Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
28,093 
1,256 
623 
581 
828 
1,087 
percent 
100.0 
4.5 
2.2 
2.1 
2.9 
3.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,900,864 
2,809,823 
871,621 
549,295 
500,581 
475,073 
Average size of farm 
acres 
281 
2,237 
1,399 
945 
605 
437 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
28,093 
1,256 
623 
581 
828 
1,087 
$1,000 
3,947,565 
2,851,113 
475,218 
219,527 
141,854 
79,106 
Average per farm 
dollars 
140,518 
2,269,995 
762,790 
377,843 
171,322 
72,775 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
6,894 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,549 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,632 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,832 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,862 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,795 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,178 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,039 
$100,000 to $249,999 
850 
- 
- 
- 
787 
48 
$250,000 to $499,999 
570 
- 
- 
529 
41 
$500,000 to $999,999 
633 
_ 
581 
52 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,298 
1,256 
42 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,013 
971 
42 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
215 
215 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
70 
70 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
28,093 
1,256 
623 
581 
828 
1,087 
$1,000 
3,809,401 
2,789,721 
454,802 
208,330 
135,226 
75,163 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
2,731 
854 
463 
354 
355 
220 
$1,000 
1,832,208 
1,352,567 
295,663 
110,709 
51,405 
13,103 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,155 
851 
457 
343 
338 
166 
$1,000 
1,820,837 
1,352,479 
295,585 
110,515 
50,988 
11,271 
Corn 
farms 
1,034 
494 
211 
121 
92 
36 
$1,000 
592,772 
484,239 
74,643 
21,773 
9,785 
1,449 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
894 
489 
207 
112 
70 
16 
$1,000 
590,323 
484,127 
74,558 
21,499 
9,152 
986 
Wheat 
farms 
849 
317 
162 
94 
105 
39 
$1,000 
94,911 
61,024 
17,733 
6,934 
6,396 
1,091 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
499 
277 
116 
54 
48 
4 
$1,000 
87,591 
59,836 
16,453 
6,008 
5,086 
208 
Soybeans 
farms 
1,933 
762 
372 
245 
217 
115 
$1,000 
704,609 
527,083 
107,993 
39,852 
20,129 
5,923 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,547 
751 
361 
216 
152 
67 
$1,000 
696,407 
526,817 
107,625 
39,077 
18,333 
4,556 
Sorghum 
farms 
393 
200 
87 
48 
34 
10 
$1,000 
75,390 
(D) 
14,476 
5,509 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
318 
189 
74 
42 
12 
1 
$1,000 
73,491 
52,937 
14,183 
5,376 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
822 
263 
162 
133 
103 
72 
$1,000 
363,783 
226,438 
80,722 
36,620 
(D) 
4,278 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
691 
257 
158 
130 
96 
50 
$1,000 
360,001 
226,257 
80,618 
36,513 
13,209 
3,404 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
30 
5 
4 
3 
7 
1 
$1,000 
744 
(D) 
96 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
467 
238 
82 
56 
41 
18 
$1,000 
159,592 
121,964 
20,144 
12,088 
3,881 
981 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
404 
235 
76 
52 
29 
12 
$1,000 
158,130 
121,873 
20,013 
11,966 
3,499 
779 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
660 
17 
10 
19 
17 
36 
$1,000 
41,868 
28,808 
2,705 
2,994 
1,712 
1,415 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
67 
16 
5 
17 
12 
17 
$1,000 
37,038 
(D) 
2,608 
(D) 
(D) 
1,053 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
914 
6 
16 
16 
35 
68 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
2,941 
2,947 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
74 
5 
8 
10 
19 
32 
$1,000 
11,329 
(D) 
2,849 
2,785 
2,144 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
769 
4 
16 
15 
29 
59 
$1,000 
(D) 
664 
2,941 
(D) 
(D) 
2,468 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
3 
8 
9 
15 
27 
$1,000 
9,399 
(D) 
2,849 
2,386 
(D) 
1,798 
Berries 
farms 
206 
2 
- 
5 
8 
10 
$1,000 
3,478 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
488 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
2 
- 
1 
4 
5 
$1,000 
1,913 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
250 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
585 
23 
19 
37 
61 
77 
$1,000 
90,429 
47,824 
12,484 
12,054 
8,851 
4,880 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
199 
23 
19 
35 
58 
64 
$1,000 
85,645 
47,824 
12,484 
(D) 
8,779 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
