Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
528 
10,465 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
percent 
1.1 
20.8 
27.7 
(Z) 
0.5 
2.3 
6.8 
3.8 
10.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
387,770 
1,821,439 
1,347,460 
3,543 
113,083 
359,265 
539,169 
63,021 
276,496 
Average size of farm 
acres 
734 
174 
97 
354 
430 
307 
158 
33 
53 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
528 
10,465 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
$1,000 
230,858 
775,939 
257,422 
2,238 
205,321 
2,933,650 
4,976,011 
5,762 
175,589 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
437,231 
74,146 
18,508 
223,797 
780,689 
2,507,394 
1,461,813 
2,998 
33,832 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,579 
2,873 
32 
62 
475 
998 
2,991 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2 
2,738 
1,769 
- 
- 
79 
219 
426 
652 
$2,500 to $4,999 
11 
1,861 
2,786 
- 
- 
26 
67 
235 
410 
$5,000 to $9,999 
20 
1,426 
2,771 
- 
3 
20 
54 
124 
380 
$10,000 to $24,999 
41 
880 
2,164 
" 
11 
29 
28 
102 
329 
$25,000 to $49,999 
48 
348 
787 
2 
2 
6 
12 
27 
194 
$50,000 to $99,999 
59 
136 
394 
4 
21 
6 
21 
8 
130 
$100,000 to $249,999 
118 
92 
224 
2 
40 
29 
66 
2 
49 
$250,000 to $499,999 
86 
86 
70 
- 
50 
52 
293 
- 
16 
$500,000 to $999,999 
74 
88 
29 
2 
52 
151 
518 
- 
11 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
69 
231 
42 
- 
52 
710 
1,651 
- 
28 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
61 
160 
42 
- 
36 
395 
1,210 
- 
14 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
7 
46 
- 
- 
9 
186 
300 
- 
5 
$5,000,000 or more 
1 
25 
- 
- 
7 
129 
141 
- 
9 
Total sales 
farms 
528 
10,465 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
$1,000 
219,072 
747,461 
250,195 
2,238 
202,721 
2,928,787 
4,967,614 
5,509 
173,973 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
297 
786 
539 
2 
135 
342 
671 
11 
84 
$1,000 
40,883 
186,423 
7,445 
(D) 
12,751 
76,037 
130,836 
(D) 
24,365 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
166 
371 
17 
2 
61 
202 
359 
26 
$1,000 
38,088 
182,453 
4,000 
(D) 
11,365 
73,149 
125,053 
- 
23,952 
Corn 
farms 
113 
501 
411 
2 
101 
237 
446 
8 
57 
$1,000 
8,110 
57,037 
4,881 
(D) 
6,056 
30,393 
53,910 
(D) 
9,668 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
48 
192 
11 
2 
34 
111 
189 
20 
$1,000 
6,709 
54,056 
2,741 
(D) 
4,814 
27,660 
49,508 
- 
9,474 
Wheat 
farms 
117 
338 
60 
2 
36 
212 
331 
- 
25 
$1,000 
6,561 
31,930 
435 
(D) 
1,304 
12,877 
20,782 
- 
2,587 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
40 
175 
1 
8 
77 
121 
- 
18 
$1,000 
4,848 
29,106 
(D) 
- 
776 
10,544 
17,029 
- 
2,569 
Soybeans 
farms 
263 
534 
121 
- 
57 
281 
523 
2 
37 
$1,000 
25,267 
94,378 
1,954 
- 
4,534 
30,150 
53,598 
(D) 
11,745 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
127 
337 
5 
- 
33 
139 
243 
26 
$1,000 
22,505 
91,610 
987 
- 
4,043 
27,435 
48,008 
- 
11,651 
Sorghum 
farms 
20 
61 
15 
- 
15 
48 
65 
2 
9 
$1,000 
836 
2,172 
73 
- 
282 
1,945 
1,855 
(D) 
269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
14 
- 
- 
2 
13 
12 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,293 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,381 
995 
- 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
13 
22 
- 
34 
2 
31 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
27 
35 
- 
437 
(D) 
399 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
10 
82 
62 
13 
42 
33 
1 
16 
$1,000 
109 
880 
66 
- 
139 
(D) 
292 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
" 
" 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
23 
261 
12 
_ 
2 
42 
74 
- 
6 
$1,000 
3,146 
160,597 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
23,988 
- 
4,164 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
235 
- 
2 
38 
63 
- 
6 
$1,000 
3,081 
160,192 
- 
- 
(D) 
13,390 
23,763 
- 
4,164 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
528 
332 
3 
- 
1 
35 
64 
- 
4 
$1,000 
155,262 
120,107 
21 
- 
(D) 
9,816 
11,707 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
380 
288 
- 
- 
1 
31 
40 
- 
3 
$1,000 
152,074 
119,104 
- 
- 
(D) 
9,684 
11,211 
- 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
6 
349 
88 
4 
35 
72 
13 
45 
$1,000 
(D) 
76,243 
230 
- 
31 
3,449 
7,057 
29 
310 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
131 
1 
- 
- 
22 
18 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
74,798 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,326 
6,587 
" 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
4 
169 
74 
2 
1 
19 
38 
9 
33 
$1,000 
54 
2,024 
176 
(D) 
(D) 
518 
410 
8 
205 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
11 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
1,327 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
4 
66 
35 
2 
- 
9 
23 
4 
12 
$1,000 
54 
892 
93 
(D) 
- 
160 
136 
(D) 
17 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
122 
42 
- 
1 
12 
21 
9 
23 
$1,000 
- 
1,133 
83 
- 
(D) 
358 
274 
(D) 
188 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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