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 - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
25 
65 
69 
25 
57 
67 
$1,000 
365 
684 
430 
89 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
21 
62 
68 
23 
47 
65 
$1,000 
299 
675 
422 
83 
63 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
7 
5 
3 
3 
13 
2 
$1,000 
66 
9 
8 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
537 
675 
486 
359 
254 
182 
$1,000 
11,307 
7,513 
2,582 
1,046 
369 
88 
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 
1,171 
2,099 
1,644 
1,555 
1,258 
458 
$1,000 
30,723 
25,979 
9,762 
4,920 
1,901 
297 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
7 
1 
10 
3 
3 
- 
$1,000 
172 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
73 
123 
204 
170 
237 
208 
$1,000 
392 
466 
461 
255 
194 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
275 
611 
570 
605 
820 
909 
$1,000 
3,493 
4,924 
1,986 
1,356 
1,011 
397 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
432 
775 
501 
428 
319 
115 
$1,000 
10,105 
8,827 
2,443 
1,227 
448 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
233 
487 
585 
500 
560 
851 
$1,000 
1,166 
880 
639 
420 
385 
261 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
17 
43 
11 
10 
16 
7 
$1,000 
554 
(D) 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
216 
351 
275 
164 
219 
197 
$1,000 
3,654 
2,701 
809 
269 
189 
53 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
496 
435 
209 
Ill 
86 
929 
$1,000 
3,004 
2,442 
935 
343 
259 
7,836 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
110 
67 
55 
30 
39 
14 
$1,000 
692 
231 
88 
56 
18 
3 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
766 
1,557 
1,662 
1,191 
1,073 
718 
$1,000 
9,428 
9,612 
4,465 
2,105 
1,083 
242 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
7,043 
10,137 
7,718 
5,736 
4,590 
15,396 
$1,000 
319,982 
304,126 
132,279 
87,664 
63,752 
436,211 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,433 
30,002 
17,139 
15,283 
13,889 
28,333 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
4,109 
4,973 
3,663 
2,416 
1,557 
2,766 
$1,000 
11,068 
7,746 
3,096 
1,516 
1,067 
6,764 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,537 
4,666 
3,596 
2,386 
1,541 
2,523 
$5,000 to $24,999 
546 
292 
62 
29 
11 
188 
$25,000 to $49,999 
18 
15 
5 
1 
3 
29 
$50,000 or more 
8 
" 
- 
- 
2 
26 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
4,719 
5,676 
3,751 
2,448 
1,600 
3,583 
$1,000 
11,998 
7,219 
2,029 
1,170 
948 
7,167 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,103 
5,413 
3,704 
2,422 
1,583 
3,276 
$5,000 to $24,999 
586 
246 
45 
24 
15 
268 
$25,000 to $49,999 
18 
12 
2 
2 
- 
13 
$50,000 or more 
12 
5 
- 
- 
2 
26 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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