Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
1,632 
3,262 
3,140 
2,934 
2,555 
10,195 
percent 
5.8 
11.6 
11.2 
10.4 
9.1 
36.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
453,756 
501,672 
287,266 
196,608 
125,615 
1,129,554 
Average size of farm 
acres 
278 
154 
91 
67 
49 
111 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,632 
3,262 
3,140 
2,934 
2,555 
10,195 
$1,000 
61,430 
54,798 
24,054 
11,792 
4,976 
23,696 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,641 
16,799 
7,661 
4,019 
1,948 
2,324 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
6,894 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,347 
1,202 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
2,684 
157 
791 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,936 
188 
38 
670 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
3,092 
193 
61 
11 
505 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,507 
167 
11 
1 
2 
107 
$50,000 to $99,999 
114 
2 
- 
- 
- 
23 
$100,000 to $249,999 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
1,632 
3,262 
3,140 
2,934 
2,555 
10,195 
$1,000 
56,750 
51,485 
22,244 
10,517 
4,242 
920 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
167 
167 
93 
37 
18 
3 
$1,000 
5,536 
2,487 
577 
127 
32 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
21 
26 
21 
4 
5 
3 
$1,000 
460 
281 
124 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
38 
51 
24 
13 
6 
- 
$1,000 
886 
649 
138 
46 
13 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
80 
82 
36 
19 
5 
- 
$1,000 
2,181 
1,173 
202 
64 
8 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
9 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
192 
- 
29 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
50 
22 
13 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,816 
344 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
. 
8 
1 
1 
. 
. 
$1,000 
- 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
13 
7 
8 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
385 
81 
55 
12 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
51 
157 
155 
113 
58 
27 
$1,000 
1,141 
1,839 
836 
320 
83 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
125 
252 
182 
104 
77 
33 
$1,000 
3,361 
(D) 
1,050 
315 
112 
21 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
108 
209 
148 
92 
63 
26 
$1,000 
2,780 
2,597 
859 
273 
91 
17 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
29 
69 
42 
20 
14 
7 
$1,000 
581 
(D) 
190 
42 
21 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
64 
137 
101 
41 
17 
8 
$1,000 
1,761 
1,836 
572 
137 
27 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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