Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Crisp 
Dade 
Dawson 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Dodge 
Dooly 
Dougherty 
Farms 
number 
244 
192 
182 
358 
25 
401 
290 
121 
Land in farms 
acres 
117,251 
32,482 
12,709 
198,954 
2,939 
90,101 
126,856 
65,406 
Average size of farm 
acres 
481 
169 
70 
556 
118 
225 
437 
541 
Median size of farm 
acres 
110 
63 
33 
125 
4 
91 
103 
50 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,004,478 
535,115 
543,434 
1,545,199 
335,928 
494,832 
1,025,625 
1,771,505 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,090 
3,163 
7,782 
2,780 
2,858 
2,202 
2,345 
3,277 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
52,716 
9,745 
15,096 
82,104 
823 
24,499 
62,487 
16,245 
Average per farm 
dollars 
216,048 
50,754 
82,945 
229,340 
32,924 
61,094 
215,473 
134,252 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
21 
12 
16 
10 
18 
15 
18 
16 
1 0 to 49 acres 
53 
62 
101 
89 
3 
91 
61 
39 
50 to 179 acres 
73 
86 
48 
109 
1 
185 
95 
31 
180 to 499 acres 
40 
26 
14 
58 
2 
75 
55 
13 
500 to 999 acres 
9 
3 
3 
44 
- 
16 
21 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
48 
3 
- 
48 
1 
19 
40 
16 
Total cropland 
farms 
184 
116 
88 
259 
22 
270 
224 
88 
acres 
81,885 
7,152 
2,250 
123,602 
311 
27,702 
86,635 
19,733 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
128 
105 
71 
185 
15 
176 
151 
59 
acres 
76,916 
3,868 
1,757 
115,315 
25 
22,677 
76,456 
16,036 
Irrigated land 
farms 
50 
5 
6 
86 
7 
37 
66 
23 
acres 
22,262 
6 
48 
54,744 
8 
7,902 
28,005 
12,971 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
77,051 
29,413 
54,312 
209,401 
645 
35,624 
80,925 
33,585 
Average per farm 
dollars 
315,781 
153,194 
298,418 
584,918 
25,820 
88,837 
279,053 
277,561 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
69,338 
525 
626 
189,967 
545 
18,831 
69,936 
31,625 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
7,713 
28,888 
53,686 
19,434 
100 
16,793 
10,990 
1,960 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
116 
92 
94 
170 
12 
226 
145 
74 
$2,500 to $4,999 
14 
24 
19 
23 
2 
32 
7 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11 
24 
10 
21 
- 
38 
19 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
11 
26 
14 
16 
3 
36 
17 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
7 
6 
14 
3 
28 
17 
4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
15 
2 
1 
10 
2 
14 
15 
- 
$100,000 or more 
66 
17 
38 
104 
3 
27 
70 
15 
Government payments 
farms 
153 
19 
12 
261 
5 
246 
226 
51 
$1,000 
2,312 
195 
21 
4,158 
22 
1,142 
3,688 
408 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
97 
40 
24 
152 
9 
111 
133 
47 
$1,000 
1,720 
699 
456 
3,260 
132 
1,284 
2,259 
1,094 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
62,617 
26,360 
45,441 
127,296 
603 
31,134 
59,212 
22,982 
Average per farm 
dollars 
256,627 
137,294 
249,673 
355,577 
24,122 
77,640 
204,179 
189,932 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
244 
192 
182 
358 
25 
401 
290 
121 
$1,000 
18,465 
3,946 
9,348 
89,522 
197 
6,916 
27,661 
12,105 
Average per farm 
dollars 
75,678 
20,554 
51,363 
250,062 
7,873 
17,247 
95,382 
100,045 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
125 
74 
75 
197 
9 
214 
170 
62 
Other 
number 
119 
118 
107 
161 
16 
187 
120 
59 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
113 
121 
92 
221 
14 
260 
164 
69 
200 days or more 
number 
85 
89 
55 
133 
9 
158 
75 
52 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40 
109 
76 
110 
- 
139 
40 
18 
number 
4,076 
3,003 
2,611 
15,723 
- 
5,973 
2,288 
1,965 
Beef cows 
farms 
35 
103 
72 
89 
- 
121 
37 
14 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
1,776 
4,961 
- 
3,425 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
1 
7 
4 
- 
4 
1 
2 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
14 
2,602 
- 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
34 
86 
58 
94 
- 
106 
31 
10 
number 
2,370 
960 
1,115 
6,818 
- 
2,692 
2,429 
969 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
5 
3 
11 
- 
13 
1 
1 
number 
- 
35 
5 
182 
- 
79 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
6 
- 
9 
1 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
200 
- 
84 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
10 
5 
5 
- 
- 
12 
2 
2 
number 
115 
39 
44 
- 
- 
439 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
23 
27 
19 
23 
- 
19 
5 
11 
number 
588 
79,445 
57,327 
708 
- 
263 
185 
326 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
3 
13 
28 
6 
- 
7 
4 
1 
number 
1,691,713 
9,289,236 
17,988,310 
3,417,350 
- 
5,400,020 
3,221,400 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
8 
2 
11 
50 
- 
24 
15 
5 
acres 
1,149 
(D) 
244 
12,804 
- 
1,922 
2,484 
1,908 
bushels 
231,853 
(D) 
37,320 
2,465,002 
- 
362,110 
511,023 
353,370 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
2 
3 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,084 
- 
(D) 
6 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
41,810 
- 
(D) 
108 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
21 
13 
- 
24 
28 
6 
acres 
2,555 
- 
- 
2,935 
- 
2,570 
7,604 
102 
bushels 
106,437 
- 
- 
161,045 
- 
86,190 
347,048 
3,420 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
13 
- 
24 
28 
6 
acres 
2,555 
- 
- 
2,935 
- 
2,570 
7,604 
102 
bushels 
106,437 
- 
- 
161,045 
- 
86,190 
347,048 
3,420 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
232 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
