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 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,526 
3,490 
4,237 
4,151 
3,635 
7,273 
acres 
116,039 
160,217 
118,119 
90,454 
60,155 
125,001 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
1,860 
3,845 
4,488 
4,421 
4,546 
7,154 
acres 
30,797 
41,798 
41,247 
35,092 
42,638 
55,141 
Irrigated land 
farms 
483 
678 
564 
310 
238 
279 
acres 
3,493 
2,412 
2,193 
968 
668 
1,082 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
470 
659 
555 
293 
224 
241 
acres 
2,904 
2,281 
2,008 
724 
498 
619 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
25 
21 
16 
26 
23 
44 
acres 
589 
131 
185 
244 
170 
463 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
119 
274 
346 
634 
1,070 
302 
acres 
6,139 
13,506 
12,611 
18,887 
23,367 
3,260 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
461 
391 
181 
73 
48 
71 
acres 
30,927 
12,695 
4,737 
1,508 
797 
1,978 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
38 
40 
20 
28 
22 
12 
$1,000 
476 
203 
59 
61 
24 
5 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,924 
$1,000 
2,196,185 
2,946,172 
2,682,125 
2,253,155 
1,960,032 
3,318,086 
Average per farm 
dollars 
735,741 
504,482 
401,095 
341,077 
290,677 
303,743 
Average per acre 
dollars 
4,892 
4,939 
5,278 
5,135 
5,358 
6,472 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
133 
410 
526 
650 
896 
1,269 
$50,000 to $99,999 
166 
410 
567 
704 
792 
1,377 
$100,000 to $199,999 
424 
894 
1,299 
1,419 
1,625 
2,501 
$200,000 to $499,999 
959 
2,164 
2,688 
2,589 
2,439 
3,985 
$500,000 to $999,999 
712 
1,308 
1,118 
937 
767 
1,360 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
395 
487 
360 
210 
163 
334 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
164 
150 
123 
92 
57 
89 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
24 
14 
4 
4 
2 
8 
$10,000,000 or more 
8 
3 
2 
1 
2 
1 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
2,985 
5,840 
6,687 
6,606 
6,743 
10,922 
$1,000 
203,801 
294,418 
249,241 
206,766 
180,706 
335,122 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
122 
344 
509 
720 
1,141 
1,518 
$5,000 to $9,999 
157 
442 
670 
857 
952 
1,528 
$10,000 to $19,999 
372 
862 
1,362 
1,504 
1,577 
2,360 
$20,000 to $49,999 
842 
2,081 
2,478 
2,231 
2,087 
3,542 
$50,000 to $99,999 
859 
1,390 
1,174 
933 
735 
1,364 
$100,000 to $199,999 
463 
529 
397 
291 
174 
452 
$200,000 to $499,999 
150 
187 
94 
70 
77 
154 
$500,000 or more 
20 
5 
3 
- 
4 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
2,602 
4,912 
5,365 
4,958 
4,493 
7,835 
number 
5,361 
8,607 
8,465 
7,573 
6,432 
1 1 ,239 
Tractors, all 
farms 
2,674 
5,183 
5,865 
5,565 
5,099 
8,510 
number 
6,997 
12,013 
11,662 
10,131 
8,344 
13,567 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,372 
2,941 
3,274 
3,205 
3,221 
5,077 
number 
2,137 
4,371 
4,666 
4,380 
4,159 
6,529 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
2,116 
4,054 
4,257 
3,825 
2,958 
5,055 
number 
3,996 
6,848 
6,468 
5,384 
3,893 
6,498 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
642 
651 
447 
300 
235 
477 
number 
864 
794 
528 
367 
292 
540 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
416 
389 
291 
130 
112 
124 
number 
447 
418 
304 
139 
116 
127 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
48 
38 
20 
11 
2 
- 
number 
53 
46 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
57 
116 
63 
77 
45 
72 
number 
64 
126 
73 
91 
50 
85 
Hay balers 
farms 
1,042 
2,232 
2,402 
2,070 
1,408 
2,138 
number 
1,417 
2,989 
3,029 
2,538 
1,729 
2,494 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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