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 
13 
24 
36 
46 
50 
39 
$1,000 
(D) 
223 
178 
149 
75 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
11 
21 
32 
39 
36 
39 
$1,000 
142 
178 
166 
137 
54 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
2 
5 
4 
9 
16 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
45 
12 
12 
20 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
542 
958 
998 
1,007 
1,194 
1,157 
$1,000 
4,549 
6,269 
4,461 
2,600 
1,661 
572 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
5 
3 
5 
3 
10 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
4 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,204 
1,816 
1,526 
1,165 
910 
184 
$1,000 
21,668 
19,857 
8,817 
3,659 
1,451 
135 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
7 
4 
3 
- 
4 
3 
$1,000 
147 
53 
12 
- 
2 
(Z) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
75 
122 
121 
145 
80 
48 
$1,000 
796 
589 
345 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
140 
254 
305 
335 
392 
302 
$1,000 
1,202 
1,480 
1,127 
643 
449 
127 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
209 
359 
339 
323 
331 
186 
$1,000 
4,113 
3,838 
1,663 
856 
459 
105 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
123 
274 
345 
325 
375 
428 
$1,000 
363 
435 
264 
307 
215 
128 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
5 
12 
12 
4 
3 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
1 
2 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
70 
166 
163 
183 
165 
95 
$1,000 
802 
956 
405 
323 
158 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
3,524 
3,627 
2,303 
1,653 
1,302 
16,217 
$1,000 
13,167 
1 1 ,342 
7,028 
5,167 
3,636 
84,400 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
499 
332 
150 
59 
54 
15 
$1,000 
4,389 
1,380 
301 
55 
25 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
236 
478 
450 
412 
339 
151 
$1,000 
2,303 
2,488 
1,119 
662 
286 
50 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' 
farms 
4,563 
5,908 
4,860 
4,256 
3,949 
21,076 
$1,000 
192,004 
142,899 
74,714 
48,425 
42,460 
202,230 
Average per farm 
dollars 
42,078 
24,187 
15,373 
1 1 ,378 
10,752 
9,595 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
3,824 
4,071 
2,638 
1,898 
1,373 
2,953 
$1,000 
31,470 
17,876 
6,528 
3,014 
2,235 
7,851 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,581 
2,964 
2,360 
1,789 
1,280 
2,647 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,098 
1,057 
261 
102 
86 
242 
$25,000 to $49,999 
126 
45 
11 
6 
5 
51 
$50,000 or more 
19 
5 
6 
1 
2 
13 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
3,878 
4,008 
2,469 
1,778 
1,247 
3,366 
$1,000 
15,078 
7,690 
2,771 
1,407 
1,062 
3,761 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,953 
3,699 
2,384 
1,733 
1,220 
3,217 
$5,000 to $24,999 
881 
300 
72 
43 
22 
128 
$25,000 to $49,999 
40 
9 
13 
2 
3 
20 
$50,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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