Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Franklin 
Fremont 
Gem 
Gooding 
Idaho 
Jefferson 
Jerome 
Kootenai 
Farms 
number 
834 
601 
830 
596 
731 
776 
560 
824 
Land in farms 
acres 
262,609 
316,332 
178,984 
239,640 
639,222 
322,776 
188,075 
124,240 
Average size of farm 
acres 
315 
526 
216 
402 
874 
416 
336 
151 
Median size of farm 
acres 
82 
139 
20 
40 
198 
40 
71 
36 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
632,061 
1,175,121 
595,434 
1,539,908 
1,219,897 
1 ,089,749 
1 ,289,525 
624,139 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,007 
2,233 
2,761 
3,830 
1,395 
2,620 
3,840 
4,139 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
97,834 
129,868 
47,676 
162,692 
72,929 
126,210 
170,669 
47,566 
Average per farm 
dollars 
117,306 
216,087 
57,441 
272,974 
99,766 
162,642 
304,765 
57,726 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
143 
75 
261 
131 
42 
150 
107 
169 
1 0 to 49 acres 
191 
128 
304 
187 
137 
265 
152 
312 
50 to 1 79 acres 
173 
144 
154 
100 
164 
145 
126 
180 
1 80 to 499 acres 
167 
121 
50 
94 
147 
86 
89 
108 
500 to 999 acres 
105 
70 
24 
35 
79 
55 
39 
29 
1 ,000 acres or more 
55 
63 
37 
49 
162 
75 
47 
26 
Total cropland 
farms 
677 
466 
503 
401 
541 
546 
425 
507 
acres 
140,805 
207,777 
31,739 
150,659 
209,805 
191,074 
148,878 
64,318 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
528 
351 
443 
369 
440 
513 
399 
384 
acres 
88,192 
172,151 
27,230 
135,535 
150,073 
185,347 
144,422 
47,018 
Irrigated land 
farms 
506 
378 
661 
481 
60 
673 
491 
210 
acres 
61,169 
124,845 
34,165 
141,983 
5,011 
175,347 
148,950 
13,778 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
106,108 
158,629 
42,356 
942,815 
80,822 
257,156 
617,088 
23,690 
Average per farm 
dollars 
127,228 
263,941 
51,031 
1,581,904 
110,564 
331,387 
1,101,944 
28,750 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
24,543 
141,967 
16,565 
100,806 
62,547 
148,544 
145,219 
19,848 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
81,565 
16,662 
25,791 
842,009 
18,275 
108,612 
471 ,870 
3,842 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
301 
240 
341 
149 
242 
225 
116 
462 
$2,500 to $4,999 
74 
30 
103 
43 
63 
83 
39 
101 
$5,000 to $9,999 
83 
46 
100 
47 
81 
70 
36 
100 
$10,000 to $24,999 
103 
42 
94 
77 
66 
85 
61 
64 
$25,000 to $49,999 
71 
56 
74 
46 
53 
61 
59 
43 
$50,000 to $99,999 
48 
43 
41 
33 
57 
55 
45 
20 
$100,000 or more 
154 
144 
77 
201 
169 
197 
204 
34 
Government payments 
farms 
406 
313 
165 
173 
369 
318 
265 
166 
$1,000 
3,420 
3,473 
517 
1,873 
5,658 
2,332 
1,880 
1,075 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
287 
231 
202 
239 
328 
270 
223 
186 
$1,000 
2,159 
4,847 
1,501 
9,384 
3,053 
4,907 
8,332 
1,968 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
84,295 
135,704 
40,741 
775,268 
57,133 
214,402 
500,368 
25,157 
Average per farm 
dollars 
101,073 
225,796 
49,086 
1 ,300,785 
78,157 
276,291 
893,514 
30,530 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
834 
601 
830 
596 
731 
776 
560 
824 
$1,000 
27,392 
31,246 
3,633 
178,804 
32,400 
49,993 
126,932 
1,576 
Average per farm 
dollars 
32,844 
51,989 
4,378 
300,006 
44,322 
64,424 
226,665 
1,913 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
363 
314 
401 
310 
379 
341 
354 
396 
Other 
number 
471 
287 
429 
286 
352 
435 
206 
428 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
570 
401 
542 
379 
434 
501 
318 
499 
200 days or more 
number 
416 
257 
339 
262 
279 
359 
201 
279 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
390 
249 
459 
336 
388 
353 
264 
321 
number 
40,621 
17,975 
42,266 
301,981 
32,616 
72,986 
214,914 
5,234 
Beef cows 
farms 
251 
181 
343 
224 
351 
248 
171 
248 
number 
9,319 
9,345 
13,235 
1 1 ,227 
18,558 
16,722 
8,475 
3,049 
Milk cows 
farms 
89 
19 
34 
64 
16 
32 
41 
27 
number 
13,857 
808 
1,869 
178,661 
25 
12,140 
71 ,680 
50 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
332 
194 
360 
280 
329 
311 
233 
213 
number 
18,048 
10,362 
20,094 
155,874 
17,131 
43,194 
190,731 
3,249 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
15 
19 
37 
19 
13 
26 
15 
50 
number 
107 
84 
240 
162 
1,354 
231 
132 
1,858 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
20 
15 
38 
15 
14 
26 
13 
47 
number 
166 
88 
739 
314 
2,798 
197 
99 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
29 
29 
58 
31 
29 
40 
25 
45 
number 
686 
(D) 
4,303 
14,421 
3,753 
22,517 
545 
676 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
80 
74 
133 
62 
76 
88 
51 
157 
number 
(D) 
994 
2,735 
1,250 
1,582 
1,532 
1,094 
2,923 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
7 
3 
15 
3 
3 
1 
5 
17 
number 
150 
48 
619 
20 
19 
(D) 
434 
627 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
19 
- 
52 
70 
- 
1 
25 
- 
acres 
1,066 
- 
4,148 
14,157 
- 
(D) 
3,942 
- 
bushels 
163,952 
- 
808,314 
2,732,903 
- 
(D) 
775,295 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
45 
4 
30 
123 
- 
26 
112 
- 
acres 
4,506 
248 
1,320 
52,382 
- 
6,210 
24,304 
- 
tons 
85,189 
5,410 
34,423 
1,557,878 
- 
123,698 
652,567 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
113 
96 
66 
41 
162 
105 
86 
24 
acres 
19,083 
44,683 
2,537 
8,456 
80,467 
39,846 
11,915 
16,144 
bushels 
822,026 
3,548,650 
231,406 
948,075 
5,922,408 
3,803,515 
1,358,511 
1,106,336 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
90 
24 
63 
26 
154 
13 
60 
7 
acres 
15,702 
4,511 
2,392 
5,339 
58,256 
2,493 
8,801 
8,674 
bushels 
668,276 
292,969 
218,083 
587,340 
4,617,013 
263,079 
1,001,799 
632,096 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
38 
83 
10 
16 
90 
99 
29 
20 
acres 
3,381 
40,172 
145 
3,117 
22,211 
37,353 
3,114 
7,470 
bushels 
153,750 
3,255,681 
13,323 
360,735 
1,305,395 
3,540,436 
356,712 
474,240 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Idaho 229 
