Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Daviess 
Dearborn 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Delaware 
Dubois 
Elkhart 
Farms 
number 
1,325 
561 
610 
924 
610 
720 
1,724 
Land in farms 
acres 
225,156 
56,573 
186,528 
160,894 
175,266 
174,877 
172,847 
Average size of farm 
acres 
170 
101 
306 
174 
287 
243 
100 
Median size of farm 
acres 
38 
65 
102 
50 
50 
80 
27 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,100,902 
410,578 
1,627,090 
771,247 
1,522,762 
1,086,538 
808,783 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,479 
4,071 
5,321 
4,429 
5,300 
4,473 
8,067 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
144,331 
25,967 
101,715 
85,133 
93,300 
102,515 
143,112 
Average per farm 
dollars 
108,929 
46,288 
166,745 
92,135 
152,950 
142,381 
83,011 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
181 
32 
46 
86 
73 
43 
453 
1 0 to 49 acres 
615 
192 
144 
375 
229 
203 
629 
50 to 1 79 acres 
356 
258 
176 
291 
138 
257 
446 
1 80 to 499 acres 
80 
70 
128 
93 
89 
128 
129 
500 to 999 acres 
37 
6 
73 
36 
35 
55 
37 
1 ,000 acres or more 
56 
3 
43 
43 
46 
34 
30 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,073 
453 
525 
805 
512 
604 
1,221 
acres 
189,354 
26,763 
162,621 
136,807 
160,372 
130,027 
140,172 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
989 
413 
461 
503 
447 
527 
1,140 
acres 
181,685 
23,653 
158,695 
123,036 
157,378 
124,375 
134,319 
Irrigated land 
farms 
62 
20 
12 
17 
14 
15 
181 
acres 
5,833 
97 
36 
772 
37 
175 
25,521 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
190,135 
12,449 
159,389 
106,942 
125,560 
241,014 
296,834 
Average per farm 
dollars 
143,498 
22,191 
261,294 
115,738 
205,836 
334,742 
172,178 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
79,603 
9,319 
92,423 
70,002 
116,998 
52,579 
83,229 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
110,532 
3,130 
66,966 
36,940 
8,562 
188,435 
213,606 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
415 
255 
158 
480 
194 
180 
485 
$2,500 to $4,999 
154 
65 
28 
55 
42 
73 
169 
$5,000 to $9,999 
166 
88 
41 
58 
56 
66 
177 
$10,000 to $24,999 
198 
83 
53 
73 
48 
106 
167 
$25,000 to $49,999 
102 
21 
53 
63 
51 
59 
98 
$50,000 to $99,999 
63 
15 
51 
42 
55 
55 
155 
$100,000 or more 
227 
34 
226 
153 
164 
181 
473 
Government payments 
farms 
318 
190 
452 
680 
411 
457 
347 
$1,000 
3,949 
650 
3,721 
4,689 
3,980 
3,256 
2,785 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
468 
145 
371 
393 
295 
403 
624 
$1,000 
1 1 ,478 
1,314 
14,997 
5,606 
5,984 
1 1 ,250 
6,372 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
178,783 
14,436 
142,418 
87,777 
96,939 
205,893 
223,099 
Average per farm 
dollars 
134,931 
25,733 
233,471 
94,996 
158,916 
285,962 
129,408 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
1,325 
561 
610 
924 
610 
720 
1,724 
$1,000 
26,779 
-23 
35,691 
29,461 
38,585 
49,628 
82,892 
Average per farm 
dollars 
20,210 
-41 
58,509 
31,884 
63,255 
68,927 
48,081 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
379 
223 
299 
261 
334 
290 
661 
Other 
number 
946 
338 
311 
663 
276 
430 
1,063 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
1,070 
367 
355 
629 
366 
510 
1,256 
200 days or more 
number 
736 
217 
281 
495 
262 
397 
891 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
471 
256 
203 
170 
98 
332 
760 
number 
14,181 
4,886 
11,181 
15,422 
(D) 
20,120 
55,940 
Beef cows 
farms 
216 
221 
119 
98 
63 
287 
191 
number 
2,886 
2,420 
(D) 
760 
732 
7,497 
1,655 
Milk cows 
farms 
131 
10 
8 
10 
10 
7 
263 
number 
1,920 
296 
(D) 
1,222 
(D) 
1,956 
17,762 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
348 
201 
173 
136 
82 
300 
638 
number 
10,221 
2,217 
10,148 
26,640 
1,006 
1 1 ,980 
47,505 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
91 
5 
60 
22 
28 
43 
93 
number 
71,451 
261 
146,696 
8,933 
(D) 
89,493 
49,953 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
88 
5 
60 
30 
35 
43 
90 
number 
233,116 
(D) 
445,006 
20,421 
(D) 
150,792 
179,963 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
99 
16 
17 
16 
27 
14 
105 
number 
2,561 
284 
290 
436 
561 
183 
1,981 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
255 
58 
21 
52 
38 
31 
284 
number 
6,024 
1,006 
629 
1,179 
1,377 
(D) 
165,071 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
15 
8 
2 
7 
3 
3 
86 
number 
1,464 
158 
(D) 
612 
150 
580 
7,538,482 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
517 
80 
321 
271 
273 
293 
570 
acres 
106,935 
6,745 
78,092 
46,041 
75,765 
66,176 
56,488 
bushels 
7,418,112 
591,926 
6,603,405 
4,249,282 
8,392,455 
3,924,599 
6,396,325 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
112 
10 
31 
26 
10 
30 
295 
acres 
3,548 
293 
1,698 
2,336 
1,396 
1,860 
14,999 
tons 
40,570 
3,867 
1 7,342 
27,370 
19,602 
30,455 
209,161 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
53 
9 
80 
105 
40 
68 
80 
acres 
4,811 
272 
3,245 
7,191 
1,461 
4,691 
1,735 
bushels 
290,280 
16,546 
211,893 
502,577 
95,368 
284,873 
108,435 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
53 
9 
80 
105 
40 
68 
80 
acres 
4,811 
272 
3,245 
7,191 
1,461 
4,691 
1,735 
bushels 
290,280 
16,546 
211,893 
502,577 
95,368 
284,873 
108,435 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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