Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Upton 
Uvalde 
Val Verde 
Van Zandt 
Victoria 
Walker 
Waller 
Ward 
Farms 
number 
101 
640 
421 
2,915 
1,533 
1,560 
1,927 
93 
Land in farms 
acres 
686,231 
977,281 
1,497,074 
370,603 
437,805 
280,512 
314,981 
391,653 
Average size of farm 
acres 
6,794 
1,527 
3,556 
127 
286 
180 
163 
4,211 
Median size of farm 
acres 
2,236 
237 
100 
50 
67 
40 
33 
230 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
3,991,647 
3,052,315 
2,028,569 
405,666 
654,921 
598,604 
1,020,860 
1 ,560,023 
Average per acre 
dollars 
587 
1,999 
570 
3,191 
2,293 
3,329 
6,245 
370 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
14,393 
65,753 
16,682 
139,249 
83,960 
82,337 
124,073 
4,956 
Average per farm 
dollars 
142,504 
102,739 
39,625 
47,770 
54,769 
52,780 
64,387 
53,295 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
2 
9 
57 
256 
143 
164 
186 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7 
104 
115 
1,189 
495 
702 
954 
15 
50 to 1 79 acres 
6 
163 
68 
984 
481 
439 
498 
13 
1 80 to 499 acres 
17 
147 
33 
339 
228 
151 
182 
21 
500 to 999 acres 
11 
84 
10 
99 
87 
46 
44 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
58 
133 
138 
48 
99 
58 
63 
25 
Total cropland 
farms 
48 
313 
104 
1,756 
668 
769 
1,043 
38 
acres 
46,082 
139,831 
8,142 
100,561 
80,151 
38,639 
79,906 
5,882 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
29 
173 
34 
1,593 
562 
627 
899 
8 
acres 
19,280 
84,546 
2,724 
86,575 
62,400 
25,570 
59,030 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
19 
106 
36 
119 
74 
56 
119 
5 
acres 
8,876 
49,531 
448 
2,407 
3,315 
522 
10,067 
215 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
12,684 
112,475 
10,650 
94,330 
47,554 
34,513 
91,677 
1,772 
Average per farm 
dollars 
125,585 
175,742 
25,298 
32,360 
31,020 
22,124 
47,575 
19,056 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
8,066 
61,890 
407 
47,241 
27,784 
18,580 
70,397 
116 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
4,618 
50,584 
10,243 
47,089 
19,770 
15,933 
21,280 
1,656 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
34 
268 
281 
1,316 
644 
872 
801 
67 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5 
79 
32 
436 
229 
241 
369 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7 
78 
20 
414 
239 
184 
274 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10 
65 
27 
388 
199 
149 
258 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7 
41 
16 
180 
94 
49 
91 
8 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3 
19 
16 
87 
62 
33 
47 
4 
$100,000 or more 
35 
90 
29 
94 
66 
32 
87 
3 
Government payments 
farms 
42 
180 
42 
85 
279 
44 
283 
17 
$1,000 
1,495 
2,447 
1,146 
887 
2,451 
533 
2,172 
214 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
43 
237 
141 
544 
383 
450 
507 
11 
$1,000 
1,905 
5,068 
2,506 
5,206 
3,628 
2,527 
6,397 
141 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
15,487 
103,484 
15,951 
97,743 
46,519 
48,005 
111,182 
2,413 
Average per farm 
dollars 
153,335 
161,695 
37,887 
33,531 
30,345 
30,772 
57,697 
25,942 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
101 
640 
421 
2,915 
1,533 
1,560 
1,927 
93 
$1,000 
597 
16,505 
-1,648 
2,680 
7,113 
-10,432 
-10,937 
-285 
Average per farm 
dollars 
5,913 
25,788 
-3,915 
920 
4,640 
-6,687 
-5,676 
-3,068 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
48 
319 
179 
1,272 
637 
676 
803 
25 
Other 
number 
53 
321 
242 
1,643 
896 
884 
1,124 
68 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
64 
360 
294 
1,882 
1,065 
1,114 
1,365 
67 
200 days or more 
number 
49 
218 
169 
1,211 
701 
663 
875 
47 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
52 
325 
116 
1,816 
1,173 
1,025 
1,313 
39 
number 
6,690 
43,084 
7,471 
68,357 
48,765 
38,233 
50,767 
2,926 
Beef cows 
farms 
42 
273 
98 
1,560 
1,062 
880 
1,216 
27 
number 
(D) 
1 7,778 
4,854 
36,091 
34,194 
23,979 
34,834 
1,405 
Milk cows 
farms 
4 
6 
- 
15 
16 
9 
5 
- 
number 
112 
8 
- 
6,681 
55 
18 
392 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
34 
259 
63 
1,378 
903 
694 
1,000 
23 
number 
4,258 
40,868 
3,517 
31,983 
22,932 
15,013 
24,644 
1,695 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6 
4 
17 
50 
39 
34 
32 
8 
number 
28 
24 
126 
280 
460 
5,900 
282 
40 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6 
2 
9 
28 
22 
26 
17 
4 
number 
9 
(D) 
66 
225 
1,055 
6,971 
126 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
6 
55 
114 
80 
40 
28 
64 
8 
number 
4,836 
6,935 
41,840 
1,033 
484 
169 
1,715 
110 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
7 
56 
30 
259 
93 
142 
188 
9 
number 
144 
1,031 
551 
5,458 
1,721 
73,625 
5,053 
274 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
2 
2 
13 
5 
9 
12 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
162 
16 
1,170 
8,326 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
- 
39 
- 
2 
59 
4 
17 
- 
acres 
- 
20,286 
- 
(D) 
18,697 
2,278 
6,431 
- 
bushels 
- 
2,564,466 
- 
(D) 
1,455,015 
239,910 
553,452 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1 
55 
1 
- 
1 
2 
6 
1 
acres 
(D) 
19,405 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
461 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
751,572 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
15,188 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
55 
1 
- 
1 
2 
6 
1 
acres 
(D) 
19,405 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
461 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
751,572 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
15,188 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
--continued 
262 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
