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) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries - Con. 
Berries - Con. 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
_ 
5 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
- 
536 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
4 
117 
11 
- 
1 
9 
20 
- 
34 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
562 
588 
- 
96 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
1,074 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
272 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
27 
55 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
- 
26 
55 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
106 
6,523 
1,402 
1 
60 
423 
474 
149 
144 
$1,000 
17,219 
132,589 
4,943 
(D) 
2,948 
12,235 
8,852 
(D) 
1,521 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
76 
357 
3 
16 
46 
37 
3 
$1,000 
16,434 
99,749 
(D) 
- 
2,055 
8,102 
5,529 
- 
(D) 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
22 
966 
11,428 
10 
209 
295 
765 
82 
312 
$1,000 
272 
12,901 
227,606 
1,772 
14,179 
12,717 
33,838 
202 
4,191 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
47 
656 
8 
77 
58 
100 
- 
14 
$1,000 
(D) 
7,917 
140,963 
(D) 
11,665 
8,922 
25,187 
- 
2,618 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
4 
14 
231 
1 
10 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
1,022 
- 
171,197 
(D) 
1,802 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
4 
4 
- 
209 
1 
10 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
170,796 
(D) 
1,802 
- 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
3 
85 
126 
- 
5 
1,152 
162 
30 
118 
$1,000 
(D) 
24,345 
733 
- 
76 
2,663,990 
137,423 
(D) 
39,831 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
7 
- 
- 
948 
105 
24 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,663,156 
137,357 
- 
39,597 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1 
218 
539 
- 
10 
40 
135 
1,507 
254 
$1,000 
(D) 
297 
968 
- 
29 
74 
226 
4,899 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
735 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
- 
73 
271 
- 
4 
13 
48 
54 
1,676 
$1,000 
- 
226 
1,196 
- 
5 
54 
186 
51 
21,612 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
103 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2 
247 
463 
2 
18 
120 
3,377 
271 
338 
$1,000 
(D) 
25,899 
4,209 
(D) 
637 
135,162 
4,609,068 
103 
47,073 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
26 
6 
4 
75 
2,545 
- 
17 
$1,000 
(D) 
25,740 
(D) 
- 
614 
135,095 
4,607,294 
- 
46,556 
Aquaculture 
farms 
7 
11 
- 
- 
1 
5 
5 
168 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,587 
(Z) 
20,840 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
53 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
19,577 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
- 
151 
164 
- 
7 
15 
77 
56 
743 
$1,000 
- 
151 
95 
- 
7 
16 
46 
33 
7,505 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,933 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
456 
4,337 
2,103 
- 
182 
420 
837 
121 
344 
$1,000 
11,786 
28,478 
7,226 
- 
2,600 
4,864 
8,397 
252 
1,616 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
38 
145 
122 
- 
3 
30 
77 
- 
12 
$1,000 
2,728 
5,564 
351 
- 
71 
630 
2,735 
" 
228 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
7 
343 
739 
4 
20 
81 
366 
284 
323 
$1,000 
342 
3,147 
3,611 
43 
243 
469 
1,112 
295 
1,595 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
528 
10,465 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
$1,000 
192,925 
635,122 
352,427 
2,083 
156,219 
2,228,336 
3,904,237 
18,246 
229,264 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
365,389 
60,690 
25,338 
208,303 
593,987 
1,904,561 
1,146,956 
9,493 
44,174 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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