Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
LAND USE - Con. 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
16,751 
15,153 
acres 
1,738,667 
1,320,523 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
15,572 
13,644 
acres 
630,925 
312,429 
Irrigated land 
farms 
3,015 
2,263 
acres 
1,092,881 
582,411 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,790 
2,064 
acres 
1,078,596 
571,299 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
306 
265 
acres 
14,285 
11,112 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 
acres 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
acres 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
2,966 
309,282 
2,472 
216,262 
2,717 
2,620,337 
1,922 
1,388,409 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
..farms 
$1,000 
27 
2,445 
15 
2,237 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 
$1,000 
Average per farm dollars 
Average per acre dollars 
28,093 
20,175,806 
718,179 
2,554 
24,525 
13,372,304 
545,252 
2,743 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,306 
3,499 
5,344 
8,152 
3,716 
3,006 
3,223 
4,890 
7,379 
3,185 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
$10,000,000 or more 
1,852 
1,478 
539 
207 
1,478 
1,019 
270 
75 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
..farms 
$1,000 
28,093 
2,933,418 
24,525 
1,964,597 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 to $9,999 
$10,000 to $19,999 ... 
$20,000 to $49,999 ... 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 or more 
2,152 
2,225 
4,337 
8,095 
5,473 
2,794 
1,835 
1,182 
1,934 
2,014 
3,951 
7,394 
4,867 
2,320 
1,402 
643 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
number 
20,517 
36,005 
17,910 
28,870 
Tractors, all farms 
number 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more farms 
number 
23,303 
50,885 
9,748 
12,130 
16,324 
24,692 
6,051 
14,063 
20,319 
40,645 
8,627 
10,611 
14,253 
20,883 
4,720 
9,151 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
....farms 
number 
1,857 
2,382 
1,273 
1,577 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
Flay balers 
....farms 
number 
....farms 
number 
....farms 
number 
414 
574 
209 
252 
5,993 
7,509 
254 
345 
170 
203 
5,283 
6,621 
Partnership 
791 
164,377 
932 
79,953 
466 
450,743 
448,702 
20 
2,041 
257 
50,973 
505 
928,044 
2 
(D) 
1,788 
3,951,320 
2,209,910 
2,358 
136 
108 
207 
381 
241 
180 
272 
182 
81 
1,788 
575,773 
97 
95 
189 
351 
276 
217 
226 
337 
1,317 
3,832 
1,518 
5,475 
524 
695 
1,038 
1,872 
770 
2,908 
422 
583 
131 
196 
10 
13 
354 
439 
Registered 
under 
state law 
556 
139,700 
659 
59,813 
371 
377,897 
361 
376,303 
15 
1,594 
169 
39,875 
391 
754,192 
2 
(D) 
1,276 
3,266,574 
2,560,011 
2,404 
73 
67 
126 
265 
171 
137 
215 
151 
71 
1,276 
476,504 
55 
53 
124 
234 
200 
159 
171 
280 
992 
2,965 
1,116 
4,263 
372 
499 
760 
1,395 
601 
2,369 
336 
467 
102 
149 
6 
8 
243 
308 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
144 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
