Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Monroe 
Nassau 
Okaloosa 
Okeechobee 
Orange 
Osceola 
Palm Beach 
Pasco 
Farms 
number 
28 
icy. . 
678 
662 
365 
1,409 
1,065 
Land in farms 
acres 
476 
i TmW. Hi 
I S* K; 1*1: Ml 
441,824 
132,480 
547,058 
513,943 
171,119 
Average size of farm 
acres 
17 
89 
129 
652 
200 
1,499 
365 
161 
Median size of farm 
acres 
3 
20 
43 
50 
10 
33 
5 
18 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
322,624 
424,045 
467,689 
2,992,147 
1,673,993 
5,917,242 
2,586,187 
1,086,574 
Average per acre 
dollars 
18,978 
4,786 
3,628 
4,592 
8,365 
3,948 
7,090 
6,763 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
1,681 
16,625 
24,592 
55,881 
37,571 
32,576 
257,108 
44,112 
Average per farm 
dollars 
60,048 
37,444 
51,556 
82,420 
56,754 
89,248 
182,475 
41,420 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
16 
81 
27 
72 
287 
79 
850 
222 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10 
248 
221 
253 
246 
133 
418 
578 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1 
80 
156 
130 
64 
55 
58 
158 
180 to 499 acres 
1 
22 
50 
53 
38 
40 
33 
51 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
7 
12 
55 
17 
16 
14 
24 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
6 
11 
115 
10 
42 
36 
32 
Total cropland 
farms 
13 
220 
288 
196 
424 
146 
739 
445 
acres 
130 
4,877 
18,649 
52,142 
13,790 
29,700 
440,747 
24,708 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
10 
190 
214 
138 
393 
126 
672 
391 
acres 
103 
2,985 
13,910 
32,914 
11,926 
22,130 
383,617 
19,893 
Irrigated land 
farms 
7 
46 
36 
73 
344 
73 
677 
230 
acres 
37 
112 
161 
19,443 
9,478 
29,153 
362,748 
6,594 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
10,835 
6,544 
10,285 
256,878 
261,618 
108,646 
999,038 
73,859 
Average per farm 
dollars 
386,947 
14,739 
21,562 
378,876 
395,193 
297,659 
709,041 
69,351 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
655 
1,226 
8,337 
50,597 
251,578 
68,881 
982,049 
29,864 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
10,180 
5,318 
1,948 
206,281 
10,041 
39,765 
16,990 
43,994 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
6 
264 
295 
243 
191 
143 
548 
499 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6 
51 
43 
72 
70 
47 
130 
133 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2 
64 
39 
58 
60 
33 
122 
101 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4 
50 
47 
80 
75 
38 
169 
143 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
7 
23 
40 
44 
21 
102 
70 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
3 
9 
40 
49 
23 
110 
43 
$100,000 or more 
6 
5 
21 
145 
173 
60 
228 
76 
Government payments 
farms 
- 
4 
147 
123 
4 
16 
85 
26 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
983 
2,120 
11 
326 
1,536 
355 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12 
78 
142 
188 
63 
47 
466 
221 
$1,000 
39 
1,534 
1,142 
3,968 
1,563 
3,499 
13,669 
2,459 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
6,707 
8,713 
12,274 
244,851 
207,007 
89,327 
805,090 
73,871 
Average per farm 
dollars 
239,538 
19,624 
25,732 
361,138 
312,700 
244,733 
571,391 
69,362 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
28 
444 
477 
678 
662 
365 
1,409 
1,065 
$1,000 
4,166 
-631 
135 
18,115 
56,185 
23,144 
209,154 
2,801 
Average per farm 
dollars 
148,788 
-1,422 
284 
26,718 
84,871 
63,408 
148,441 
2,630 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
7 
200 
181 
384 
343 
215 
799 
555 
Other 
number 
21 
244 
296 
294 
319 
150 
610 
510 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
20 
241 
288 
453 
301 
216 
870 
584 
200 days or more 
number 
15 
187 
177 
282 
179 
140 
458 
334 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3 
258 
153 
563 
184 
233 
205 
591 
number 
13 
5,674 
6,053 
180,538 
18,764 
95,981 
9,333 
30,953 
Beef cows 
farms 
3 
219 
141 
518 
160 
213 
160 
523 
number 
13 
(D) 
3,913 
88,046 
12,434 
66,345 
6,135 
21,509 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
9 
3 
13 
- 
- 
7 
10 
number 
- 
(D) 
12 
30,815 
- 
- 
23 
1,092 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1 
139 
107 
437 
139 
170 
111 
415 
number 
(D) 
1,739 
2,881 
96,379 
11,550 
56,049 
4,205 
16,567 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
31 
23 
11 
10 
11 
33 
23 
number 
- 
211 
122 
283 
375 
25 
106 
165 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
20 
21 
12 
6 
9 
9 
15 
number 
- 
241 
264 
175 
121 
18 
58 
251 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
- 
11 
6 
17 
16 
9 
49 
22 
number 
- 
110 
122 
231 
239 
132 
978 
251 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
93 
72 
54 
62 
34 
145 
95 
number 
- 
2,873 
1,532 
1,433 
4,967 
458 
3,249 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
1 
7 
2 
2 
8 
14 
6 
number 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
320 
600 
208 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
- 
6 
22 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
acres 
- 
15 
541 
- 
- 
- 
84 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
730 
56,808 
- 
- 
- 
7,080 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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