Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
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 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 
160 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
46 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 
160 
- 
- 
- 
(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 
460 
769 
1,194 
1,416 
953 
$1,000 
403,251 
127,360 
91,328 
77,299 
53,339 
23,722 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,835 
322 
477 
526 
360 
150 
$1,000 
313,965 
124,300 
85,264 
61,839 
32,828 
9,734 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
10,629 
508 
885 
1,531 
1,942 
1,437 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
763,588 
345,995 
327,454 
214,251 
74,905 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,179 
493 
811 
1,361 
1,645 
869 
$1,000 
1,696,345 
763,222 
343,964 
323,270 
206,790 
59,100 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
92 
45 
10 
14 
11 
5 
$1,000 
44,671 
38,435 
1,802 
3,094 
1,014 
297 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
82 
45 
10 
12 
10 
5 
$1,000 
44,614 
38,435 
1,802 
(D) 
(D) 
297 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
412 
50 
17 
29 
29 
24 
$1,000 
54,091 
52,799 
117 
(D) 
403 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
41 
35 
1 
2 
3 
$1,000 
53,200 
52,723 
(D) 
(D) 
240 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,324 
37 
62 
118 
161 
124 
$1,000 
31,233 
9,860 
3,730 
5,652 
4,990 
2,493 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
133 
23 
20 
36 
34 
20 
$1,000 
21,178 
9,588 
2,926 
4,261 
3,059 
1,344 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,572 
53 
66 
134 
179 
191 
$1,000 
22,824 
2,760 
491 
2,194 
2,605 
3,017 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
46 
2 
1 
6 
10 
27 
$1,000 
6,780 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,411 
1,733 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,051 
44 
29 
58 
70 
67 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
32 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
farms 
26 
3 
1 
1 
5 
2 
$1,000 
3,172 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
648 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
2 
1 
1 
5 
2 
$1,000 
2,912 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
648 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
619 
18 
11 
28 
63 
76 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,592 
4,074 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
77 
7 
4 
17 
28 
21 
$1,000 
22,227 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,413 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
12,443 
604 
1,220 
1,931 
2,115 
1,455 
$1,000 
209,846 
31,557 
44,470 
46,770 
31,401 
19,162 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
198 
424 
542 
412 
185 
$1,000 
97,159 
28,570 
31,231 
23,364 
10,769 
2,152 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,389 
55 
55 
88 
120 
92 
$1,000 
9,423 
2,780 
790 
797 
1,609 
707 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
28,008 
787 
1,479 
2,386 
2,882 
2,333 
$1,000 
3,516,180 
1,221,364 
718,156 
644,809 
396,717 
167,159 
Average per farm 
dollars 
125,542 
1,551,924 
485,569 
270,247 
137,653 
71,650 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
10,324 
662 
1,209 
1,786 
1,791 
1,040 
$1,000 
406,062 
146,239 
110,098 
86,382 
40,990 
1 1 ,728 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,274 
17 
45 
169 
341 
383 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,584 
50 
162 
500 
838 
570 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,192 
51 
178 
447 
421 
63 
$50,000 or more 
2,274 
544 
824 
670 
191 
24 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
12,366 
700 
1,303 
1,940 
2,046 
1,289 
$1,000 
217,620 
78,038 
61,596 
44,711 
20,999 
6,130 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
7,480 
79 
203 
506 
930 
921 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,552 
101 
280 
717 
910 
324 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,040 
66 
291 
467 
161 
38 
$50,000 or more 
1,294 
454 
529 
250 
45 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
