Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(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 
1,371 
1,299 
1,238 
72 
60 
154 
$1,000 
122,139 
111,510 
102,906 
10,629 
(D) 
5,563 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
521 
481 
451 
40 
29 
27 
$1,000 
106,596 
96,436 
88,474 
10,160 
(D) 
4,068 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,577 
1,489 
1,416 
88 
69 
148 
$1,000 
628,233 
543,517 
(D) 
84,717 
55,364 
35,086 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,213 
1,150 
1,079 
63 
48 
73 
$1,000 
620,613 
536,339 
(D) 
84,274 
55,053 
33,815 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
41 
26 
7 
15 
1 
3 
$1,000 
24,519 
17,492 
8,261 
7,026 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
41 
26 
7 
15 
1 
3 
$1,000 
24,519 
17,492 
8,261 
7,026 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
62 
44 
20 
18 
4 
8 
$1,000 
52,977 
33,055 
5,168 
19,922 
(D) 
28 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
36 
22 
4 
14 
3 
- 
$1,000 
52,863 
32,954 
5,135 
19,909 
(D) 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
118 
112 
104 
6 
2 
13 
$1,000 
6,656 
4,998 
(D) 
1,658 
(D) 
750 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
38 
34 
29 
4 
4 
$1,000 
5,427 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
676 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
226 
205 
196 
21 
17 
30 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,571 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
125 
102 
75 
23 
8 
8 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,554 
849 
(D) 
315 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
20 
3 
13 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,321 
766 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
1 
15 
$1,000 
260 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,662 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
1 
- 
8 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
76 
66 
62 
10 
10 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
6,889 
6,887 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
27 
23 
23 
4 
4 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
6,576 
6,576 
(D) 
(D) 
335 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
2,352 
2,258 
2,188 
94 
74 
228 
$1,000 
66,665 
63,594 
60,323 
3,072 
1,889 
4,255 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
588 
561 
551 
27 
24 
15 
$1,000 
36,980 
35,319 
34,528 
1,661 
(D) 
159 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
194 
171 
152 
23 
11 
21 
$1,000 
3,679 
2,841 
2,161 
838 
179 
175 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
3,509 
3,279 
3,177 
230 
193 
615 
$1,000 
1,271,728 
1,130,940 
996,353 
140,788 
80,746 
72,602 
Average per farm 
dollars 
362,419 
344,904 
313,614 
612,121 
418,373 
118,053 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
2,139 
2,026 
1,956 
113 
94 
119 
$1,000 
154,301 
143,136 
129,105 
11,165 
5,467 
3,234 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
360 
335 
327 
25 
25 
63 
$5,000 to $24,999 
520 
496 
490 
24 
24 
32 
$25,000 to $49,999 
344 
325 
317 
19 
15 
8 
$50,000 or more 
915 
870 
822 
45 
30 
16 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
2,396 
2,275 
2,193 
121 
101 
193 
$1,000 
84,129 
78,931 
70,733 
5,199 
2,335 
1,807 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
823 
772 
750 
51 
50 
145 
$5,000 to $24,999 
614 
583 
564 
31 
27 
27 
$25,000 to $49,999 
387 
371 
366 
16 
15 
10 
$50,000 or more 
572 
549 
513 
23 
9 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Montana 135 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
