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 
4,563 
5,908 
4,860 
4,256 
3,949 
21,076 
percent 
6.1 
7.9 
6.5 
5.7 
5.3 
28.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
583,222 
492,097 
273,720 
177,444 
141,905 
1,569,316 
Average size of farm 
acres 
128 
83 
56 
42 
36 
74 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4,563 
5,908 
4,860 
4,256 
3,949 
21,076 
$1,000 
178,433 
107,747 
41,644 
20,554 
10,200 
85,866 
Average per farm 
dollars 
39,104 
18,237 
8,569 
4,829 
2,583 
4,074 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
6,402 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,164 
5,442 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
3,455 
441 
4,212 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
4,143 
577 
253 
3,090 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
5,335 
636 
186 
82 
1,537 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,079 
544 
74 
37 
9 
332 
$50,000 to $99,999 
479 
29 
7 
1 
- 
57 
$100,000 to $249,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
4,563 
5,908 
4,860 
4,256 
3,949 
21,076 
$1,000 
165,266 
96,405 
34,616 
15,387 
6,563 
1,466 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
3,795 
3,775 
2,306 
1,672 
1,081 
518 
$1,000 
124,231 
55,820 
14,858 
5,702 
1,764 
304 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
3,009 
2,526 
1,371 
866 
589 
316 
$1,000 
57,944 
25,069 
7,217 
2,673 
885 
173 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
541 
431 
180 
122 
73 
23 
$1,000 
5,307 
2,817 
704 
309 
117 
14 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,840 
2,431 
1,199 
833 
475 
200 
$1,000 
60,346 
27,617 
6,791 
2,652 
737 
113 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
30 
23 
18 
8 
4 
1 
$1,000 
330 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
5 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(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 
71 
60 
39 
28 
17 
13 
$1,000 
241 
143 
76 
35 
16 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
2 
1 
_ 
2 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(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 
114 
236 
202 
Ill 
47 
12 
$1,000 
2,363 
2,283 
1,033 
301 
60 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
103 
221 
176 
164 
92 
27 
$1,000 
1,953 
2,481 
939 
490 
134 
16 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
69 
165 
136 
120 
67 
15 
$1,000 
1,710 
2,033 
757 
(D) 
108 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
40 
79 
67 
58 
25 
12 
$1,000 
244 
448 
182 
(D) 
26 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
105 
181 
99 
56 
38 
14 
$1,000 
2,817 
2,056 
479 
145 
52 
8 
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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