Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
27 
14 
5 
8 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
87 
16 
7 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
3 
14 
6 
3 
6 
3 
$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 
515 
971 
798 
612 
451 
175 
$1,000 
9,814 
9,402 
3,870 
1,665 
683 
92 
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 
1,027 
2,060 
2,006 
1,762 
1,173 
541 
$1,000 
26,648 
25,144 
11,905 
(D) 
1,846 
358 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1 
5 
3 
2 
3 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
17 
41 
58 
58 
93 
101 
$1,000 
31 
204 
133 
69 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
30 
112 
103 
180 
215 
219 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
205 
(D) 
(D) 
86 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
190 
342 
368 
364 
401 
134 
$1,000 
4,118 
2,949 
1,500 
935 
560 
82 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
46 
173 
179 
190 
269 
349 
$1,000 
132 
337 
231 
184 
190 
116 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
50 
117 
64 
50 
36 
17 
$1,000 
1,184 
1,370 
323 
122 
37 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
69 
103 
80 
95 
78 
63 
$1,000 
(D) 
710 
206 
150 
64 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
794 
1,494 
1,271 
1,152 
1,295 
520 
$1,000 
7,669 
10,964 
5,764 
3,141 
1,967 
283 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
85 
96 
73 
52 
30 
18 
$1,000 
384 
192 
82 
45 
7 
4 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
96 
250 
237 
206 
191 
165 
$1,000 
1,078 
1,021 
490 
344 
178 
55 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
$1,000 
65,664 
78,126 
53,510 
37,138 
31,836 
81,883 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,582 
20,229 
13,964 
10,225 
8,970 
11,877 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
1,078 
1,891 
1,780 
1,373 
1,028 
1,900 
$1,000 
5,139 
5,515 
3,419 
1,961 
1,108 
2,063 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
761 
1,587 
1,666 
1,320 
999 
1,852 
$5,000 to $24,999 
300 
288 
102 
46 
25 
44 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
15 
10 
7 
4 
2 
$50,000 or more 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,052 
1,828 
1,626 
1,281 
1,001 
1,765 
$1,000 
1,847 
1,673 
1,016 
663 
442 
862 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
967 
1,776 
1,610 
1,266 
996 
1,742 
$5,000 to $24,999 
81 
48 
12 
12 
2 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
4 
2 
3 
3 
4 
$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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