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 - Cen. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
3 
13 
15 
8 
4 
14 
$1,000 
73 
201 
98 
17 
7 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
3 
8 
13 
8 
3 
14 
$1,000 
73 
122 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
80 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
763 
1,534 
1,439 
1,167 
837 
618 
$1,000 
13,704 
13,630 
7,254 
3,337 
1,254 
311 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,863 
3,880 
3,676 
2,756 
1,927 
665 
$1,000 
54,289 
53,511 
24,146 
9,361 
3,241 
457 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
15 
42 
45 
70 
59 
95 
$1,000 
170 
114 
98 
83 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
60 
181 
213 
343 
567 
661 
$1,000 
676 
1,077 
712 
712 
692 
293 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
129 
375 
336 
400 
511 
222 
$1,000 
2,110 
3,025 
1,333 
994 
687 
129 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
76 
203 
235 
303 
511 
605 
$1,000 
918 
922 
412 
462 
492 
209 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
22 
32 
13 
35 
35 
26 
$1,000 
537 
(D) 
(D) 
82 
33 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
61 
121 
149 
151 
178 
120 
$1,000 
619 
522 
398 
189 
140 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,064 
1,457 
1,010 
717 
412 
5,161 
$1,000 
4,470 
5,179 
3,036 
1,805 
1,020 
20,351 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
63 
112 
78 
69 
31 
26 
$1,000 
358 
307 
96 
62 
13 
4 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
198 
425 
371 
352 
347 
291 
$1,000 
1,630 
1,437 
858 
461 
300 
87 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' 
farms 
2,662 
5,573 
5,591 
4,782 
4,246 
14,007 
$1,000 
104,970 
119,667 
71,958 
47,773 
33,995 
144,771 
Average per farm 
dollars 
39,433 
21,473 
12,870 
9,990 
8,006 
10,336 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
2,000 
3,918 
3,473 
2,754 
2,108 
4,200 
$1,000 
12,670 
13,373 
6,921 
3,808 
2,195 
5,367 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,086 
3,086 
3,232 
2,664 
2,057 
4,068 
$5,000 to $24,999 
872 
817 
234 
87 
48 
120 
$25,000 to $49,999 
37 
11 
7 
3 
3 
10 
$50,000 or more 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,834 
3,346 
2,873 
2,176 
1,692 
3,725 
$1,000 
3,383 
2,854 
1,344 
771 
441 
2,243 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,712 
3,281 
2,849 
2,167 
1,690 
3,669 
$5,000 to $24,999 
114 
61 
24 
9 
2 
52 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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