Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
148 
101 
2 
- 
$1,000 
3,273 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
- 
$1,000 
2,485 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
67 
53 
2 
- 
$1,000 
406 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
81 
48 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,868 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,375 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
4,202 
3,455 
267 
189 
$1,000 
902,985 
193,792 
80,056 
58,252 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
728 
445 
103 
70 
$1,000 
876,898 
172,334 
78,542 
57,191 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
13,971 
11,815 
811 
586 
$1,000 
531,869 
213,923 
100,084 
93,154 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,467 
758 
227 
196 
$1,000 
441,813 
139,703 
93,554 
88,349 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
120 
44 
18 
15 
$1,000 
508,847 
(D) 
113,601 
101,609 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
120 
44 
18 
15 
$1,000 
508,847 
(D) 
113,601 
101,609 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,104 
987 
50 
38 
$1,000 
2,158 
1,568 
(D) 
25 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
5 
- 
$1,000 
948 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
2,157 
1,961 
62 
47 
$1,000 
4,978 
4,199 
183 
150 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
9 
- 
- 
$1,000 
762 
762 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
3,648 
2,769 
211 
166 
$1,000 
162,322 
75,402 
32,568 
31,833 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
537 
279 
70 
64 
$1,000 
136,283 
56,156 
31,428 
30,936 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,886 
2,482 
125 
84 
$1,000 
378,453 
150,014 
7,990 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
159 
114 
8 
6 
$1,000 
375,418 
147,662 
(D) 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
farms 
548 
322 
21 
20 
$1,000 
88,463 
17,029 
6,445 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
173 
71 
12 
11 
$1,000 
84,629 
14,391 
6,340 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
1,099 
89 
76 
$1,000 
55,043 
20,709 
7,510 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
157 
63 
25 
21 
$1,000 
47,967 
16,276 
(D) 
6,323 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
3,954 
3,020 
318 
233 
$1,000 
40,164 
22,482 
5,286 
4,222 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
339 
253 
24 
9 
$1,000 
29,203 
4,437 
(D) 
(D) 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
3,480 
2,922 
149 
126 
$1,000 
19,049 
10,523 
1,189 
1,136 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
47,740 
38,140 
2,576 
1,947 
$1,000 
6,484,515 
1,788,133 
1,037,308 
918,940 
Average per farm 
dollars 
135,830 
46,883 
402,682 
471,977 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
22,118 
16,599 
1,434 
1,112 
$1,000 
546,306 
146,913 
88,694 
77,385 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
16,540 
13,709 
732 
520 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,363 
2,030 
319 
265 
$25,000 to $49,999 
812 
367 
122 
112 
$50,000 or more 
1,403 
493 
261 
215 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
21,563 
15,800 
1,457 
1,166 
$1,000 
564,650 
110,171 
122,542 
108,588 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
17,446 
13,955 
874 
653 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,275 
1,170 
245 
222 
$25,000 to $49,999 
648 
296 
96 
86 
$50,000 or more 
1,194 
379 
242 
205 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
138 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
