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 
132 
198 
181 
138 
126 
104 
$1,000 
3,231 
2,445 
1,135 
437 
189 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
130 
198 
179 
137 
118 
101 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,445 
(D) 
(D) 
175 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
1 
10 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
605 
1,383 
1,754 
1,650 
1,752 
1,462 
$1,000 
9,664 
11,273 
7,694 
4,150 
2,420 
723 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
6 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,130 
2,662 
3,231 
3,037 
1,838 
583 
$1,000 
26,854 
31,930 
19,047 
9,718 
2,939 
399 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
3 
18 
5 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
77 
139 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
55 
104 
121 
120 
132 
73 
$1,000 
286 
511 
227 
138 
127 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
121 
310 
415 
553 
641 
709 
$1,000 
1,006 
1,695 
890 
889 
687 
300 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
199 
345 
376 
392 
493 
177 
$1,000 
4,794 
3,442 
1,631 
918 
633 
98 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
140 
297 
420 
467 
591 
666 
$1,000 
613 
587 
494 
370 
389 
210 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
18 
29 
26 
20 
23 
33 
$1,000 
547 
356 
118 
42 
34 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
95 
237 
270 
246 
294 
264 
$1,000 
723 
636 
532 
292 
262 
87 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,048 
1,458 
1,111 
765 
576 
3,783 
$1,000 
4,486 
4,357 
1,910 
1,470 
1,143 
11,918 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
83 
106 
100 
49 
31 
24 
$1,000 
532 
255 
178 
42 
10 
4 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
398 
812 
852 
684 
663 
472 
$1,000 
3,829 
3,679 
1,909 
950 
536 
153 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
2,870 
5,579 
6,307 
5,891 
5,457 
13,837 
$1,000 
101,187 
114,308 
81,151 
61,387 
45,298 
146,556 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,257 
20,489 
12,867 
10,421 
8,301 
10,592 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
2,277 
4,108 
4,330 
3,696 
2,915 
4,648 
$1,000 
11,241 
11,578 
7,613 
4,744 
2,902 
4,982 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,431 
3,446 
4,058 
3,608 
2,870 
4,539 
$5,000 to $24,999 
819 
650 
272 
87 
43 
107 
$25,000 to $49,999 
24 
11 
- 
1 
2 
2 
$50,000 or more 
3 
1 
- 
" 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
2,122 
3,571 
3,411 
2,751 
2,148 
3,778 
$1,000 
3,818 
3,282 
1,628 
1,163 
555 
2,095 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,942 
3,484 
3,386 
2,742 
2,146 
3,725 
$5,000 to $24,999 
177 
81 
23 
5 
2 
46 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
4 
2 
2 
- 
6 
$50,000 or more 
- 
2 
- 
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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