Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
46 
4 
21 
6 
3 
1 
$1,000 
160 
3 
40 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
46 
4 
21 
6 
3 
1 
$1,000 
160 
3 
40 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
9,306 
137 
1,477 
316 
348 
313 
$1,000 
403,251 
164 
4,301 
1,740 
2,571 
3,712 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,835 
- 
- 
2 
2 
12 
$1,000 
313,965 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,299 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
10,629 
655 
1,010 
277 
343 
265 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
22,981 
12,756 
9,556 
15,836 
8,261 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,179 
93 
43 
20 
31 
46 
$1,000 
1,696,345 
17,004 
5,418 
6,865 
12,299 
5,235 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
92 
2 
7 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
44,671 
(D) 
245 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
82 
4 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
44,614 
- 
228 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
412 
47 
129 
13 
15 
17 
$1,000 
54,091 
115 
179 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
41 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
53,200 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,324 
130 
320 
47 
55 
37 
$1,000 
31,233 
920 
1,104 
366 
365 
384 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
133 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
21,178 
362 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,572 
324 
822 
124 
117 
108 
$1,000 
22,824 
1,477 
4,724 
3,318 
729 
1,721 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
46 
3 
4 
4 
- 
8 
$1,000 
6,780 
150 
240 
2,740 
- 
850 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,051 
143 
368 
39 
57 
39 
$1,000 
(D) 
144 
412 
42 
48 
13 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
26 
4 
11 
4 
2 
- 
$1,000 
3,172 
563 
272 
150 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
3 
2 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
2,912 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
619 
126 
186 
33 
25 
29 
$1,000 
(D) 
9,287 
6,506 
561 
150 
421 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
77 
29 
23 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
22,227 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
254 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
12,443 
141 
566 
170 
238 
316 
$1,000 
209,846 
573 
699 
241 
384 
820 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
- 
18 
13 
18 
38 
$1,000 
97,159 
" 
29 
30 
96 
164 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,389 
239 
427 
58 
46 
46 
$1,000 
9,423 
1,260 
1,521 
336 
188 
153 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
28,008 
2,365 
5,518 
953 
1,083 
1,084 
$1,000 
3,516,180 
65,626 
84,130 
29,904 
34,797 
25,767 
Average per farm 
dollars 
125,542 
27,749 
15,246 
31,379 
32,130 
23,771 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
10,324 
506 
1,419 
257 
281 
279 
$1,000 
406,062 
490 
1,401 
464 
732 
920 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,274 
487 
1,397 
243 
234 
223 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,584 
17 
19 
14 
46 
51 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,192 
1 
3 
- 
1 
5 
$50,000 or more 
2,274 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
12,366 
512 
1,680 
320 
304 
351 
$1,000 
217,620 
278 
719 
153 
385 
401 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
7,480 
506 
1,662 
317 
295 
340 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,552 
6 
18 
3 
6 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,040 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
1,294 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
56 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
