Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
598 
4 
12 
48 
175 
189 
170 
$1,000 
22,655 
17 
320 
1,085 
9,027 
3,412 
8,793 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
78 
- 
- 
11 
24 
23 
20 
$1,000 
18,485 
- 
- 
706 
7,986 
2,094 
7,700 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
585 
4 
12 
48 
169 
184 
168 
$1,000 
22,634 
17 
320 
1,085 
9,015 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
78 
- 
- 
11 
24 
23 
20 
$1,000 
18,485 
- 
- 
706 
7,986 
2,094 
7,700 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
8 
5 
2 
$1,000 
20 
- 
- 
- 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
5,440 
13 
205 
547 
1,305 
1,768 
1,602 
$1,000 
35,416 
96 
1,338 
2,993 
9,947 
11,769 
9,273 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
82 
- 
2 
6 
26 
20 
28 
$1,000 
12,330 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4,560 
4,012 
3,060 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(Z) 
- 
- 
- 
(Z) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
7,355 
35 
406 
967 
1,796 
2,260 
1,891 
$1,000 
80,656 
237 
3,659 
12,895 
18,508 
25,188 
20,170 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
198 
- 
17 
21 
36 
77 
47 
$1,000 
31,656 
- 
1,544 
6,366 
7,088 
9,895 
6,763 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
6 
22 
10 
7 
$1,000 
5,819 
- 
- 
655 
2,605 
1,764 
796 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
28 
- 
- 
5 
10 
8 
5 
$1,000 
5,697 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,511 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
502 
2 
45 
100 
143 
159 
53 
$1,000 
412,583 
(D) 
(D) 
42,168 
115,630 
107,299 
140,575 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
185 
3 
25 
50 
76 
31 
$1,000 
412,012 
- 
6,859 
42,014 
115,525 
107,085 
140,529 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,727 
8 
125 
315 
543 
465 
271 
$1,000 
3,263 
11 
209 
429 
1,109 
905 
600 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
340 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
1,154 
2 
46 
232 
306 
367 
201 
$1,000 
9,798 
(D) 
(D) 
1,702 
2,387 
3,522 
1,503 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
43 
6 
5 
11 
14 
7 
$1,000 
3,446 
- 
360 
250 
872 
1,349 
616 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,917 
5 
125 
303 
635 
577 
272 
$1,000 
610,449 
243 
57,265 
86,669 
168,855 
210,373 
87,043 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
403 
4 
45 
58 
112 
127 
57 
$1,000 
609,083 
(D) 
(D) 
86,311 
168,422 
210,017 
86,875 
Aquaculture 
farms 
108 
8 
26 
46 
28 
$1,000 
3,343 
- 
- 
747 
641 
1,523 
432 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
3 
1 
5 
3 
$1,000 
2,651 
- 
- 
714 
(D) 
1,316 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
778 
- 
35 
122 
232 
234 
155 
$1,000 
3,261 
- 
110 
384 
1,955 
519 
294 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
5,885 
28 
192 
453 
1,136 
1,944 
2,132 
$1,000 
20,985 
82 
839 
1,504 
4,210 
6,534 
7,815 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
291 
3 
29 
37 
86 
67 
69 
$1,000 
2,640 
13 
114 
234 
1,025 
591 
662 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
2,140 
4 
127 
316 
640 
702 
351 
$1,000 
6,595 
(Z) 
205 
1,169 
1,856 
2,074 
1,289 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
25,644 
102 
1,153 
2,996 
6,138 
8,165 
7,090 
$1,000 
1,341,736 
2,339 
71,931 
160,048 
353,591 
442,627 
311,200 
Average per farm 
dollars 
52,322 
22,931 
62,386 
53,420 
57,607 
54,210 
43,893 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
13,524 
51 
708 
1,679 
3,525 
4,357 
3,204 
$1,000 
59,241 
574 
3,390 
6,441 
13,268 
23,025 
12,543 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
11,823 
35 
591 
1,460 
3,072 
3,831 
2,834 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,415 
14 
98 
186 
383 
434 
300 
$25,000 to $49,999 
134 
- 
8 
15 
33 
43 
35 
$50,000 or more 
152 
2 
11 
18 
37 
49 
35 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
11,238 
57 
655 
1,482 
2,968 
3,622 
2,454 
$1,000 
36,553 
113 
1,645 
3,019 
7,349 
17,205 
7,222 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
10,503 
51 
605 
1,388 
2,758 
3,397 
2,304 
$5,000 to $24,999 
546 
4 
38 
79 
159 
162 
104 
$25,000 to $49,999 
88 
2 
9 
6 
19 
36 
16 
$50,000 or more 
101 
- 
3 
9 
32 
27 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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