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 
4 
13 
14 
8 
7 
11 
$1,000 
95 
179 
97 
17 
(D) 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
4 
8 
12 
8 
6 
11 
$1,000 
95 
100 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotatien 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 
783 
1,614 
1,454 
1,116 
795 
544 
$1,000 
13,421 
13,632 
7,028 
3,036 
1,128 
272 
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 
1,929 
3,985 
3,655 
2,627 
1,851 
617 
$1,000 
53,293 
52,285 
23,261 
8,762 
3,063 
423 
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 
16 
42 
45 
69 
59 
95 
$1,000 
170 
114 
98 
82 
(D) 
33 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
68 
182 
235 
332 
574 
627 
$1,000 
759 
958 
765 
656 
681 
276 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
137 
379 
343 
397 
500 
215 
$1,000 
2,147 
3,011 
1,364 
957 
667 
125 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
81 
211 
241 
304 
527 
567 
$1,000 
920 
938 
400 
461 
496 
198 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
24 
33 
15 
29 
36 
25 
$1,000 
557 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
(D) 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
61 
125 
152 
150 
186 
105 
$1,000 
613 
524 
401 
192 
137 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,235 
1,976 
1,730 
1,631 
1,981 
1,110 
$1,000 
7,665 
10,268 
6,493 
4,428 
2,882 
535 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
75 
108 
78 
61 
35 
22 
$1,000 
420 
252 
94 
56 
14 
3 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
203 
430 
398 
346 
347 
255 
$1,000 
1,590 
1,456 
861 
446 
282 
76 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ^ 
farms 
2,833 
6,092 
6,311 
5,696 
5,815 
9,956 
$1,000 
107,165 
126,659 
78,437 
54,402 
45,094 
101,006 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,828 
20,791 
12,429 
9,551 
7,755 
10,145 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
2,079 
4,093 
3,615 
2,793 
2,287 
3,467 
$1,000 
12,690 
12,910 
7,039 
3,792 
2,436 
4,228 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,151 
3,321 
3,368 
2,697 
2,232 
3,375 
$5,000 to $24,999 
895 
761 
240 
94 
52 
81 
$25,000 to $49,999 
26 
9 
7 
2 
3 
9 
$50,000 or more 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,901 
3,483 
3,043 
2,287 
1,946 
2,870 
$1,000 
3,304 
2,845 
1,505 
847 
685 
1,417 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,790 
3,424 
3,009 
2,276 
1,936 
2,839 
$5,000 to $24,999 
104 
56 
34 
11 
10 
28 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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