Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
151 
126 
22 
3 
68 
83 
$1,000 
1,792 
(D) 
801 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
3 
5 
- 
2 
6 
$1,000 
1,036 
351 
685 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
144 
119 
22 
3 
64 
80 
$1,000 
1,772 
(D) 
801 
(D) 
448 
1,324 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
3 
5 
2 
6 
$1,000 
1,036 
351 
685 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
8 
8 
- 
- 
5 
3 
$1,000 
20 
20 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
2,507 
1,519 
787 
201 
1,367 
1,140 
$1,000 
35,806 
10,997 
20,419 
4,390 
16,376 
19,430 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
154 
25 
106 
23 
59 
95 
$1,000 
17,125 
1,985 
12,763 
2,377 
5,999 
11,126 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
12 
9 
3 
- 
7 
5 
$1,000 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
2,663 
1,334 
1,042 
287 
1,327 
1,336 
$1,000 
69,917 
23,749 
36,631 
9,537 
22,964 
46,953 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
268 
39 
191 
38 
95 
173 
$1,000 
45,512 
14,528 
24,618 
6,365 
11,048 
34,463 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
463 
107 
265 
91 
159 
304 
$1,000 
187,497 
27,174 
135,565 
24,758 
48,613 
138,884 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
413 
81 
252 
80 
143 
270 
$1,000 
186,640 
26,734 
135,286 
24,620 
48,358 
138,282 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
340 
198 
107 
35 
127 
213 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
133 
(D) 
5,581 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
3 
10 
- 
6 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
5,133 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
795 
589 
151 
55 
299 
496 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
286 
(D) 
1,501 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
4 
3 
1 
5 
3 
$1,000 
1,431 
985 
(D) 
(D) 
1,184 
247 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
661 
538 
91 
32 
275 
386 
$1,000 
13,188 
11,235 
1,261 
692 
3,082 
10,105 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
44 
36 
5 
3 
12 
32 
$1,000 
9,017 
7,905 
826 
286 
1,236 
7,781 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,688 
1,191 
420 
77 
680 
1,008 
$1,000 
922,999 
687,139 
208,512 
27,348 
440,698 
482,302 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
721 
488 
218 
15 
346 
375 
$1,000 
921,221 
686,051 
207,942 
27,229 
440,146 
481,075 
Aquaculture 
farms 
25 
19 
1 
5 
17 
8 
$1,000 
9,011 
8,461 
(D) 
(D) 
7,415 
1,595 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
7 
1 
4 
8 
4 
$1,000 
8,866 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
353 
285 
50 
18 
150 
203 
$1,000 
(D) 
3,410 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,977 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
12 
1 
4 
9 
$1,000 
3,765 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
4,628 
2,773 
1,459 
396 
2,705 
1,923 
$1,000 
36,024 
12,344 
19,893 
3,787 
17,685 
18,339 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
321 
- 
226 
95 
184 
137 
$1,000 
16,288 
- 
11,191 
5,097 
7,674 
8,615 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,276 
821 
339 
116 
532 
744 
$1,000 
28,038 
8,885 
16,721 
2,432 
6,797 
21,241 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
12,256 
8,576 
2,671 
1,009 
6,563 
5,693 
$1,000 
1,940,277 
957,595 
792,513 
190,168 
820,345 
1,119,932 
Average per farm 
dollars 
158,312 
111,660 
296,710 
188,472 
124,995 
196,721 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
6,233 
3,343 
2,173 
717 
3,289 
2,944 
$1,000 
144,207 
26,921 
93,894 
23,392 
67,984 
76,223 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,611 
2,570 
706 
335 
1,891 
1,720 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,493 
577 
710 
206 
817 
676 
$25,000 to $49,999 
415 
102 
265 
48 
240 
175 
$50,000 or more 
714 
94 
492 
128 
341 
373 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
5,960 
3,173 
2,067 
720 
3,105 
2,855 
$1,000 
78,148 
14,179 
51,898 
12,071 
36,604 
41,544 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,059 
2,743 
911 
405 
2,130 
1,929 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,136 
314 
624 
198 
615 
521 
$25,000 to $49,999 
381 
51 
269 
61 
185 
196 
$50,000 or more 
384 
65 
263 
56 
175 
209 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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