Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
28,008 
728 
1,392 
2,276 
2,945 
2,178 
percent 
100.0 
2.6 
5.0 
8.1 
10.5 
7.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
59,758,917 
12,165,216 
11,036,432 
12,007,236 
9,467,060 
3,881,079 
Average size of farm 
acres 
2,134 
16,710 
7,928 
5,276 
3,215 
1,782 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
28,008 
728 
1,392 
2,276 
2,945 
2,178 
$1,000 
4,439,929 
1,673,388 
1,021,236 
860,100 
528,392 
168,229 
Average per farm 
dollars 
158,524 
2,298,610 
733,647 
377,900 
179,420 
77,240 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,891 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,201 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,112 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,457 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,038 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,442 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,333 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,002 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,882 
- 
- 
- 
2,690 
176 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,386 
- 
2,130 
255 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,479 
_ 
1,333 
146 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
787 
728 
59 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
626 
567 
59 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
113 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
48 
48 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
28,008 
728 
1,392 
2,276 
2,945 
2,178 
$1,000 
4,230,083 
1,646,116 
981,319 
815,500 
493,126 
156,294 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
6,587 
563 
1,056 
1,488 
1,612 
827 
$1,000 
1,787,162 
615,001 
525,404 
390,734 
193,964 
42,529 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,636 
543 
998 
1,343 
1,273 
479 
$1,000 
1,746,174 
614,724 
524,103 
387,505 
186,400 
33,442 
Corn 
farms 
559 
119 
133 
123 
100 
43 
$1,000 
64,635 
28,573 
15,636 
12,900 
(D) 
1,402 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
336 
99 
97 
87 
46 
7 
$1,000 
59,788 
28,215 
14,669 
11,998 
4,384 
522 
Wheat 
farms 
5,590 
498 
941 
1,362 
1,344 
684 
$1,000 
1,359,058 
446,176 
411,724 
309,114 
145,552 
32,173 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,929 
472 
888 
1,205 
1,018 
346 
$1,000 
1,321,848 
445,460 
410,232 
305,144 
137,147 
23,865 
Soybeans 
farms 
45 
11 
13 
13 
2 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
642 
442 
(D) 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
3 
4 
3 
- 
$1,000 
1,269 
726 
321 
222 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
2,214 
262 
391 
510 
545 
228 
$1,000 
211,843 
73,755 
54,522 
42,057 
31,149 
6,731 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
989 
196 
231 
290 
225 
47 
$1,000 
189,323 
72,371 
51,441 
37,862 
24,661 
2,988 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,506 
243 
361 
370 
318 
95 
$1,000 
149,402 
65,461 
42,880 
26,222 
11,665 
2,161 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
742 
198 
244 
196 
92 
12 
$1,000 
135,318 
64,488 
40,185 
22,504 
7,322 
819 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
332 
47 
14 
10 
15 
18 
$1,000 
33,199 
23,440 
5,663 
1,095 
1,131 
626 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
51 
21 
11 
5 
7 
7 
$1,000 
31,146 
22,898 
5,636 
1,059 
1,078 
475 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
311 
_ 
1 
2 
9 
11 
$1,000 
3,658 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,040 
461 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
7 
6 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
263 
- 
1 
2 
7 
10 
$1,000 
3,576 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
1 
7 
6 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
65 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 
82 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
387 
8 
18 
19 
35 
34 
$1,000 
28,566 
6,486 
7,183 
6,215 
4,066 
2,000 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
4 
12 
19 
27 
26 
$1,000 
25,522 
6,469 
7,174 
6,215 
3,832 
1,832 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
80 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
