Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jeff Davis 
Jefferson 
Jenkins 
Johnson 
Jones 
Lamar 
Lanier 
Laurens 
Farms 
number 
192 
358 
224 
255 
175 
252 
86 
694 
Land in farms 
acres 
78,886 
145,588 
91,401 
57,037 
23,018 
35,479 
41,610 
184,227 
Average size of farm 
acres 
411 
407 
408 
224 
132 
141 
484 
265 
Median size of farm 
acres 
95 
150 
130 
125 
65 
50 
93 
100 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,364,478 
812,566 
766,796 
401,691 
417,765 
540,193 
1,649,137 
544,447 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,321 
1,998 
1,879 
1,796 
3,176 
3,837 
3,408 
2,051 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
23,031 
41,854 
31,769 
13,576 
12,050 
19,477 
17,839 
51,508 
Average per farm 
dollars 
119,952 
117,237 
141,828 
53,238 
68,855 
77,291 
207,428 
74,218 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
15 
18 
4 
18 
21 
8 
10 
21 
1 0 to 49 acres 
48 
67 
51 
38 
44 
104 
23 
161 
50 to 1 79 acres 
57 
116 
73 
101 
63 
92 
22 
283 
1 80 to 499 acres 
26 
83 
44 
72 
42 
37 
8 
145 
500 to 999 acres 
29 
32 
22 
19 
5 
7 
10 
43 
1 ,000 acres or more 
17 
42 
30 
7 
- 
4 
13 
41 
Total cropland 
farms 
150 
286 
156 
170 
98 
159 
67 
516 
acres 
44,546 
74,745 
44,094 
15,054 
6,272 
12,021 
19,733 
60,709 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
130 
202 
112 
112 
87 
132 
52 
340 
acres 
43,152 
62,932 
40,406 
9,458 
5,049 
10,396 
18,739 
46,276 
Irrigated land 
farms 
58 
72 
49 
10 
8 
18 
30 
68 
acres 
9,834 
22,266 
14,150 
1,728 
37 
1,747 
6,925 
10,275 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
51,890 
72,877 
37,474 
6,743 
10,372 
54,387 
21,174 
35,889 
Average per farm 
dollars 
270,258 
203,566 
167,294 
26,444 
59,269 
215,823 
246,207 
51,713 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
40,792 
52,999 
33,927 
5,317 
552 
10,715 
20,768 
30,344 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
11,097 
19,878 
3,547 
1,427 
9,820 
43,672 
405 
5,545 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
70 
136 
104 
137 
86 
107 
38 
376 
$2,500 to $4,999 
24 
32 
18 
31 
28 
30 
6 
38 
$5,000 to $9,999 
14 
36 
18 
15 
20 
27 
8 
65 
$10,000 to $24,999 
17 
40 
27 
37 
15 
42 
7 
94 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
12 
9 
12 
6 
6 
5 
42 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11 
21 
2 
13 
11 
4 
- 
25 
$100,000 or more 
50 
81 
46 
10 
9 
36 
22 
54 
Government payments 
farms 
94 
234 
153 
117 
16 
54 
50 
424 
$1,000 
1,115 
2,695 
1,808 
405 
156 
268 
824 
2,023 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
62 
137 
93 
55 
41 
62 
17 
189 
$1,000 
1,933 
1,706 
1,773 
590 
230 
821 
(D) 
2,677 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
42,984 
49,860 
27,790 
7,022 
9,977 
44,999 
19,695 
38,347 
Average per farm 
dollars 
223,873 
139,273 
124,064 
27,538 
57,009 
178,568 
229,014 
55,255 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
192 
358 
224 
255 
175 
252 
86 
694 
$1,000 
11,954 
27,418 
13,265 
716 
781 
10,478 
3,058 
2,242 
Average per farm 
dollars 
62,261 
76,586 
59,218 
2,807 
4,464 
41,578 
35,556 
3,230 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
89 
145 
93 
81 
72 
84 
36 
223 
Other 
number 
103 
213 
131 
174 
103 
168 
50 
471 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
128 
199 
141 
191 
91 
155 
57 
354 
200 days or more 
number 
90 
134 
98 
108 
73 
113 
44 
265 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
72 
157 
63 
101 
72 
116 
18 
233 
number 
4,154 
15,963 
4,406 
3,827 
6,994 
4,954 
1,275 
8,816 
Beef cows 
farms 
69 
128 
53 
90 
56 
101 
15 
202 
number 
2,886 
5,121 
1,996 
2,248 
(D) 
2,382 
(D) 
4,549 
Milk cows 
farms 
6 
10 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
7 
number 
30 
2,771 
349 
17 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
687 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
58 
137 
59 
89 
65 
89 
12 
189 
number 
2,131 
11,122 
1,633 
1,824 
6,186 
2,944 
513 
3,873 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1 
8 
6 
6 
2 
2 
6 
10 
number 
(D) 
47 
2,088 
166 
(D) 
(D) 
85 
291 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1 
7 
6 
6 
2 
2 
6 
10 
number 
(D) 
100 
6,074 
231 
(D) 
(D) 
91 
624 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
7 
3 
7 
12 
2 
3 
number 
- 
313 
13 
179 
398 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
15 
14 
11 
22 
30 
26 
8 
30 
number 
(D) 
251 
520 
933 
1,077 
(D) 
181 
567 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
8 
- 
3 
2 
2 
25 
2 
- 
number 
3,156,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,038,003 
(D) 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
22 
50 
26 
6 
- 
6 
22 
64 
acres 
2,047 
8,919 
3,076 
704 
- 
(D) 
983 
5,943 
bushels 
303,763 
1,889,910 
512,508 
129,010 
- 
(D) 
160,078 
810,130 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
8 
acres 
- 
490 
332 
- 
- 
- 
- 
313 
tons 
- 
10,280 
6,466 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,540 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
7 
55 
7 
17 
- 
4 
2 
54 
acres 
774 
10,101 
541 
2,305 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,628 
bushels 
39,000 
428,234 
24,148 
91,447 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
318,073 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
7 
55 
7 
17 
- 
4 
2 
54 
acres 
774 
10,101 
541 
2,305 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,628 
bushels 
39,000 
428,234 
24,148 
91,447 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
318,073 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 237 
