Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Liberty 
Lincoln 
Long 
Lowndes 
Lumpkin 
McDuffie 
McIntosh 
Farms 
number 
192 
46 
150 
67 
411 
220 
208 
56 
Land in farms 
acres 
105,439 
6,217 
23,607 
10,266 
64,948 
17,382 
37,989 
17,062 
Average size of farm 
acres 
549 
135 
157 
153 
158 
79 
183 
305 
Median size of farm 
acres 
135 
58 
63 
89 
48 
40 
68 
29 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,579,949 
285,379 
436,271 
377,322 
559,107 
710,638 
523,363 
786,369 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,877 
2,112 
2,772 
2,463 
3,538 
8,994 
2,866 
2,581 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
31,596 
1,518 
9,384 
3,940 
29,970 
10,509 
8,402 
4,964 
Average per farm 
dollars 
164,560 
33,006 
62,563 
58,802 
72,919 
47,769 
40,393 
88,645 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
10 
12 
15 
5 
51 
21 
26 
19 
1 0 to 49 acres 
44 
10 
51 
18 
157 
119 
66 
16 
50 to 179 acres 
63 
16 
50 
24 
126 
56 
64 
12 
180 to 499 acres 
38 
3 
24 
17 
55 
22 
29 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
13 
4 
8 
3 
13 
1 
15 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
24 
1 
2 
- 
9 
1 
8 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
147 
26 
87 
50 
291 
124 
125 
26 
acres 
52,724 
592 
3,625 
2,819 
25,389 
2,962 
8,179 
977 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
95 
18 
63 
40 
222 
100 
94 
22 
acres 
46,833 
420 
2,745 
1,913 
20,715 
2,454 
5,539 
633 
Irrigated land 
farms 
39 
8 
3 
3 
73 
13 
13 
11 
acres 
16,877 
40 
3 
(D) 
8,001 
80 
318 
279 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
72,525 
311 
4,053 
11,536 
31,148 
52,456 
27,785 
3,513 
Average per farm 
dollars 
377,732 
6,760 
27,023 
172,181 
75,787 
238,436 
133,584 
62,726 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
(D) 
149 
521 
707 
24,638 
1,989 
(D) 
2,232 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
(D) 
162 
3,532 
10,829 
6,511 
50,467 
(D) 
1,281 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
83 
28 
78 
24 
204 
103 
112 
25 
$2,500 to $4,999 
16 
4 
15 
12 
41 
23 
21 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
1 
23 
7 
41 
11 
21 
5 
$10,000 to $24,999 
16 
9 
17 
8 
40 
28 
25 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
4 
8 
2 
38 
10 
11 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
10 
- 
4 
6 
15 
4 
9 
6 
$100,000 or more 
37 
- 
5 
8 
32 
41 
9 
7 
Government payments 
farms 
115 
8 
31 
27 
165 
15 
30 
3 
$1,000 
1,529 
23 
127 
120 
464 
71 
251 
5 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
91 
13 
43 
10 
111 
34 
60 
14 
$1,000 
3,082 
439 
429 
28 
1,375 
576 
695 
85 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
39,452 
754 
4,577 
7,437 
26,370 
48,361 
23,016 
2,935 
Average per farm 
dollars 
205,477 
16,397 
30,510 
110,995 
64,161 
219,821 
110,655 
52,419 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
192 
46 
150 
67 
411 
220 
208 
56 
$1,000 
37,684 
19 
33 
4,247 
6,617 
4,742 
5,716 
667 
Average per farm 
dollars 
196,273 
412 
223 
63,386 
16,099 
21,556 
27,479 
11,914 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
89 
16 
56 
31 
189 
118 
73 
24 
Other 
number 
103 
30 
94 
36 
222 
102 
135 
32 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
110 
39 
107 
38 
231 
135 
146 
33 
200 days or more 
number 
68 
20 
64 
31 
172 
84 
97 
20 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40 
11 
62 
31 
125 
87 
97 
13 
number 
10,037 
405 
3,135 
1,205 
3,752 
3,591 
6,384 
496 
Beef cows 
farms 
36 
9 
60 
26 
115 
78 
79 
11 
number 
(D) 
312 
2,013 
670 
(D) 
2,530 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
30 
9 
54 
27 
95 
72 
87 
11 
number 
5,101 
299 
1,468 
413 
1,841 
1,701 
2,917 
128 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
5 
8 
- 
- 
12 
2 
4 
3 
number 
44 
11 
- 
- 
205 
(D) 
22 
24 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
4 
5 
- 
- 
13 
1 
7 
- 
number 
43 
30 
- 
- 
362 
(D) 
24 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
4 
9 
4 
1 
number 
69 
- 
(D) 
- 
183 
59 
162 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
12 
10 
19 
3 
37 
23 
14 
4 
number 
348 
285 
985 
42 
3,469 
36,236 
804 
63 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
6 
10 
28 
4 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
3,656,877 
132 
11,469,590 
3,200 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
25 
1 
- 
6 
45 
5 
- 
- 
acres 
6,764 
(D) 
- 
311 
2,275 
228 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,325,218 
(D) 
- 
25,500 
391,456 
20,714 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
5 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
186 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
3,946 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
42 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
8,375 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
467,467 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
42 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
8,375 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
467,467 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
238 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
