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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
6 
21 
24 
31 
16 
32 
$1,000 
(D) 
200 
141 
87 
(D) 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
6 
21 
24 
28 
14 
32 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
141 
81 
20 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
3 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
6 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
270 
411 
391 
308 
317 
156 
$1,000 
4,078 
3,648 
1,974 
853 
486 
79 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
33 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
315 
420 
388 
311 
253 
54 
$1,000 
4,968 
3,981 
2,020 
907 
401 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
9 
4 
7 
8 
- 
- 
$1,000 
195 
(D) 
22 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
34 
47 
59 
47 
38 
30 
$1,000 
191 
146 
90 
53 
29 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
43 
105 
115 
135 
141 
172 
$1,000 
399 
(D) 
294 
266 
170 
72 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
55 
125 
156 
104 
99 
47 
$1,000 
1,152 
1,466 
892 
294 
141 
24 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
79 
120 
156 
119 
178 
195 
$1,000 
396 
267 
149 
140 
107 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
2 
1 
2 
4 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
32 
65 
52 
55 
51 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
155 
107 
58 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
473 
388 
199 
90 
102 
1,465 
$1,000 
1,906 
1,089 
405 
296 
241 
5,888 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
38 
36 
21 
6 
6 
9 
$1,000 
337 
105 
33 
9 
2 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
156 
187 
214 
152 
163 
112 
$1,000 
1,444 
1,212 
630 
293 
180 
40 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
993 
1,226 
1,207 
966 
989 
3,809 
$1,000 
44,859 
35,332 
23,223 
15,070 
12,515 
74,994 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,175 
28,819 
19,240 
15,600 
12,654 
19,689 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
797 
784 
621 
425 
350 
814 
$1,000 
4,899 
2,314 
1,079 
531 
333 
1,356 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
432 
640 
589 
416 
342 
774 
$5,000 to $24,999 
353 
143 
32 
9 
8 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
775 
712 
518 
326 
253 
758 
$1,000 
2,076 
918 
406 
181 
103 
642 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
658 
673 
507 
320 
251 
747 
$5,000 to $24,999 
113 
39 
11 
6 
2 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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