Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
8,915 
452,540 
335,542 
11,062 
42,172 
1 1 ,423 
26,577 
21,393 
78,756 
acres 
9,091,136 
54,718,664 
44,091,685 
4,328,642 
12,913,529 
3,831,315 
2,367,044 
838,542 
4,152,858 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
8,915 
279,333 
288,623 
10,444 
41,303 
9,390 
19,831 
12,492 
55,275 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,232,673 
28,575,047 
28,456,003 
3,669,850 
12,185,899 
3,617,583 
1,951,105 
344,163 
2,442,463 
1 to 49 acres 
794 
189,241 
172,469 
2,436 
5,051 
3,385 
12,735 
1 1 ,072 
47,798 
50 to 99 acres 
662 
41,519 
53,845 
1,791 
7,781 
849 
2,804 
889 
4,134 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,163 
22,859 
31,567 
1,847 
10,593 
997 
2,017 
311 
1,645 
200 to 499 acres 
1,941 
14,944 
20,481 
2,241 
12,058 
1,789 
1,486 
149 
985 
500 to 999 acres 
1,982 
5,878 
6,407 
1,290 
3,851 
1,370 
504 
58 
414 
1,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,528 
3,102 
2,812 
611 
1,417 
738 
216 
11 
188 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
845 
1,790 
1,042 
228 
552 
262 
69 
2 
111 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
400 
28,030 
50,995 
1,225 
7,594 
1,336 
3,899 
5,654 
18,227 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
109,622 
2,267,168 
6,302,748 
193,854 
355,052 
55,291 
155,405 
218,728 
939,551 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
2,044 
30,260 
22,437 
694 
1,673 
505 
1,659 
2,187 
3,774 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
1,154,155 
2,728,143 
3,125,019 
125,260 
94,628 
31,874 
43,399 
75,831 
146,451 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
1,876 
196,453 
41,912 
1,809 
3,823 
2,975 
5,829 
4,421 
12,517 
acres 
437,001 
19,655,862 
4,665,909 
237,851 
201,674 
106,026 
197,699 
166,326 
525,925 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
709 
14,052 
10,865 
453 
1,611 
267 
731 
675 
1,477 
acres 
157,685 
1 ,492,444 
1,542,006 
101,827 
76,276 
20,541 
19,436 
33,494 
98,468 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
1,887 
223,122 
268,643 
4,682 
25,578 
7,169 
26,456 
26,647 
81,588 
acres 
459,896 
22,396,605 
27,705,374 
446,476 
1 ,856,240 
417,295 
1 ,543,676 
1,125,104 
7,706,988 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
353 
56,019 
177,515 
2,461 
9,430 
2,722 
10,658 
14,720 
38,185 
acres 
34,613 
4,036,696 
16,131,797 
239,089 
413,867 
(D) 
389,510 
478,820 
3,704,393 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
1,703 
188,614 
143,436 
3,141 
21,021 
5,491 
19,782 
16,321 
54,218 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
425,283 
18,359,909 
11,573,577 
207,387 
1 ,442,373 
(D) 
1,154,166 
646,284 
4,002,595 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
2,482 
182,528 
528,197 
8,940 
31,732 
9,355 
31,426 
54,439 
167,938 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads. 
acres 
1,268,427 
41,396,005 
256,861,597 
6,698,761 
2,746,043 
572,132 
1 ,805,603 
9,396,423 
55,053,992 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
4,223 
300,925 
376,445 
9,641 
37,245 
16,872 
41,992 
51,202 
158,091 
acres 
337,572 
7,184,249 
8,042,784 
420,717 
1,111,950 
386,852 
636,424 
369,154 
3,036,237 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
4,934 
45,082 
42,694 
1,741 
4,864 
1,850 
3,247 
5,100 
1 7,433 
acres 
2,997,751 
8,860,794 
5,864,349 
685,814 
1,501,634 
169,142 
126,534 
126,707 
556,440 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
4,926 
43,381 
25,452 
1,566 
4,477 
1,316 
2,157 
1,747 
7,473 
acres 
2,951,763 
8,299,465 
3,564,346 
627,114 
1,411,941 
154,988 
112,169 
66,851 
229,390 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
208 
8,931 
25,280 
383 
1,019 
724 
1,288 
3,852 
12,215 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
45,988 
561,329 
2,300,003 
58,700 
89,693 
14,154 
14,365 
59,856 
327,050 
Programs 
.. farms 
1,451 
162,850 
25,730 
1,676 
2,488 
2,368 
2,367 
1,680 
6,101 
acres 
269,965 
16,489,882 
3,156,407 
131,888 
76,130 
62,231 
95,587 
75,641 
418,598 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
7,267 
28,121 
36,113 
4,887 
13,536 
4,838 
2,765 
799 
2,773 
acres 
7,285,497 
13,328,610 
27,198,380 
2,919,924 
4,975,943 
2,957,359 
997,057 
987,565 
1,486,170 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
22 
1,597 
644 
67 
2,301 
74 
386 
170 
281 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
7,649 
173,447 
59,537 
8,100 
817,625 
5,450 
256,163 
3,019 
1 1 ,766 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
8,915 
482,790 
619,172 
13,734 
46,005 
21,687 
52,849 
73,272 
227,597 
$1,000 
21,636,398 
290,613,520 
482,993,491 
27,844,238 
78,010,543 
31,640,782 
34,314,251 
22,795,883 
124,993,968 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
2,426,966 
601 ,946 
780,064 
2,027,395 
1,695,697 
1,458,975 
649,289 
311,113 
549,190 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
1,939 
2,312 
1,434 
2,341 
4,188 
6,076 
5,401 
1,944 
1,787 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
256 
40,095 
48,765 
563 
1,215 
2,796 
4,108 
13,293 
22,367 
$50,000 to $99,999 
302 
51,394 
53,160 
449 
886 
1,901 
4,389 
10,435 
22,030 
$100,000 to $199,999 
646 
98,178 
113,859 
1,175 
2,521 
3,584 
9,125 
17,803 
47,019 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,444 
168,075 
207,428 
2,911 
9,215 
5,372 
16,841 
23,493 
84,685 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,556 
71,655 
100,627 
2,709 
1 1 ,974 
2,426 
10,083 
5,686 
31,941 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,688 
30,290 
50,390 
2,270 
10,086 
1,687 
5,206 
1,471 
11,197 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
1,969 
16,425 
31,180 
2,277 
7,217 
2,141 
2,439 
696 
5,938 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
739 
4,238 
8,830 
913 
1,909 
1,155 
472 
246 
1,459 
$10,000,000 or more 
315 
2,440 
4,933 
467 
982 
625 
186 
149 
961 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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