Table 51. Selected Characteristics of Farms by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
NA1CS code (see text) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
Harvested 
cropland 
(acres) 
Estimated market value of 
selected capital assets, 
average per farm (dollars) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold ($1 ,000) 
(acres) 
Land and 
buildings 
Machinery and 
equipment 
Total 
Crops 
Livestock, 
poultry, and 
their products 
Total 
50,218 
8,414,756 
4,378,097 
726,944 
92,887 
12,588,142 
4,302,877 
8,285,265 
Crop production (1 1 1) 
24,350 
5,712,719 
3,562,246 
906,158 
118,212 
4,057,105 
3,939,320 
117,785 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
2,337,703 
1,827,092 
1,359,580 
187,016 
1,337,508 
1,298,865 
38,643 
Soybean farming (11111) 
2,513 
611,423 
442,920 
858,641 
113,201 
268,563 
265,194 
3,369 
Oilseed (except soybean) farming (11112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry pea and bean farming (11113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat farming (11114) 
235 
29,031 
14,019 
504,439 
55,551 
5,199 
5,098 
101 
Corn farming (11115) 
1,572 
572,888 
421,299 
1,209,593 
151,145 
324,681 
321,858 
2,823 
Rice farming (11116) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grain farming (11119) 
1,403 
1,124,361 
948,854 
2,568,132 
381,444 
739,065 
706,715 
32,350 
Vegetable and melon farming (11121) 
2,022 
252,338 
155,904 
653,614 
84,291 
394,776 
392,796 
1,981 
Potato farming (111211) 
209 
116,453 
84,846 
2,542,798 
313,466 
178,114 
177,988 
126 
Other vegetable (except potato) and melon 
farming (111219) 
1,813 
135,885 
71,058 
435,832 
57,998 
216,662 
214,808 
1,855 
Fruit and tree nut farmi ng (1113) 
1,494 
111,696 
22,103 
501,704 
49,121 
77,570 
76,862 
708 
Orange groves (1 1 131) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Citrus (except orange) groves (11132) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Noncitrus fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 1 33) 
1,494 
111,696 
22,103 
501,704 
49,121 
77,570 
76,862 
708 
Apple orchards (1 1 1 331 ) 
260 
19,928 
5,575 
513,355 
58,835 
14,751 
14,670 
81 
Grape vineyards (1 11332) 
360 
18,593 
3,168 
414,926 
39,755 
7,000 
6,905 
95 
Strawberry farming (1 1 1 333) 
41 
2,453 
(D) 
322,177 
47,403 
628 
(D) 
(D) 
Berry (except strawberry) farming (1 11334) .... 
442 
41,855 
7,738 
550,509 
57,545 
41,922 
41,557 
365 
Tree nut farming (111335) 
154 
(D) 
1,281 
609,079 
26,143 
833 
824 
9 
Fruit and tree nut combination 
farming (111336) 
44 
3,694 
(D) 
333,517 
29,705 
531 
(D) 
(D) 
Other noncitrus fruit farming (111339) 
193 
(D) 
3,925 
526,905 
57,340 
1 1 ,904 
11,793 
111 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
206,138 
84,132 
511,901 
75,117 
643,968 
642,401 
1,567 
Food crops grown under cover (11141) 
144 
4,833 
468 
277,716 
29,474 
6,741 
6,684 
57 
Nursery and floriculture production (11142) 
2,928 
201,305 
83,664 
523,419 
77,362 
637,227 
635,718 
1,509 
Nursery and tree production (1 11421) 
2,287 
182,565 
80,703 
534,846 
74,246 
344,044 
342,627 
1,416 
Floriculture production (111422) 
641 
18,740 
2,961 
482,649 
88,476 
293,183 
293,090 
93 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,039 
2,804,844 
1,473,015 
883,825 
110,768 
1,603,283 
1,528,397 
74,887 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1,046 
595,635 
389,069 
2,643,349 
362,738 
636,751 
628,776 
7,974 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
387,770 
300,967 
2,144,713 
396,030 
219,072 
217,371 
1,701 
Sugarcane farming (1 1 1 93) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hay farming (11194) 
6,100 
537,364 
178,594 
470,970 
39,350 
43,301 
39,114 
4,187 
All other crop farming (11199) 
4,365 
1,284,075 
604,385 
886,620 
115,688 
704,160 
643,135 
61,025 
Animal production (112) 
25,868 
2,702,037 
815,851 
558,245 
69,052 
8,531,037 
363,557 
8,167,480 
Cattle ranching and farming (1121) 
14,182 
1,464,086 
312,644 
513,476 
50,193 
455,154 
31,422 
423,732 
Beef cattle ranching and farming, 
including feedlots (11211) 
13,919 
1,351,003 
247,073 
488,380 
46,246 
252,433 
14,830 
237,603 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
1,347,460 
245,928 
487,672 
46,097 
250,195 
14,365 
235,831 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
3,543 
1,145 
1,474,440 
253,627 
2,238 
465 
1,772 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
263 
113,083 
65,571 
1,841,611 
259,086 
202,721 
16,592 
186,129 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
1,170 
359,265 
182,474 
1,360,667 
221,743 
2,928,787 
116,133 
2,812,654 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
539,169 
256,724 
849,491 
153,497 
4,967,614 
183,438 
4,784,176 
Chicken egg production (1 1231) 
1,196 
100,420 
30,790 
542,743 
76,216 
519,456 
16,841 
502,615 
Broilers and other meat-type chicken 
production (11232) 
1,633 
320,903 
156,893 
1,037,056 
190,354 
2,951,361 
110,357 
2,841,004 
Turkey production (11233) 
365 
101,344 
65,234 
1,218,040 
227,174 
1,142,210 
53,545 
1,088,666 
Poultry hatcheries (11234) 
18 
1,634 
(D) 
1,268,827 
1,453,571 
301,809 
(□) 
(D) 
Other poultry production (11239) 
192 
14,868 
(D) 
425,059 
59,463 
52,777 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
63,021 
3,591 
252,529 
32,073 
5,509 
200 
5,310 
Sheep farming (11241) 
413 
16,672 
1,043 
308,783 
32,642 
1,343 
78 
1,265 
Goat farming (11 242) 
1,509 
46,349 
2,548 
237,133 
31,917 
4,166 
121 
4,045 
Animal aquaculture (1 1 25) 
159 
10,949 
740 
459,014 
58,056 
21,117 
121 
20,996 
Other animal production (1129) 
5,031 
265,547 
59,678 
420,709 
44,044 
152,856 
32,244 
120,612 
Apiculture (11291) 
338 
13,881 
(D) 
238,706 
34,085 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Horse and other equine production (11292) 
4,108 
168,309 
16,942 
396,488 
39,436 
23,683 
555 
23,128 
Fur-bearing animal and rabbit 
production (11293) 
13 
243 
(D) 
171,777 
41,418 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
All other animal production (11299) 
572 
83,114 
42,362 
707,871 
83,083 
126,498 
31,678 
94,820 
Table 52. Energy: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Farms 
Item 
Farms 
Renewable energy producing systems 
961 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Solar panels 
635 
Biodiesel 
143 
Wind turbines 
76 
Ethanol 
86 
Methane digesters 
46 
Other 
22 
Geoexchange systems 
176 
Wind rights leased to others 
32 
Small hydro systems 
84 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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