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 
1 
3 
6 
15 
14 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
1 
3 
4 
14 
12 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
844 
1,093 
906 
939 
1,160 
1,108 
$1,000 
16,038 
10,984 
4,576 
2,751 
1,737 
564 
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 
1,338 
1,853 
1,556 
1,166 
836 
236 
$1,000 
35,004 
23,154 
9,120 
3,652 
1,327 
155 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
5 
8 
8 
- 
1 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
56 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
51 
126 
129 
183 
206 
129 
$1,000 
240 
315 
199 
237 
192 
54 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
142 
292 
289 
299 
406 
316 
$1,000 
1,293 
1,859 
956 
541 
445 
131 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
369 
589 
532 
480 
470 
152 
$1,000 
6,816 
5,690 
2,464 
1,235 
641 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
134 
324 
345 
312 
465 
581 
$1,000 
271 
387 
240 
(D) 
235 
177 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
4 
3 
8 
2 
5 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
148 
225 
200 
184 
168 
178 
$1,000 
2,076 
1,767 
735 
295 
149 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,200 
1,422 
1,131 
707 
639 
710 
$1,000 
16,783 
12,808 
5,738 
2,057 
871 
299 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
186 
143 
61 
64 
28 
34 
$1,000 
1,487 
402 
111 
55 
13 
4 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
202 
459 
521 
481 
436 
322 
$1,000 
1,571 
2,348 
1,518 
855 
380 
94 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
2,707 
4,136 
3,792 
3,305 
3,583 
10,565 
$1,000 
110,148 
103,120 
57,362 
43,109 
37,763 
151,754 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,690 
24,932 
15,127 
13,044 
10,540 
14,364 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
924 
1,064 
918 
723 
763 
1,542 
$1,000 
4,554 
3,022 
1,558 
863 
1,033 
1,756 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
662 
925 
866 
709 
737 
1,481 
$5,000 to $24,999 
233 
126 
50 
13 
21 
57 
$25,000 to $49,999 
24 
10 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
5 
3 
1 
1 
5 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,156 
1,391 
1,146 
885 
944 
2,070 
$1,000 
2,845 
1,599 
909 
495 
481 
1,260 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,005 
1,324 
1,112 
872 
933 
2,032 
$5,000 to $24,999 
143 
64 
33 
13 
11 
30 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
3 
1 
- 
- 
8 
$50,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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