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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
3 
25 
12 
5 
10 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
16 
11 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
3 
12 
4 
3 
8 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
13 
8 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
498 
980 
781 
618 
492 
201 
$1,000 
10,128 
9,817 
3,943 
1,763 
744 
109 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
981 
1,983 
1,999 
1,841 
1,259 
592 
$1,000 
27,384 
25,898 
12,439 
6,058 
2,030 
395 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1 
5 
3 
2 
3 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
46 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
17 
34 
57 
62 
93 
105 
$1,000 
(D) 
198 
117 
91 
(D) 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
27 
105 
104 
171 
225 
229 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
211 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
190 
336 
372 
357 
406 
150 
$1,000 
4,174 
2,943 
1,554 
(D) 
573 
91 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
41 
171 
171 
180 
281 
362 
$1,000 
128 
338 
225 
179 
200 
121 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
49 
112 
61 
53 
34 
38 
$1,000 
1,517 
1,392 
378 
152 
53 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
68 
105 
75 
93 
75 
73 
$1,000 
1,020 
720 
200 
154 
64 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
631 
894 
579 
454 
301 
3,821 
$1,000 
4,680 
3,313 
1,810 
1,275 
734 
22,776 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
84 
95 
71 
60 
26 
27 
$1,000 
376 
229 
87 
56 
7 
5 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
98 
239 
241 
207 
193 
172 
$1,000 
1,070 
1,008 
517 
344 
183 
58 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
1,632 
3,262 
3,140 
2,934 
2,555 
10,195 
$1,000 
65,149 
72,090 
46,007 
31,455 
23,813 
118,011 
Average per farm 
dollars 
39,920 
22,100 
14,652 
10,721 
9,320 
11,575 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
1,033 
1,838 
1,726 
1,348 
982 
2,212 
$1,000 
4,946 
5,718 
3,309 
1,838 
916 
2,923 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
723 
1,527 
1,606 
1,297 
968 
2,126 
$5,000 to $24,999 
294 
294 
112 
47 
12 
73 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
16 
8 
4 
2 
9 
$50,000 or more 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,008 
1,776 
1,568 
1,229 
933 
2,132 
$1,000 
1,804 
1,773 
800 
479 
272 
1,644 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
927 
1,717 
1,558 
1,220 
933 
2,084 
$5,000 to $24,999 
79 
53 
8 
9 
- 
36 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
6 
2 
- 
- 
10 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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