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 
24 
65 
69 
25 
57 
67 
$1,000 
363 
684 
430 
89 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
20 
62 
68 
23 
47 
65 
$1,000 
297 
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 
552 
668 
477 
353 
248 
176 
$1,000 
11,369 
7,210 
2,499 
1,011 
358 
83 
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 
1,181 
2,104 
1,638 
1,549 
1,240 
455 
$1,000 
30,446 
25,808 
9,690 
4,901 
1,871 
295 
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 
76 
120 
204 
169 
237 
208 
$1,000 
393 
457 
461 
254 
194 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
283 
627 
560 
604 
810 
906 
$1,000 
3,578 
4,957 
1,902 
1,339 
996 
395 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
438 
776 
507 
424 
311 
114 
$1,000 
10,189 
8,781 
2,437 
1,210 
433 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
235 
495 
590 
502 
553 
840 
$1,000 
1,168 
887 
640 
416 
383 
257 
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 
221 
345 
273 
164 
221 
194 
$1,000 
3,700 
2,582 
801 
267 
189 
52 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
603 
563 
337 
279 
214 
162 
$1,000 
4,719 
4,100 
1,470 
853 
312 
77 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
110 
67 
54 
30 
39 
14 
$1,000 
684 
234 
84 
56 
18 
3 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
782 
1,556 
1,660 
1,185 
1,065 
709 
$1,000 
9,527 
9,437 
4,422 
2,096 
1,081 
240 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
7,150 
10,265 
7,846 
5,904 
4,718 
14,629 
$1,000 
325,438 
305,394 
131,636 
92,687 
67,482 
406,180 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,516 
29,751 
16,777 
15,699 
14,303 
27,765 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
4,168 
4,983 
3,663 
2,433 
1,556 
2,624 
$1,000 
11,892 
7,532 
3,109 
1,582 
1,158 
5,546 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,575 
4,693 
3,595 
2,402 
1,534 
2,411 
$5,000 to $24,999 
552 
279 
63 
30 
17 
172 
$25,000 to $49,999 
30 
9 
5 
1 
3 
23 
$50,000 or more 
11 
2 
" 
- 
2 
18 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
4,783 
5,677 
3,770 
2,460 
1,615 
3,396 
$1,000 
12,192 
7,182 
2,110 
1,226 
1,004 
5,824 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,142 
5,429 
3,719 
2,429 
1,593 
3,132 
$5,000 to $24,999 
601 
236 
47 
29 
20 
237 
$25,000 to $49,999 
23 
7 
4 
2 
- 
11 
$50,000 or more 
17 
5 
- 
- 
2 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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