Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
27 
30 
14 
32 
$1,000 
(D) 
200 
149 
81 
(D) 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
6 
21 
27 
27 
12 
32 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
149 
75 
18 
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 
282 
418 
393 
307 
307 
137 
$1,000 
4,121 
3,545 
1,918 
815 
458 
69 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
328 
426 
377 
302 
243 
54 
$1,000 
5,117 
3,827 
1,905 
883 
382 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
9 
4 
7 
8 
- 
- 
$1,000 
195 
13 
22 
6 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
38 
45 
60 
44 
43 
25 
$1,000 
203 
136 
90 
51 
31 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
46 
103 
118 
141 
142 
157 
$1,000 
411 
(D) 
294 
265 
168 
65 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
64 
119 
154 
Ill 
100 
38 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
873 
307 
132 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
83 
126 
152 
116 
187 
182 
$1,000 
417 
247 
152 
139 
108 
52 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
3 
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 
34 
61 
52 
59 
53 
37 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
155 
108 
58 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
511 
491 
411 
464 
571 
219 
$1,000 
2,164 
2,323 
1,763 
1,396 
856 
121 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
39 
38 
19 
5 
6 
9 
$1,000 
339 
106 
32 
8 
2 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
162 
184 
211 
153 
162 
104 
$1,000 
1,425 
1,148 
611 
292 
177 
38 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
1,031 
1,329 
1,419 
1,340 
1,458 
2,563 
$1,000 
46,547 
36,439 
26,055 
19,699 
17,756 
56,412 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,148 
27,419 
18,361 
14,701 
12,178 
22,010 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
809 
783 
649 
458 
380 
667 
$1,000 
4,957 
2,254 
1,146 
584 
430 
788 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
456 
647 
617 
447 
367 
644 
$5,000 to $24,999 
340 
135 
31 
9 
11 
21 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
$50,000 or more 
2 
1 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
781 
715 
558 
393 
309 
544 
$1,000 
2,305 
821 
451 
226 
148 
205 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
668 
680 
544 
386 
305 
542 
$5,000 to $24,999 
108 
35 
14 
7 
4 
2 
$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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