Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fayette 
Floyd 
Forsyth 
Franklin 
Fulton 
Gilmer 
Glascock 
Glynn 
Farms 
number 
126 
559 
311 
775 
187 
296 
96 
53 
Land in farms 
acres 
11,493 
70,166 
16,072 
77,300 
14,105 
25,553 
24,014 
3,600 
Average size of farm 
acres 
91 
126 
52 
100 
75 
86 
250 
68 
Median size of farm 
acres 
46 
58 
24 
60 
35 
56 
110 
20 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
557,343 
489,283 
568,205 
539,779 
511,385 
530,160 
461,958 
266,466 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,110 
3,898 
10,995 
5,412 
6,780 
6,141 
1,847 
3,923 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
6,147 
30,421 
12,836 
59,078 
6,631 
26,128 
4,820 
6,172 
Average per farm 
dollars 
48,785 
54,420 
41,274 
76,229 
35,459 
88,271 
50,204 
116,448 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
16 
27 
41 
30 
35 
24 
6 
15 
1 0 to 49 acres 
48 
221 
173 
316 
89 
106 
23 
26 
50 to 179 acres 
46 
207 
76 
320 
40 
135 
35 
6 
180 to 499 acres 
12 
84 
21 
95 
19 
29 
15 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
4 
12 
- 
10 
3 
1 
14 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
8 
- 
4 
1 
1 
3 
" 
Total cropland 
farms 
73 
345 
154 
461 
114 
149 
65 
15 
acres 
2,733 
19,550 
3,280 
19,736 
3,012 
5,314 
6,355 
308 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
61 
293 
137 
416 
100 
113 
51 
15 
acres 
1,434 
15,810 
3,032 
15,646 
2,775 
3,626 
4,815 
261 
Irrigated land 
farms 
17 
36 
18 
24 
36 
11 
5 
8 
acres 
87 
804 
84 
308 
840 
97 
346 
28 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
3,986 
77,046 
31,690 
367,054 
4,574 
213,850 
3,373 
368 
Average per farm 
dollars 
31,637 
137,828 
101,897 
473,618 
24,461 
722,467 
35,135 
6,942 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
3,603 
5,304 
2,597 
4,515 
3,284 
2,091 
2,625 
222 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
383 
71,742 
29,093 
362,540 
1,290 
211,759 
748 
146 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
60 
228 
138 
228 
85 
70 
48 
32 
$2,500 to $4,999 
11 
83 
49 
67 
18 
40 
4 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
28 
84 
47 
71 
29 
20 
12 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10 
62 
22 
75 
29 
24 
8 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8 
36 
14 
37 
4 
10 
15 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4 
18 
7 
15 
16 
1 
4 
1 
$100,000 or more 
5 
48 
34 
282 
6 
131 
5 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
8 
110 
14 
111 
18 
25 
24 
8 
$1,000 
9 
616 
30 
328 
44 
140 
160 
16 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16 
107 
76 
194 
61 
47 
16 
16 
$1,000 
533 
1,532 
1,442 
1,946 
920 
622 
233 
131 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
4,447 
65,138 
28,958 
309,172 
7,870 
170,895 
3,483 
1,763 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,294 
116,526 
93,113 
398,932 
42,086 
577,348 
36,286 
33,273 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
126 
559 
311 
775 
187 
296 
96 
53 
$1,000 
82 
14,055 
4,204 
60,156 
-2,331 
43,717 
282 
-1,248 
Average per farm 
dollars 
650 
25,144 
13,519 
77,621 
-12,467 
147,692 
2,940 
-23,556 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
66 
204 
167 
405 
106 
196 
46 
24 
Other 
number 
60 
355 
144 
370 
81 
100 
50 
29 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
81 
364 
189 
435 
105 
156 
55 
31 
200 days or more 
number 
44 
261 
124 
321 
52 
116 
31 
26 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
46 
294 
151 
500 
53 
145 
43 
20 
number 
881 
9,989 
3,754 
23,798 
1,345 
5,052 
3,285 
241 
Beef cows 
farms 
43 
267 
126 
474 
45 
133 
40 
18 
number 
529 
(D) 
2,348 
(D) 
859 
(D) 
(D) 
144 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
1 
- 
2 
2 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
37 
262 
134 
405 
48 
119 
30 
13 
number 
480 
6,372 
2,103 
9,840 
678 
1,783 
776 
86 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2 
13 
6 
13 
6 
2 
- 
4 
number 
(D) 
55 
65 
65 
22 
(D) 
- 
8 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2 
15 
5 
9 
2 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
64 
184 
55 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
2 
13 
7 
9 
7 
1 
3 
- 
number 
(D) 
351 
75 
177 
660 
(D) 
6 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
9 
54 
25 
77 
25 
35 
2 
13 
number 
299 
3,685 
(D) 
1,564,561 
5,049 
337,524 
(D) 
192 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
37 
20 
217 
- 
103 
1 
number 
- 
23,745,369 
8,925,486 
102,145,628 
70,301,265 
- 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2 
25 
6 
7 
3 
16 
5 
5 
acres 
(D) 
3,027 
30 
373 
182 
456 
184 
124 
bushels 
(D) 
225,170 
3,396 
52,050 
13,836 
57,274 
15,920 
13,872 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1 
2 
18 
2 
- 
8 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
867 
(D) 
- 
774 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
33,526 
(D) 
- 
29,220 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
18 
2 
- 
8 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
867 
(D) 
- 
774 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
33,526 
(D) 
- 
29,220 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
234 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
