7,331 
14,482 
15,159 
17,030 
22,818 
23,612 
$1,000 
69,986 
83,653 
46,814 
33,265 
25,561 
9,622 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
10,659 
20,003 
19,248 
19,129 
20,005 
8,518 
$1,000 
195,721 
183,909 
86,451 
49,482 
26,811 
4,719 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
7,476 
14,206 
15,772 
16,548 
20,635 
25,470 
$1,000 
23,099 
22,299 
15,362 
12,661 
12,583 
7,846 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
490 
760 
546 
449 
482 
380 
$1,000 
13,565 
8,982 
2,694 
1,092 
572 
132 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
4,368 
7,938 
7,309 
6,627 
7,335 
5,833 
$1,000 
50,688 
43,453 
18,661 
9,755 
6,304 
1,690 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
70,499 
75,077 
43,508 
29,204 
21,865 
209,109 
$1,000 
315,502 
257,584 
127,393 
80,865 
55,666 
1,191,648 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
7,284 
6,716 
4,217 
2,706 
1,574 
898 
$1,000 
52,576 
23,575 
7,439 
2,561 
710 
139 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
13,219 
24,404 
23,941 
21,763 
21,007 
14,796 
$1,000 
121,493 
118,123 
63,087 
36,176 
19,054 
4,824 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' 
farms 
152,873 
244,954 
214,245 
191,422 
186,191 
602,119 
$1,000 
6,166,732 
5,783,578 
3,113,957 
2,162,984 
1,747,913 
7,497,451 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,339 
23,611 
14,535 
11,300 
9,388 
12,452 
Fertilizer, lime, and soii 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
102,388 
137,991 
100,749 
75,271 
59,592 
110,509 
$1,000 
567,645 
408,174 
175,315 
94,454 
58,043 
168,286 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
62,342 
115,519 
94,782 
72,920 
58,316 
105,255 
$5,000 to $24,999 
38,089 
21,781 
5,755 
2,238 
1,216 
4,456 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,632 
572 
174 
93 
49 
551 
$50,000 or more 
325 
119 
38 
20 
11 
247 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
101,115 
127,623 
89,420 
67,175 
54,598 
118,047 
$1,000 
228,213 
142,064 
55,397 
31,925 
20,390 
99,279 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
89,944 
123,125 
88,216 
66,517 
54,267 
114,796 
$5,000 to $24,999 
10,642 
4,249 
1,119 
595 
301 
2,779 
$25,000 to $49,999 
434 
202 
70 
49 
23 
333 
$50,000 or more 
95 
47 
15 
14 
7 
139 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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