Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Owyhee 
Payette 
Power 
Shoshone 
Teton 
Twin Falls 
Valley 
Washington 
Farms 
number 
578 
655 
308 
36 
291 
1,294 
117 
559 
Land in farms 
acres 
748,771 
157,090 
467,104 
(D) 
133,199 
484,004 
61,251 
426,494 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,295 
240 
1,517 
(D) 
458 
374 
524 
763 
Median size of farm 
acres 
83 
25 
500 
41 
106 
78 
80 
78 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,590,688 
724,612 
2,293,496 
387,179 
1,506,743 
1,155,801 
1,294,668 
762,163 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,228 
3,021 
1,512 
5,980 
3,292 
3,090 
2,473 
999 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
105,966 
76,800 
116,593 
1,576 
39,884 
206,548 
8,490 
53,667 
Average per farm 
dollars 
183,332 
117,251 
378,549 
43,766 
137,059 
159,620 
72,566 
96,005 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
86 
169 
30 
4 
24 
273 
8 
82 
1 0 to 49 acres 
151 
262 
45 
18 
64 
282 
34 
155 
50 to 1 79 acres 
106 
129 
40 
11 
91 
305 
34 
130 
1 80 to 499 acres 
81 
52 
38 
3 
50 
260 
15 
75 
500 to 999 acres 
60 
24 
45 
- 
25 
98 
12 
34 
1 ,000 acres or more 
94 
19 
110 
- 
37 
76 
14 
83 
Total cropland 
farms 
408 
436 
272 
24 
241 
991 
59 
418 
acres 
140,719 
51,649 
361,680 
791 
87,600 
275,101 
8,752 
79,516 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
381 
394 
173 
21 
179 
927 
55 
368 
acres 
121,988 
48,588 
191,693 
686 
60,946 
240,889 
5,829 
51,908 
Irrigated land 
farms 
475 
560 
149 
5 
192 
1,142 
72 
382 
acres 
133,530 
56,930 
120,949 
(D) 
56,386 
256,974 
26,217 
42,733 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
291,557 
236,243 
238,314 
142 
35,818 
599,581 
6,631 
75,277 
Average per farm 
dollars 
504,424 
360,677 
773,746 
3,939 
123,084 
463,354 
56,678 
134,663 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
93,770 
50,270 
203,458 
46 
30,042 
216,047 
1,209 
36,994 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
197,787 
185,974 
34,856 
95 
5,776 
383,533 
5,422 
38,283 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
117 
213 
133 
19 
117 
280 
51 
177 
$2,500 to $4,999 
41 
61 
15 
9 
31 
82 
12 
71 
$5,000 to $9,999 
34 
97 
10 
4 
15 
113 
11 
41 
$10,000 to $24,999 
70 
84 
23 
3 
35 
91 
7 
78 
$25,000 to $49,999 
54 
53 
13 
1 
22 
109 
5 
49 
$50,000 to $99,999 
50 
36 
17 
- 
17 
141 
18 
29 
$100,000 or more 
212 
111 
97 
- 
54 
478 
13 
114 
Government payments 
farms 
232 
145 
209 
1 
128 
623 
15 
223 
$1,000 
2,041 
652 
6,836 
(D) 
1,206 
3,657 
62 
1,036 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
217 
192 
150 
- 
99 
491 
40 
216 
$1,000 
7,025 
5,111 
12,969 
- 
1,641 
13,065 
908 
2,643 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
241,514 
202,752 
223,621 
414 
36,103 
495,188 
6,978 
54,245 
Average per farm 
dollars 
417,845 
309,545 
726,041 
11,501 
124,066 
382,680 
59,644 
97,039 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
578 
655 
308 
36 
291 
1,294 
117 
559 
$1,000 
59,109 
39,255 
34,499 
-270 
2,561 
121,114 
623 
24,711 
Average per farm 
dollars 
102,264 
59,931 
112,009 
-7,513 
8,800 
93,596 
5,322 
44,205 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
391 
341 
195 
12 
123 
715 
55 
304 
Other 
number 
187 
314 
113 
24 
168 
579 
62 
255 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
288 
442 
167 
26 
193 
754 
67 
346 
200 days or more 
number 
186 
276 
91 
14 
120 
471 
43 
185 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
336 
306 
97 
15 
93 
591 
51 
254 
number 
162,375 
64,345 
27,508 
205 
8,665 
168,323 
7,643 
34,640 
Beef cows 
farms 
264 
221 
80 
11 
79 
425 
35 
227 
number 
45,660 
9,111 
(D) 
115 
3,837 
26,762 
3,920 
15,205 
Milk cows 
farms 
35 
34 
3 
- 
11 
73 
- 
- 
number 
26,124 
16,103 
(D) 
- 
224 
63,960 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
301 
249 
85 
12 
76 
508 
46 
201 
number 
126,264 
85,464 
22,878 
89 
4,381 
101,244 
5,166 
32,523 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
11 
30 
- 
- 
11 
31 
2 
20 
number 
248 
416 
- 
- 
60 
2,413 
(D) 
320 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
12 
35 
2 
- 
12 
34 
2 
12 
number 
295 
571 
(D) 
- 
72 
(D) 
(D) 
405 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
33 
30 
- 
- 
72 
4 
29 
number 
2,424 
790 
- 
- 
- 
12,261 
90 
7,979 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
64 
101 
14 
7 
30 
105 
12 
83 
number 
937 
2,959 
256 
237 
781 
1,635 
213 
1,152 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
6 
- 
- 
2 
5 
- 
1 
number 
- 
914 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
103 
58 
8 
- 
- 
225 
- 
32 
acres 
21,055 
7,446 
1,844 
- 
- 
20,828 
- 
3,500 
bushels 
3,994,417 
1,482,235 
323,510 
- 
- 
3,918,365 
- 
684,377 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
43 
68 
4 
- 
- 
200 
- 
20 
acres 
1 0,759 
7,147 
837 
- 
- 
33,885 
- 
595 
tons 
315,436 
181,060 
25,518 
- 
- 
889,356 
- 
15,351 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
84 
64 
94 
- 
14 
243 
1 
84 
acres 
9,591 
4,813 
112,819 
- 
6,917 
26,415 
(D) 
8,076 
bushels 
1,045,076 
510,127 
6,931,778 
- 
424,523 
3,033,050 
(D) 
604,170 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
76 
60 
77 
- 
8 
205 
1 
71 
acres 
8,592 
4,341 
62,621 
- 
2,022 
20,334 
(D) 
5,925 
bushels 
954,883 
468,121 
3,721,221 
- 
126,290 
2,506,310 
(D) 
483,593 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
20 
9 
65 
- 
11 
66 
27 
acres 
(D) 
472 
(D) 
- 
4,895 
6,081 
- 
2,151 
bushels 
(D) 
42,006 
(D) 
- 
298,233 
526,740 
- 
120,577 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Idaho 231 
