Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pickens 
Pike 
Randolph 
Russell 
St. Clair 
Shelby 
Sumter 
Farms 
number 
433 
600 
611 
280 
540 
401 
428 
Land in farms 
acres 
102,646 
167,272 
113,918 
117,351 
67,447 
58,452 
239,820 
Average size of farm 
acres 
237 
279 
186 
419 
125 
146 
560 
Median size of farm 
acres 
93 
153 
92 
107 
60 
55 
200 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
490,280 
635,038 
523,882 
947,766 
479,536 
612,139 
797,216 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,068 
2,278 
2,810 
2,261 
3,839 
4,199 
1,423 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
29,849 
39,880 
40,483 
23,421 
29,721 
27,501 
25,075 
Average per farm 
dollars 
68,936 
66,467 
66,256 
83,647 
55,038 
68,580 
58,587 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
21 
11 
26 
20 
50 
41 
17 
1 0 to 49 acres 
102 
118 
144 
61 
189 
141 
80 
50 to 1 79 acres 
195 
206 
254 
95 
197 
137 
111 
1 80 to 499 acres 
72 
177 
136 
43 
86 
55 
122 
500 to 999 acres 
26 
62 
38 
28 
12 
23 
49 
1 ,000 acres or more 
17 
26 
13 
33 
6 
4 
49 
Total cropland 
farms 
245 
393 
324 
165 
310 
219 
285 
acres 
24,587 
35,215 
14,445 
29,426 
13,620 
18,677 
33,260 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
177 
296 
283 
117 
271 
196 
203 
acres 
16,428 
24,326 
11,155 
21,145 
1 1 ,028 
16,281 
17,146 
Irrigated land 
farms 
11 
33 
11 
31 
30 
37 
21 
acres 
(D) 
3,196 
74 
3,408 
344 
1,110 
1,479 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
110,575 
130,393 
111,513 
28,856 
64,815 
12,169 
30,473 
Average per farm 
dollars 
255,370 
217,321 
182,510 
103,057 
120,027 
30,346 
71,199 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
6,675 
11,553 
2,135 
16,145 
9,834 
9,785 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
103,900 
118,840 
109,378 
12,711 
54,981 
2,383 
(D) 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
178 
240 
197 
132 
216 
184 
185 
$2,500 to $4,999 
45 
44 
80 
25 
64 
60 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
39 
61 
87 
40 
96 
53 
60 
$10,000 to $24,999 
34 
77 
78 
35 
87 
49 
55 
$25,000 to $49,999 
36 
59 
55 
13 
22 
16 
31 
$50,000 to $99,999 
12 
23 
29 
11 
6 
14 
13 
$100,000 or more 
89 
96 
85 
24 
49 
25 
43 
Government payments 
farms 
87 
325 
129 
97 
33 
42 
156 
$1,000 
511 
1,573 
831 
738 
119 
659 
1,057 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
149 
239 
144 
92 
106 
90 
177 
$1,000 
1,291 
2,834 
747 
2,105 
1,074 
1,574 
5,583 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
97,833 
108,050 
96,555 
21,927 
53,191 
13,137 
32,276 
Average per farm 
dollars 
225,943 
180,084 
158,028 
78,311 
98,501 
32,760 
75,411 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
433 
600 
611 
280 
540 
401 
428 
$1,000 
14,544 
26,749 
16,536 
9,772 
12,817 
1,264 
4,837 
Average per farm 
dollars 
33,589 
44,582 
27,064 
34,901 
23,736 
3,153 
1 1 ,302 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
203 
237 
319 
99 
276 
179 
197 
Other 
number 
230 
363 
292 
181 
264 
222 
231 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
288 
335 
348 
180 
300 
257 
257 
200 days or more 
number 
202 
229 
237 
143 
221 
182 
151 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
188 
313 
401 
118 
266 
160 
259 
number 
11,810 
23,776 
23,733 
5,980 
10,358 
6,895 
25,041 
Beef cows 
farms 
175 
296 
371 
108 
251 
149 
240 
number 
6,109 
(D) 
(D) 
3,706 
6,552 
4,179 
13,278 
Milk cows 
farms 
5 
2 
5 
- 
- 
6 
- 
number 
155 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
14 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
153 
273 
333 
92 
203 
125 
210 
number 
6,017 
11,349 
10,492 
2,395 
4,220 
2,661 
12,351 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
5 
2 
9 
2 
11 
8 
7 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
81 
(D) 
(D) 
82 
28,964 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3 
2 
3 
7 
8 
5 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
24 
- 
(D) 
138 
61,890 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
7 
4 
8 
11 
6 
7 
7 
number 
256 
76 
121 
589 
(D) 
140 
865 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
33 
26 
58 
24 
62 
54 
14 
number 
249,428 
211,296 
451,001 
561 
1,925 
2,706 
85,728 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
65 
64 
53 
2 
37 
8 
- 
number 
24,746,696 
28,649,055 
28,845,226 
(D) 
18,466,279 
207 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5 
28 
41 
13 
17 
10 
17 
acres 
(D) 
1,747 
1,154 
2,791 
137 
799 
523 
bushels 
(D) 
149,557 
75,765 
205,520 
10,159 
91,974 
47,804 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
5 
5 
6 
9 
1 
7 
10 
acres 
1,241 
850 
221 
2,580 
(D) 
1,286 
2,045 
bushels 
63,396 
28,044 
7,400 
123,414 
(D) 
58,627 
88,530 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
5 
5 
6 
9 
1 
7 
10 
acres 
1,241 
850 
221 
2,580 
(D) 
1,286 
2,045 
bushels 
63,396 
28,044 
7,400 
123,414 
(D) 
58,627 
88,530 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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