Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
993 
1,226 
1,207 
966 
989 
3,809 
percent 
8.1 
10.0 
9.8 
7.9 
8.1 
31.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
125,007 
111,809 
67,865 
43,510 
32,298 
222,138 
Average size of farm 
acres 
126 
91 
56 
45 
33 
58 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
993 
1,226 
1,207 
966 
989 
3,809 
$1,000 
38,404 
20,885 
9,027 
3,749 
1,905 
6,227 
Average per farm 
dollars 
38,675 
17,035 
7,479 
3,880 
1,926 
1,635 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
. 
2,563 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
932 
526 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
920 
33 
387 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,153 
32 
21 
213 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
1,166 
51 
12 
- 
100 
$25,000 to $49,999 
945 
59 
3 
2 
3 
19 
$50,000 to $99,999 
44 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $249,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
" 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
993 
1,226 
1,207 
966 
989 
3,809 
$1,000 
36,498 
19,796 
8,622 
3,453 
1,664 
339 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
653 
469 
293 
128 
78 
19 
$1,000 
18,857 
6,155 
1,695 
381 
118 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
483 
265 
184 
74 
45 
17 
$1,000 
7,927 
2,281 
944 
193 
69 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
285 
122 
61 
18 
7 
- 
$1,000 
2,970 
949 
237 
46 
12 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
401 
225 
80 
30 
14 
- 
$1,000 
7,133 
2,576 
393 
88 
24 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
5 
18 
5 
5 
1 
- 
$1,000 
48 
115 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
104 
37 
26 
9 
4 
2 
$1,000 
714 
189 
76 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
36 
27 
18 
7 
9 
3 
$1,000 
66 
45 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
14 
5 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
310 
69 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
134 
117 
104 
50 
30 
17 
$1,000 
2,857 
1,257 
543 
140 
34 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
62 
81 
70 
48 
47 
15 
$1,000 
578 
625 
345 
141 
63 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
22 
50 
47 
39 
32 
4 
$1,000 
487 
456 
275 
113 
39 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
46 
47 
25 
13 
21 
11 
$1,000 
91 
168 
70 
29 
23 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
95 
88 
47 
28 
19 
8 
$1,000 
1,889 
1,010 
267 
61 
31 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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