Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
1,027 
2,062 
1,831 
1,781 
1,890 
2,700 
$1,000 
20,091 
21,582 
9,550 
5,058 
2,545 
1,052 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
930 
1,885 
1,703 
1,686 
1,680 
2,636 
$1,000 
18,352 
19,840 
8,890 
4,806 
2,262 
1,021 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
113 
211 
154 
116 
238 
67 
$1,000 
1,740 
1,743 
660 
253 
283 
31 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
46,626 
76,413 
66,559 
57,992 
58,108 
42,810 
$1,000 
672,520 
607,957 
293,421 
152,441 
81,168 
21,397 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
809 
1,147 
1,210 
981 
1,067 
1,228 
$1,000 
10,032 
7,854 
3,832 
1,918 
1,073 
497 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
82,785 
137,497 
111,818 
87,363 
63,303 
18,675 
$1,000 
1,980,353 
1 ,670,325 
658,387 
275,770 
100,303 
12,492 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1,891 
854 
361 
213 
83 
78 
$1,000 
45,166 
7,072 
1,231 
374 
56 
18 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,456 
5,938 
6,123 
6,038 
6,582 
4,904 
$1,000 
20,717 
19,844 
1 1 ,752 
7,588 
5,629 
1,895 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
7,554 
14,859 
15,306 
17,111 
22,842 
22,314 
$1,000 
69,637 
82,512 
45,992 
32,484 
24,822 
9,071 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
10,932 
20,324 
19,410 
19,052 
19,630 
7,878 
$1,000 
196,383 
182,911 
85,735 
48,460 
25,935 
4,346 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
7,659 
14,668 
16,118 
16,788 
20,736 
23,831 
$1,000 
22,969 
22,398 
15,380 
12,567 
12,432 
7,293 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
501 
774 
538 
443 
486 
331 
$1,000 
13,097 
8,864 
2,510 
1,026 
543 
118 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
4,500 
8,061 
7,399 
6,654 
7,331 
5,333 
$1,000 
50,302 
43,012 
18,391 
9,639 
6,147 
1,541 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
79,565 
101,634 
77,879 
69,170 
72,175 
35,800 
$1,000 
510,494 
554,671 
309,573 
180,334 
101,436 
15,976 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
7,058 
6,394 
4,111 
2,580 
1,468 
811 
$1,000 
47,256 
21,249 
7,036 
2,368 
638 
129 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
13,461 
24,868 
24,032 
21,641 
20,607 
13,955 
$1,000 
120,053 
117,279 
61,373 
35,420 
18,407 
4,526 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ^ 
farms 
161,939 
271,511 
248,616 
231 ,388 
236,501 
428,810 
$1,000 
6,178,454 
6,018,426 
3,378,932 
2,462,588 
2,104,945 
5,552,287 
Average per farm 
dollars 
38,153 
22,166 
13,591 
10,643 
8,900 
12,948 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
103,795 
140,772 
102,904 
77,339 
62,110 
91,377 
$1,000 
548,029 
406,058 
176,395 
99,462 
64,013 
102,344 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
65,352 
119,238 
97,123 
74,708 
60,592 
88,628 
$5,000 to $24,999 
36,692 
20,799 
5,510 
2,486 
1,416 
2,470 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,442 
566 
219 
116 
80 
217 
$50,000 or more 
309 
169 
52 
29 
22 
62 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
102,975 
131,923 
93,954 
71 ,783 
59,795 
88,475 
$1,000 
221 ,984 
143,928 
60,367 
37,141 
25,249 
47,516 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
92,545 
127,559 
92,560 
70,907 
59,279 
87,181 
$5,000 to $24,999 
9,891 
4,061 
1,271 
791 
466 
1,152 
$25,000 to $49,999 
429 
227 
96 
70 
41 
102 
$50,000 or more 
110 
76 
27 
15 
9 
40 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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