Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cameron 
Camp 
Carson 
Cass 
Castro 
Chambers 
Cherokee 
Childress 
Farms 
number 
1,305 
487 
386 
1,024 
532 
734 
1,574 
383 
Land in farms 
acres 
309,700 
78,238 
484,876 
167,578 
548,142 
253,743 
301,338 
443,797 
Average size of farm 
acres 
237 
161 
1,256 
164 
1,030 
346 
191 
1,159 
Median size of farm 
acres 
25 
78 
450 
90 
565 
30 
81 
320 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
697,056 
418,071 
1,156,261 
337,150 
1,131,530 
690,097 
472,935 
891 ,244 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,937 
2,602 
920 
2,060 
1,098 
1,996 
2,470 
769 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
110,615 
35,856 
77,395 
51,224 
172,281 
59,296 
91,557 
34,621 
Average per farm 
dollars 
84,763 
73,627 
200,505 
50,024 
323,836 
80,785 
58,168 
90,396 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
287 
22 
17 
34 
21 
143 
112 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
578 
173 
43 
269 
27 
268 
427 
12 
50 to 1 79 acres 
183 
157 
45 
466 
75 
129 
634 
104 
1 80 to 499 acres 
107 
105 
101 
202 
135 
64 
298 
127 
500 to 999 acres 
60 
23 
65 
33 
114 
70 
60 
53 
1 ,000 acres or more 
90 
7 
115 
20 
160 
60 
43 
79 
Total cropland 
farms 
926 
341 
300 
657 
463 
397 
1,040 
291 
acres 
209,234 
20,395 
269,801 
38,851 
410,979 
92,779 
67,789 
142,055 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
793 
302 
148 
572 
299 
327 
944 
125 
acres 
186,266 
14,326 
126,938 
28,333 
212,938 
37,635 
55,167 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
726 
14 
85 
34 
262 
57 
117 
34 
acres 
112,254 
694 
49,439 
249 
154,877 
15,184 
1,405 
9,233 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
160,405 
137,668 
82,986 
67,594 
1,312,140 
25,593 
133,984 
19,871 
Average per farm 
dollars 
122,916 
282,686 
214,988 
66,010 
2,466,429 
34,868 
85,123 
51,882 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
147,427 
3,080 
50,643 
5,300 
155,645 
15,049 
89,696 
13,006 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
12,978 
134,588 
32,342 
62,294 
1,156,495 
10,544 
44,287 
6,865 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
579 
176 
175 
469 
176 
385 
624 
166 
$2,500 to $4,999 
141 
66 
18 
154 
12 
63 
176 
23 
$5,000 to $9,999 
166 
61 
20 
121 
14 
87 
237 
46 
$10,000 to $24,999 
116 
83 
22 
141 
15 
69 
290 
44 
$25,000 to $49,999 
82 
40 
20 
66 
23 
44 
107 
36 
$50,000 to $99,999 
48 
17 
39 
21 
50 
28 
50 
25 
$100,000 or more 
173 
44 
92 
52 
242 
58 
90 
43 
Government payments 
farms 
592 
27 
290 
42 
428 
126 
62 
308 
$1,000 
4,851 
118 
5,875 
128 
10,759 
3,018 
736 
3,104 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
395 
103 
202 
190 
282 
169 
355 
179 
$1,000 
8,751 
1,088 
9,752 
1,276 
14,808 
2,774 
2,913 
4,489 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
115,909 
122,943 
73,874 
61,006 
1 ,267,986 
32,789 
97,645 
23,065 
Average per farm 
dollars 
88,819 
252,450 
191,384 
59,576 
2,383,432 
44,672 
62,036 
60,221 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
1,305 
487 
386 
1,024 
532 
734 
1,574 
383 
$1,000 
58,098 
15,932 
24,738 
7,992 
69,721 
-1,404 
39,988 
4,399 
Average per farm 
dollars 
44,519 
32,714 
64,088 
7,805 
131,055 
-1,913 
25,406 
1 1 ,486 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
592 
201 
197 
441 
289 
291 
738 
158 
Other 
number 
713 
286 
189 
583 
243 
443 
836 
225 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
886 
320 
224 
733 
288 
518 
981 
248 
200 days or more 
number 
529 
212 
152 
496 
208 
346 
598 
159 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
523 
300 
109 
540 
165 
472 
930 
178 
number 
14,424 
20,424 
18,239 
18,031 
435,989 
26,316 
47,174 
1 1 ,728 
Beef cows 
farms 
419 
273 
91 
513 
88 
401 
832 
163 
number 
(D) 
9,517 
(D) 
12,238 
10,100 
18,323 
29,508 
7,392 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
5 
2 
- 
8 
- 
4 
- 
number 
(D) 
542 
(D) 
- 
37,811 
- 
1,705 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
349 
226 
94 
416 
165 
322 
715 
155 
number 
5,199 
11,126 
25,017 
8,600 
677,302 
12,946 
26,249 
7,362 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
45 
7 
11 
19 
5 
44 
21 
2 
number 
465 
549 
277 
150 
143 
403 
162 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
25 
8 
8 
8 
3 
20 
13 
1 
number 
362 
1,219 
(D) 
69 
340 
409 
223 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
52 
10 
6 
7 
- 
42 
28 
number 
704 
374 
180 
96 
- 
452 
354 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
141 
31 
20 
69 
9 
73 
120 
4 
number 
3,271 
(D) 
1,250 
74,107 
79 
1,479 
2,199 
62 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
12 
24 
2 
38 
- 
- 
13 
- 
number 
863 
18,768,774 
(D) 
18,335,253 
- 
- 
6,191,877 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
97 
5 
40 
4 
161 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
19,447 
17 
15,145 
82 
72,485 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
1,752,701 
500 
2,692,300 
2,548 
13,335,240 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
- 
4 
1 
57 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
790 
(D) 
19,519 
- 
(D) 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
14,590 
(D) 
418,473 
- 
(D) 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
2 
- 
125 
1 
98 
3 
3 
73 
acres 
(D) 
- 
66,453 
(D) 
29,904 
419 
1,501 
28,167 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
1,579,499 
(D) 
920,342 
8,446 
25,538 
736,845 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
2 
- 
125 
1 
98 
3 
3 
73 
acres 
(D) 
- 
66,453 
(D) 
29,904 
419 
1,501 
28,167 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
1 ,579,499 
(D) 
920,342 
8,446 
25,538 
736,845 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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