Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
787 
1,479 
2,386 
2,882 
2,333 
percent 
100.0 
2.8 
5.3 
8.5 
10.3 
8.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
59,758,917 
12,679,112 
11,426,366 
12,192,656 
9,334,121 
4,143,965 
Average size of farm 
acres 
2,134 
16,111 
7,726 
5,110 
3,239 
1,776 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
28,008 
787 
1,479 
2,386 
2,882 
2,333 
$1,000 
4,439,929 
1,734,722 
1,037,321 
851,848 
481,755 
168,728 
Average per farm 
dollars 
158,524 
2,204,221 
701,366 
357,019 
167,160 
72,322 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,333 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,882 
- 
- 
- 
2,882 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,386 
- 
- 
2,386 
- 
" 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,479 
- 
1,479 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
787 
787 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
626 
626 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
113 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
48 
48 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
28,008 
787 
1,479 
2,386 
2,882 
2,333 
$1,000 
4,230,083 
1,703,165 
992,850 
805,078 
450,354 
149,566 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
6,587 
620 
1,138 
1,567 
1,500 
836 
$1,000 
1,787,162 
660,494 
532,868 
375,830 
162,296 
39,934 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,636 
600 
1,074 
1,406 
1,146 
410 
$1,000 
1,746,174 
660,216 
531,480 
372,038 
154,432 
28,008 
Corn 
farms 
559 
126 
127 
128 
95 
45 
$1,000 
64,635 
29,132 
15,090 
13,189 
(D) 
1,445 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
336 
104 
92 
89 
44 
7 
$1,000 
59,788 
28,766 
14,117 
12,196 
4,186 
522 
Wheat 
farms 
5,590 
552 
1,024 
1,419 
1,249 
692 
$1,000 
1,359,058 
484,523 
420,062 
292,156 
121,398 
29,889 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,929 
523 
968 
1,246 
906 
286 
$1,000 
1,321,848 
483,680 
418,621 
287,522 
112,801 
19,224 
Soybeans 
farms 
45 
15 
10 
12 
2 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
552 
360 
(D) 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
3 
5 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,269 
(D) 
403 
(D) 
- 
- 
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 
280 
423 
536 
495 
220 
$1,000 
211,843 
76,248 
56,046 
44,299 
25,628 
6,272 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
989 
206 
254 
298 
188 
43 
$1,000 
189,323 
74,652 
52,924 
39,610 
19,367 
2,769 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,506 
266 
376 
369 
289 
96 
$1,000 
149,402 
69,380 
41,118 
25,826 
9,964 
2,266 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
742 
216 
241 
196 
77 
12 
$1,000 
135,318 
68,249 
38,235 
22,054 
5,961 
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 
16 
17 
$1,000 
33,199 
23,440 
5,663 
1,095 
1,208 
549 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
51 
21 
11 
5 
8 
6 
$1,000 
31,146 
22,898 
5,636 
1,059 
1,155 
398 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
311 
_ 
1 
2 
11 
9 
$1,000 
3,658 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,118 
383 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
8 
5 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,116 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
263 
- 
1 
2 
8 
9 
$1,000 
3,576 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,116 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
8 
5 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,116 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
65 
- 
- 
3 
1 
$1,000 
82 
- 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
387 
10 
16 
19 
36 
33 
$1,000 
28,566 
6,487 
7,182 
6,215 
4,086 
1,980 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
4 
12 
19 
27 
26 
$1,000 
25,522 
6,469 
(D) 
6,215 
3,832 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
