Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hodgeman 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Jewell 
Johnson 
Kearny 
Kingman 
Kiowa 
Farms 
number 
399 
1,054 
996 
453 
571 
343 
808 
403 
Land in farms 
acres 
542,530 
329,244 
243,634 
463,695 
546,828 
542,010 
455,235 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,360 
312 
245 
1,024 
174 
1,594 
671 
1,130 
Median size of farm 
acres 
640 
120 
99 
500 
42 
530 
234 
346 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,461,357 
549,724 
547,394 
1,975,926 
755,204 
2,067,618 
958,71 1 
1,391,827 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,075 
1,760 
2,238 
1,930 
4,340 
1,297 
1,429 
1,232 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
90,950 
83,257 
85,687 
101,401 
43,749 
81,736 
112,418 
57,002 
Average per farm 
dollars 
227,944 
78,991 
86,031 
223,843 
76,618 
238,299 
139,131 
141,444 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
2 
42 
24 
8 
54 
7 
14 
10 
1 0 to 49 acres 
10 
239 
254 
33 
243 
9 
101 
16 
50 to 1 79 acres 
94 
387 
424 
84 
167 
74 
238 
109 
1 80 to 499 acres 
67 
225 
185 
101 
59 
79 
199 
92 
500 to 999 acres 
63 
85 
58 
75 
22 
56 
103 
68 
1 ,000 acres or more 
163 
76 
51 
152 
26 
118 
153 
108 
Total cropland 
farms 
373 
825 
804 
403 
423 
306 
691 
359 
acres 
328,079 
136,084 
133,441 
294,769 
59,216 
423,551 
329,320 
233,184 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
249 
705 
721 
346 
357 
185 
522 
208 
acres 
166,517 
116,055 
119,320 
266,163 
53,980 
233,138 
264,635 
150,634 
Irrigated land 
farms 
118 
6 
38 
37 
34 
94 
72 
67 
acres 
30,702 
772 
3,623 
14,983 
1,093 
70,877 
33,668 
49,896 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
182,098 
57,857 
53,131 
136,479 
24,370 
337,388 
103,188 
80,577 
Average per farm 
dollars 
456,386 
54,893 
53,345 
301,277 
42,679 
983,639 
127,708 
199,943 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
53,206 
23,345 
33,316 
105,290 
16,075 
80,730 
76,391 
63,956 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
128,891 
34,512 
19,816 
31,188 
8,295 
256,658 
26,797 
16,621 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
121 
319 
358 
82 
243 
135 
239 
153 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7 
117 
112 
20 
56 
5 
50 
7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10 
136 
112 
17 
77 
8 
61 
16 
$10,000 to $24,999 
44 
159 
168 
31 
70 
10 
86 
33 
$25,000 to $49,999 
38 
119 
88 
35 
37 
29 
71 
50 
$50,000 to $99,999 
33 
84 
69 
55 
35 
25 
99 
37 
$100,000 or more 
146 
120 
89 
213 
53 
131 
202 
107 
Government payments 
farms 
350 
531 
453 
380 
173 
297 
680 
357 
$1,000 
6,590 
2,322 
2,013 
5,236 
911 
6,069 
5,868 
3,852 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
262 
465 
385 
294 
198 
227 
504 
242 
$1,000 
7,425 
7,746 
6,733 
6,520 
3,887 
11,328 
6,424 
5,391 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
166,721 
69,823 
54,040 
96,737 
27,296 
292,884 
92,197 
69,963 
Average per farm 
dollars 
417,846 
66,246 
54,257 
213,548 
47,804 
853,889 
114,106 
173,606 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
399 
1,054 
996 
453 
571 
343 
808 
403 
$1,000 
29,392 
-1,899 
7,838 
51,498 
1,871 
61,902 
23,283 
19,857 
Average per farm 
dollars 
73,663 
-1,802 
7,869 
113,683 
3,277 
180,471 
28,815 
49,272 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
231 
388 
380 
300 
202 
184 
354 
175 
Other 
number 
168 
666 
616 
153 
369 
159 
454 
228 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
193 
722 
716 
243 
369 
191 
518 
227 
200 days or more 
number 
139 
545 
501 
135 
237 
158 
377 
161 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
165 
585 
502 
226 
188 
73 
360 
141 
number 
72,063 
47,601 
28,517 
31,978 
11,154 
74,039 
43,721 
25,305 
Beef cows 
farms 
118 
513 
449 
201 
154 
59 
309 
100 
number 
(D) 
19,485 
12,804 
(□) 
4,424 
(D) 
17,646 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
5 
17 
12 
3 
8 
1 
- 
2 
number 
(D) 
636 
484 
(D) 
299 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
152 
531 
418 
208 
150 
74 
312 
116 
number 
93,888 
33,970 
18,386 
20,591 
6,149 
134,593 
24,978 
15,841 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
32 
29 
9 
12 
3 
2 
1 
number 
- 
680 
544 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
36 
25 
8 
15 
4 
4 
1 
number 
- 
1,727 
680 
(□) 
3,675 
207,612 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
4 
7 
26 
14 
17 
4 
24 
1 
number 
124 
253 
682 
2,717 
662 
52 
1,200 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
12 
88 
127 
15 
71 
8 
55 
11 
number 
190 
3,971 
2,943 
156 
1,764 
332 
1,007 
188 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
7 
9 
1 
5 
2 
3 
- 
number 
- 
322 
630 
(D) 
163 
(D) 
150 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
57 
180 
156 
95 
49 
54 
43 
39 
acres 
11,093 
23,097 
33,661 
31,590 
10,818 
22,959 
12,877 
23,458 
bushels 
1,706,069 
1,127,599 
1,777,739 
2,898,961 
365,343 
3,573,212 
1,481,630 
3,700,336 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
46 
40 
29 
11 
9 
5 
10 
5 
acres 
8,547 
2,810 
2,815 
754 
704 
2,935 
620 
1,982 
tons 
140,040 
18,751 
23,725 
8,543 
8,147 
(D) 
5,084 
6,820 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
227 
53 
56 
247 
35 
150 
411 
174 
acres 
109,562 
3,611 
5,429 
103,686 
4,471 
130,786 
204,022 
84,741 
bushels 
3,893,787 
149,859 
228,078 
4,560,515 
235,568 
3,769,675 
8,174,451 
2,691,000 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
227 
53 
56 
247 
35 
150 
411 
174 
acres 
109,562 
3,611 
5,429 
103,686 
4,471 
130,786 
204,022 
84,741 
bushels 
3,893,787 
149,859 
228,078 
4,560,515 
235,568 
3,769,675 
8,174,451 
2,691,000 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 233 
