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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
7 
8 
4 
7 
16 
$1,000 
- 
65 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
- 
7 
8 
4 
7 
16 
$1,000 
- 
65 
(D) 
(D) 
(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 
844 
941 
749 
665 
828 
487 
$1,000 
13,855 
9,072 
3,826 
1,938 
1,262 
249 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,247 
1,239 
818 
586 
367 
69 
$1,000 
34,143 
16,186 
4,898 
1,848 
592 
49 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
45 
43 
40 
50 
48 
37 
$1,000 
113 
127 
78 
55 
41 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
140 
167 
165 
128 
144 
78 
$1,000 
1,975 
1,334 
695 
302 
167 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
263 
407 
385 
372 
410 
112 
$1,000 
4,451 
3,805 
1,891 
995 
550 
66 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
64 
101 
124 
151 
143 
200 
$1,000 
110 
122 
56 
98 
65 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
3 
3 
6 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
46 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
76 
89 
50 
59 
81 
68 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
160 
68 
90 
22 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,368 
1,310 
853 
599 
513 
475 
$1,000 
17,739 
11,948 
4,222 
1,696 
681 
201 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
132 
83 
44 
28 
15 
8 
$1,000 
749 
248 
58 
13 
4 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
120 
212 
218 
200 
127 
102 
$1,000 
840 
777 
625 
338 
122 
38 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
2,442 
3,038 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
$1,000 
103,747 
80,905 
39,529 
27,629 
22,725 
93,439 
Average per farm 
dollars 
42,484 
26,631 
16,088 
13,082 
10,325 
15,861 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
764 
815 
570 
449 
476 
762 
$1,000 
5,287 
2,626 
1,043 
511 
400 
757 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
442 
686 
543 
437 
470 
741 
$5,000 to $24,999 
289 
119 
23 
10 
6 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
21 
4 
1 
2 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
12 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
976 
1,027 
711 
574 
595 
1,205 
$1,000 
2,786 
1,396 
429 
420 
260 
856 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
837 
974 
702 
568 
586 
1,174 
$5,000 to $24,999 
124 
48 
8 
3 
9 
28 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
3 
3 
- 
3 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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