Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
21,886 
16,241 
3,789 
1,856 
9,848 
12,038 
acres 
13,036,448 
4,311,003 
6,541,575 
2,183,870 
5,515,665 
7,520,783 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
41,259 
33,895 
4,908 
2,456 
19,639 
21,620 
acres 
1,365,250 
903,758 
333,846 
127,646 
555,690 
809,560 
Irrigated land 
farms 
53,546 
41,110 
6,947 
5,489 
27,975 
25,571 
acres 
7,861,964 
3,140,946 
3,330,060 
1,390,958 
3,025,160 
4,836,804 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
47,972 
36,764 
6,115 
5,093 
25,635 
22,337 
acres 
7,371,411 
2,953,638 
3,107,331 
1,310,442 
2,863,059 
4,508,352 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
7,884 
6,056 
1,302 
526 
3,225 
4,659 
acres 
490,553 
187,308 
222,729 
80,516 
162,101 
328,452 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
470 
406 
52 
12 
257 
213 
acres 
105,504 
76,432 
20,561 
8,511 
52,389 
53,115 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
13,813 
9,092 
2,940 
1,781 
7,060 
6,753 
acres 
4,929,132 
1,648,589 
2,256,249 
1,024,294 
1,689,372 
3,239,760 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
3,008 
1,993 
551 
464 
1,380 
1,628 
$1,000 
1,355,207 
329,284 
536,127 
489,795 
428,995 
926,212 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
77,857 
60,492 
9,490 
7,875 
40,197 
37,660 
$1,000 
160,524,953 
82,181,165 
57,429,069 
20,914,719 
70,572,965 
89,951,988 
Average per farm 
dollars 
2,061,792 
1,358,546 
6,051,535 
2,655,837 
1,755,677 
2,388,529 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,278 
8,152 
5,078 
5,007 
6,654 
6,012 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
3,768 
2,433 
30 
1,305 
2,092 
1,676 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,993 
2,397 
58 
538 
1,743 
1,250 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,849 
5,902 
233 
714 
3,786 
3,063 
$200,000 to $499,999 
22,324 
19,962 
1,036 
1,326 
11,673 
10,651 
$500,000 to $999,999 
17,939 
15,230 
1,542 
1,167 
9,256 
8,683 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
9,621 
6,926 
1,825 
870 
5,045 
4,576 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
8,056 
4,879 
2,161 
1,016 
3,965 
4,091 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
3,283 
1,563 
1,245 
475 
1,429 
1,854 
$10,000,000 or more 
3,024 
1,200 
1,360 
464 
1,208 
1,816 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
77,851 
60,487 
9,490 
7,874 
40,196 
37,655 
$1,000 
9,709,545 
4,698,013 
3,345,493 
1,666,040 
3,972,742 
5,736,804 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
10,455 
9,252 
381 
822 
6,085 
4,370 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,336 
7,301 
376 
659 
4,597 
3,739 
$10,000 to $19,999 
13,025 
11,151 
844 
1,030 
6,949 
6,076 
$20,000 to $49,999 
18,826 
15,595 
1,608 
1,623 
9,534 
9,292 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,191 
8,511 
1,579 
1,101 
5,592 
5,599 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,916 
4,515 
1,471 
930 
3,537 
3,379 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,289 
2,784 
1,594 
911 
2,424 
2,865 
$500,000 or more 
3,813 
1,378 
1,637 
798 
1,478 
2,335 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
55,175 
40,644 
8,538 
5,993 
26,905 
28,270 
number 
132,455 
76,294 
36,067 
20,094 
57,525 
74,930 
Tractors, all 
farms 
53,296 
39,993 
8,094 
5,209 
26,482 
26,814 
number 
147,163 
83,615 
42,488 
21,060 
66,257 
80,906 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
31,264 
24,513 
4,194 
2,557 
15,083 
16,181 
number 
49,313 
34,154 
9,798 
5,361 
22,941 
26,372 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
30,456 
21,273 
5,895 
3,288 
15,313 
15,143 
number 
68,295 
38,946 
19,994 
9,355 
31,676 
36,619 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
10,631 
5,403 
3,289 
1,939 
5,002 
5,629 
number 
29,555 
10,515 
12,696 
6,344 
11,640 
17,915 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
1,710 
548 
696 
466 
764 
946 
number 
2,497 
695 
1,083 
719 
1,060 
1,437 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
475 
139 
260 
76 
206 
269 
number 
870 
264 
477 
129 
308 
562 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
1,629 
829 
572 
228 
709 
920 
number 
2,188 
1,022 
836 
330 
868 
1,320 
Hay balers 
farms 
3,674 
1,963 
1,268 
443 
1,839 
1,835 
number 
4,822 
2,375 
1,811 
636 
2,349 
2,473 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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