Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
57 
- 
- 
5 
11 
22 
19 
$1,000 
57 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
52 
- 
- 
5 
8 
20 
19 
$1,000 
36 
- 
- 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
$1,000 
21 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
3,639 
3 
146 
357 
863 
1,270 
1,000 
$1,000 
53,244 
32 
2,454 
6,879 
12,281 
15,405 
16,193 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
220 
- 
9 
42 
54 
68 
47 
$1,000 
34,009 
- 
1,477 
4,629 
7,678 
8,870 
11,355 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
4,589 
24 
341 
595 
1,297 
1,426 
906 
$1,000 
1,687,939 
323 
8,736 
797,864 
417,525 
268,765 
194,726 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
628 
2 
31 
83 
142 
219 
151 
$1,000 
1,649,016 
(D) 
5,575 
792,829 
(D) 
(D) 
186,597 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
24 
- 
2 
11 
7 
4 
$1,000 
31,389 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,829 
22,251 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
$1,000 
31,352 
- 
- 
- 
1,274 
7,827 
22,251 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
532 
12 
33 
125 
212 
104 
46 
$1,000 
5,230 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
1,692 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
4,500 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,037 
9 
79 
160 
335 
284 
170 
$1,000 
21,637 
12 
288 
507 
14,343 
2,421 
4,065 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
1 
6 
3 
3 
$1,000 
18,866 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
1,485 
7 
104 
254 
424 
436 
260 
$1,000 
12,633 
33 
567 
1,938 
4,614 
3,203 
2,278 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
4 
16 
17 
5 
$1,000 
3,999 
- 
- 
200 
2,015 
1,088 
696 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,285 
- 
78 
208 
426 
395 
178 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
64 
(D) 
593 
(□) 
141 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
22 
- 
1 
2 
5 
7 
7 
$1,000 
1,633 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,284 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
$1,000 
1,613 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
568 
- 
14 
47 
199 
214 
94 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
138 
370 
1,303 
(D) 
1,503 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
2 
4 
7 
4 
$1,000 
3,758 
- 
" 
(D) 
612 
(D) 
1,093 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
4,465 
13 
193 
388 
925 
1,315 
1,631 
$1,000 
42,799 
71 
1,931 
3,178 
6,891 
12,304 
18,423 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
390 
3 
41 
53 
101 
126 
66 
$1,000 
7,892 
(D) 
1,562 
2,230 
1,805 
1,509 
(D) 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,451 
7 
77 
233 
464 
484 
186 
$1,000 
4,666 
8 
644 
554 
1,546 
1,470 
444 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
18,218 
57 
852 
1,864 
4,654 
5,831 
4,960 
$1,000 
1,874,512 
976 
26,923 
739,207 
454,104 
355,728 
297,574 
Average per farm 
dollars 
102,893 
17,129 
31,600 
396,570 
97,573 
61,006 
59,995 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
3,958 
9 
225 
436 
1,055 
1,364 
869 
$1,000 
31,469 
85 
1,705 
3,588 
8,514 
7,628 
9,948 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,234 
8 
184 
333 
873 
1,137 
699 
$5,000 to $24,999 
526 
- 
33 
68 
141 
167 
117 
$25,000 to $49,999 
90 
- 
3 
17 
24 
26 
20 
$50,000 or more 
108 
1 
5 
18 
17 
34 
33 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
5,027 
11 
257 
567 
1,286 
1,737 
1,169 
$1,000 
17,937 
48 
1,019 
2,498 
4,778 
5,007 
4,587 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,524 
8 
225 
488 
1,185 
1,578 
1,040 
$5,000 to $24,999 
372 
3 
25 
55 
82 
117 
90 
$25,000 to $49,999 
71 
- 
6 
8 
11 
25 
21 
$50,000 or more 
60 
- 
1 
16 
8 
17 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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