Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pinellas 
Polk 
Putnam 
St. Johns 
St. Lucie 
Santa Rosa 
Sarasota 
Seminole 
Farms 
number 
118 
2,415 
430 
188 
406 
666 
283 
312 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,479 
520,899 
70,352 
33,632 
195,155 
97,636 
80,143 
21,697 
Average size of farm 
acres 
13 
216 
164 
179 
481 
147 
283 
70 
Median size of farm 
acres 
4 
28 
32 
30 
45 
34 
13 
10 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
377,806 
1,182,091 
904,659 
1,172,791 
2,287,171 
518,885 
1,363,221 
547,463 
Average per acre 
dollars 
30,143 
5,480 
5,529 
6,556 
4,758 
3,539 
4,814 
7,872 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
5,164 
156,864 
21,819 
48,846 
33,490 
58,321 
12,665 
11,042 
Average per farm 
dollars 
43,760 
64,954 
50,742 
259,818 
82,488 
87,569 
44,754 
35,390 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
74 
438 
86 
43 
58 
89 
107 
146 
1 0 to 49 acres 
34 
1,118 
189 
83 
148 
308 
97 
118 
50 to 179 acres 
10 
434 
87 
31 
87 
159 
35 
29 
180 to 499 acres 
- 
251 
34 
8 
40 
64 
24 
12 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
63 
18 
14 
31 
28 
6 
4 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
111 
16 
9 
42 
18 
14 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
66 
1,322 
225 
90 
211 
439 
87 
151 
acres 
577 
125,095 
10,329 
18,473 
66,559 
69,610 
4,670 
2,419 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
60 
1,219 
209 
87 
186 
364 
69 
144 
acres 
499 
106,895 
9,577 
17,062 
56,553 
66,254 
3,513 
1,814 
Irrigated land 
farms 
52 
914 
121 
60 
151 
57 
65 
126 
acres 
120 
79,869 
5,487 
11,650 
59,245 
2,443 
2,023 
1,180 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
2,645 
350,276 
44,187 
69,659 
168,074 
62,770 
25,033 
27,469 
Average per farm 
dollars 
22,419 
145,042 
102,760 
370,528 
413,975 
94,250 
88,457 
88,040 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
1,927 
316,031 
37,554 
68,769 
147,009 
59,556 
15,027 
26,115 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
718 
34,245 
6,632 
890 
21,065 
3,214 
10,006 
1,353 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
52 
822 
168 
78 
124 
336 
147 
123 
$2,500 to $4,999 
10 
218 
65 
25 
40 
52 
23 
31 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10 
213 
60 
12 
46 
67 
32 
52 
$10,000 to $24,999 
19 
289 
50 
24 
38 
66 
14 
34 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16 
220 
20 
8 
22 
35 
25 
18 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6 
210 
26 
10 
34 
22 
12 
25 
$100,000 or more 
5 
443 
41 
31 
102 
88 
30 
29 
Government payments 
farms 
6 
34 
23 
11 
27 
210 
7 
7 
$1,000 
9 
419 
153 
162 
872 
2,545 
384 
40 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
32 
360 
118 
52 
61 
174 
40 
69 
$1,000 
957 
8,071 
966 
714 
1,972 
2,668 
854 
1,158 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
5,714 
269,167 
35,815 
58,600 
136,672 
50,542 
21,892 
24,823 
Average per farm 
dollars 
48,425 
111,456 
83,291 
311,703 
336,629 
75,889 
77,358 
79,560 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
118 
2,415 
430 
188 
406 
666 
283 
312 
$1,000 
-2,102 
89,599 
9,490 
11,935 
34,246 
17,441 
4,379 
3,844 
Average per farm 
dollars 
-17,815 
37,101 
22,071 
63,484 
84,349 
26,187 
15,472 
12,320 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
54 
1,095 
192 
89 
215 
275 
126 
154 
Other 
number 
64 
1,320 
238 
99 
191 
391 
157 
158 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
71 
1,480 
235 
115 
235 
353 
200 
208 
200 days or more 
number 
42 
984 
159 
66 
159 
249 
106 
132 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12 
1,200 
198 
56 
213 
223 
136 
108 
number 
119 
92,855 
9,167 
1,428 
39,055 
4,353 
15,629 
3,399 
Beef cows 
farms 
12 
1,082 
183 
45 
202 
184 
125 
91 
number 
111 
66,158 
(D) 
922 
(D) 
2,844 
(D) 
2,448 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
17 
5 
- 
1 
3 
1 
5 
number 
- 
398 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
18 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
2 
788 
157 
26 
145 
124 
90 
68 
number 
(D) 
43,456 
3,850 
550 
19,623 
1,921 
7,867 
1,691 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
81 
15 
8 
6 
11 
19 
10 
number 
- 
349 
149 
56 
(D) 
18 
79 
144 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
48 
8 
14 
4 
5 
16 
8 
number 
- 
183 
330 
98 
30 
13 
43 
116 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
- 
43 
4 
1 
10 
4 
8 
13 
number 
- 
674 
16 
(D) 
94 
27 
88 
192 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
9 
171 
46 
26 
20 
123 
41 
26 
number 
146 
7,778 
60,699 
1,049 
331 
2,901 
616 
871 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
1 
4 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
- 
4 
2 
3 
- 
45 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
210 
- 
668 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
28,506 
- 
70,982 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
294 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
29 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,617 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
343,144 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
29 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,617 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
343,144 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
238 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
