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 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,696 
1,904 
1,448 
1,250 
1,323 
4,142 
acres 
1,486,630 
1,016,309 
531,041 
261,322 
899,033 
2,425,296 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
1,426 
1,773 
1,395 
1,245 
1,366 
3,406 
acres 
55,829 
40,799 
22,859 
18,866 
16,860 
61,896 
Irrigated land 
farms 
814 
1,080 
852 
770 
797 
1,309 
acres 
93,051 
57,262 
26,618 
18,039 
15,135 
41,641 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
681 
871 
670 
543 
602 
655 
acres 
54,665 
36,557 
18,012 
8,732 
7,878 
6,960 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
350 
462 
373 
352 
331 
863 
acres 
38,386 
20,705 
8,606 
9,307 
7,257 
34,681 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
578 
731 
513 
313 
194 
44 
acres 
451,956 
325,411 
119,405 
41,046 
12,166 
893 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
422 
229 
87 
45 
39 
43 
acres 
146,751 
55,454 
22,724 
8,626 
12,336 
15,978 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
13 
24 
12 
9 
5 
- 
$1,000 
327 
178 
51 
23 
6 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
2,442 
3,038 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
$1,000 
2,588,704 
2,524,434 
1,577,827 
1,004,128 
1,067,609 
4,795,900 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,060,075 
830,952 
642,176 
475,439 
485,056 
814,106 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,059 
1,492 
1,882 
2,342 
922 
1,402 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
138 
237 
290 
287 
292 
634 
$50,000 to $99,999 
100 
142 
221 
244 
227 
478 
$100,000 to $199,999 
246 
476 
455 
327 
365 
898 
$200,000 to $499,999 
758 
1,115 
832 
757 
858 
2,260 
$500,000 to $999,999 
610 
601 
367 
296 
315 
940 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
352 
241 
161 
126 
95 
320 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
168 
164 
91 
61 
42 
246 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
44 
35 
22 
6 
4 
59 
$10,000,000 or more 
26 
27 
18 
8 
3 
56 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
2,442 
3,036 
2,457 
2,112 
2,201 
5,891 
$1,000 
191,015 
149,840 
92,978 
72,446 
52,214 
211,079 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
130 
318 
343 
398 
557 
1,067 
$5,000 to $9,999 
161 
282 
276 
270 
341 
819 
$10,000 to $19,999 
248 
545 
525 
461 
493 
1,272 
$20,000 to $49,999 
729 
910 
744 
575 
551 
1,557 
$50,000 to $99,999 
576 
584 
376 
228 
179 
705 
$100,000 to $199,999 
407 
272 
139 
139 
56 
303 
$200,000 to $499,999 
168 
108 
45 
34 
18 
141 
$500,000 or more 
23 
17 
9 
7 
6 
27 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
1,983 
2,244 
1,637 
1,384 
1,414 
3,554 
number 
4,905 
4,556 
2,943 
2,396 
2,202 
5,708 
Tractors, all 
farms 
1,799 
2,028 
1,469 
1,283 
1,225 
3,132 
number 
4,014 
3,930 
2,544 
2,119 
1,850 
4,479 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
672 
868 
736 
678 
644 
1,612 
number 
951 
1,175 
958 
890 
796 
1,996 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,149 
1,318 
922 
758 
697 
1,691 
number 
1,698 
1,882 
1,198 
973 
873 
1,982 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
935 
682 
320 
214 
152 
410 
number 
1,365 
873 
388 
256 
181 
501 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
310 
179 
72 
65 
35 
68 
number 
349 
190 
77 
65 
37 
72 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
319 
301 
195 
143 
150 
231 
number 
342 
322 
203 
149 
161 
238 
Hay balers 
farms 
942 
1,025 
662 
524 
504 
849 
number 
1,219 
1,261 
814 
607 
551 
938 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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