Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
131 
199 
182 
136 
130 
100 
$1,000 
3,200 
2,446 
1,142 
429 
191 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
129 
199 
180 
135 
122 
97 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,446 
(D) 
(D) 
177 
33 
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 
627 
1,428 
1,797 
1,665 
1,749 
1,308 
$1,000 
9,717 
11,030 
7,676 
4,049 
2,339 
633 
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 
1,163 
2,722 
3,199 
3,002 
1,785 
542 
$1,000 
26,736 
31,525 
18,527 
9,535 
2,816 
367 
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) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
55 
108 
118 
118 
132 
70 
$1,000 
299 
506 
223 
132 
126 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
132 
307 
424 
551 
637 
691 
$1,000 
1,039 
1,637 
896 
884 
674 
291 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
197 
352 
373 
398 
489 
169 
$1,000 
4,676 
3,448 
1,628 
925 
626 
93 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
145 
304 
416 
473 
587 
650 
$1,000 
626 
589 
490 
368 
383 
203 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
21 
31 
23 
24 
23 
27 
$1,000 
577 
345 
99 
44 
34 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
100 
237 
269 
253 
302 
243 
$1,000 
661 
638 
531 
288 
265 
79 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,163 
1,719 
1,491 
1,480 
1,862 
870 
$1,000 
5,750 
5,803 
4,018 
3,149 
2,435 
334 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
90 
105 
94 
46 
31 
23 
$1,000 
496 
238 
169 
41 
9 
4 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
412 
824 
839 
679 
659 
451 
$1,000 
3,847 
3,594 
1,807 
938 
518 
146 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,924 
$1,000 
101,857 
115,041 
83,652 
66,700 
53,630 
122,055 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,123 
19,699 
12,510 
10,097 
7,953 
11,173 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
2,340 
4,197 
4,370 
3,727 
2,979 
4,227 
$1,000 
11,154 
11,209 
7,533 
4,773 
2,972 
4,420 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,524 
3,563 
4,107 
3,633 
2,932 
4,137 
$5,000 to $24,999 
790 
626 
263 
93 
44 
89 
$25,000 to $49,999 
23 
7 
- 
1 
3 
1 
$50,000 or more 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
2,182 
3,624 
3,460 
2,820 
2,272 
3,295 
$1,000 
4,046 
3,012 
1,791 
1,303 
711 
1,358 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,006 
3,548 
3,431 
2,801 
2,267 
3,265 
$5,000 to $24,999 
169 
72 
24 
14 
4 
30 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
2 
5 
3 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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