Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pickens 
Pierce 
Pike 
Polk 
Pulaski 
Putnam 
Quitman 
Rabun 
Farms 
number 
262 
356 
296 
353 
176 
165 
21 
114 
Land in farms 
acres 
16,838 
78,230 
38,065 
44,971 
62,520 
28,498 
9,103 
8,064 
Average size of farm 
acres 
64 
220 
129 
127 
355 
173 
433 
71 
Median size of farm 
acres 
40 
53 
59 
59 
75 
87 
195 
40 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
431,541 
523,297 
469,351 
459,447 
929,738 
656,890 
924,656 
500,659 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,715 
2,381 
3,650 
3,606 
2,617 
3,803 
2,133 
7,078 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
11,258 
44,627 
11,968 
18,271 
41,648 
15,087 
1,402 
8,406 
Average per farm 
dollars 
42,969 
125,355 
40,433 
51,760 
236,635 
91,435 
66,775 
73,736 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
25 
54 
18 
30 
10 
8 
- 
12 
1 0 to 49 acres 
140 
111 
114 
129 
56 
53 
4 
53 
50 to 1 79 acres 
79 
99 
115 
129 
49 
63 
2 
42 
180 to 499 acres 
15 
50 
32 
55 
29 
30 
10 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
23 
13 
5 
11 
6 
3 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
19 
4 
5 
21 
5 
2 
1 
Total cropland 
farms 
146 
291 
192 
222 
126 
95 
14 
89 
acres 
4,000 
44,852 
9,004 
13,653 
43,712 
9,640 
2,396 
3,647 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
111 
260 
134 
194 
89 
79 
6 
88 
acres 
2,824 
42,352 
4,799 
10,816 
40,698 
8,207 
(D) 
2,988 
Irrigated land 
farms 
7 
96 
18 
12 
47 
16 
- 
13 
acres 
36 
10,795 
558 
13 
19,545 
789 
- 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
72,635 
64,360 
11,076 
35,103 
76,229 
38,036 
(D) 
21,286 
Average per farm 
dollars 
277,233 
180,786 
37,419 
99,442 
433,117 
230,522 
(D) 
186,716 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
997 
39,347 
2,465 
3,027 
49,406 
1,432 
(D) 
4,433 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
71,638 
25,013 
8,611 
32,076 
26,823 
36,605 
(D) 
16,852 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
134 
130 
152 
156 
85 
91 
14 
31 
$2,500 to $4,999 
34 
36 
48 
56 
18 
5 
2 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
38 
31 
43 
11 
10 
2 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
25 
41 
32 
51 
7 
26 
- 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8 
21 
11 
12 
5 
8 
1 
7 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3 
30 
14 
11 
2 
3 
- 
6 
$100,000 or more 
41 
60 
8 
24 
48 
22 
2 
25 
Government payments 
farms 
6 
165 
65 
66 
107 
33 
12 
13 
$1,000 
22 
2,363 
248 
437 
1,512 
567 
(D) 
138 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
51 
121 
55 
80 
46 
45 
7 
15 
$1,000 
371 
1,189 
221 
369 
670 
1,176 
102 
37 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
60,554 
48,769 
12,840 
32,564 
57,929 
41,320 
1,453 
18,863 
Average per farm 
dollars 
231,122 
136,992 
43,379 
92,250 
329,144 
250,426 
69,190 
165,468 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
262 
356 
296 
353 
176 
165 
21 
114 
$1,000 
12,474 
19,142 
-1,295 
3,345 
20,482 
-1,542 
(D) 
2,597 
Average per farm 
dollars 
47,610 
53,770 
-4,375 
9,475 
116,374 
-9,344 
(D) 
22,779 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
127 
188 
104 
146 
93 
68 
5 
71 
Other 
number 
135 
168 
192 
207 
83 
97 
16 
43 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
138 
166 
184 
213 
98 
95 
10 
64 
200 days or more 
number 
106 
108 
81 
151 
57 
86 
10 
42 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
119 
79 
125 
185 
24 
93 
6 
44 
number 
2,602 
2,718 
4,898 
9,442 
595 
11,202 
1,374 
1,468 
Beef cows 
farms 
94 
71 
104 
151 
22 
69 
4 
43 
number 
1,637 
(D) 
(D) 
3,615 
407 
2,410 
710 
952 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
3 
- 
17 
- 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
104 
- 
4,223 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
88 
58 
100 
149 
21 
69 
3 
33 
number 
1,265 
1,401 
2,167 
5,240 
321 
3,791 
610 
1,001 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3 
8 
3 
9 
- 
5 
2 
5 
number 
11 
43 
32 
196 
- 
17 
(D) 
71 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3 
4 
3 
9 
1 
1 
4 
number 
14 
41 
(D) 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
75 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
9 
5 
3 
12 
2 
3 
- 
5 
number 
182 
133 
13 
173 
(D) 
20 
- 
72 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
36 
21 
23 
23 
14 
15 
1 
16 
number 
74,500 
(D) 
394 
779 
559 
(D) 
(D) 
261 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
34 
2 
6 
14 
9 
21 
number 
19,674,400 
(D) 
2,407,425 
10,351,300 
9,562,000 
- 
- 
5,572,740 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
7 
33 
5 
6 
25 
- 
- 
11 
acres 
460 
3,293 
83 
835 
3,260 
- 
- 
127 
bushels 
67,364 
532,014 
7,961 
58,180 
602,252 
- 
- 
17,315 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
810 
- 
(D) 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
18,690 
- 
(D) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
11 
10 
10 
25 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
1,858 
492 
1,070 
5,418 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
91,822 
19,304 
61,602 
258,586 
(D) 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
11 
10 
10 
25 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
1,858 
492 
1,070 
5,418 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
91,822 
19,304 
61,602 
258,586 
(D) 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 241 
