Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
28,008 
4,736 
203 
275 
325 
7,398 
- 
percent 
100.0 
16.9 
0.7 
1.0 
1.2 
26.4 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
59,758,917 
14,634,057 
37,073 
5,1 66 
12,486 
8,084,735 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
2,134 
3,090 
183 
19 
38 
1,093 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
28,008 
4,736 
203 
275 
325 
7,398 
_ 
$1,000 
4,439,929 
1,846,019 
38,679 
3,608 
28,448 
398,042 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
158,524 
389,784 
190,537 
13,118 
87,533 
53,804 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,891 
6 
6 
41 
26 
1,418 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,201 
17 
30 
33 
33 
1,084 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,112 
49 
36 
54 
30 
936 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,457 
107 
45 
60 
47 
1,035 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,038 
213 
32 
56 
73 
1,181 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,442 
371 
11 
16 
30 
728 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,333 
622 
8 
7 
28 
410 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,882 
1,028 
8 
8 
26 
270 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,386 
1,132 
4 
18 
157 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,479 
818 
9 
- 
11 
113 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
787 
373 
14 
- 
3 
66 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
626 
337 
10 
- 
2 
53 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
113 
30 
4 
- 
1 
9 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
48 
6 
- 
" 
- 
4 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
28,008 
4,736 
203 
275 
325 
7,398 
_ 
$1,000 
4,230,083 
1,733,285 
(D) 
(D) 
28,356 
349,936 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
6,587 
4,736 
27 
1 
4 
603 
- 
$1,000 
1,787,162 
1,549,753 
6,187 
(D) 
(D) 
96,932 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,636 
3,753 
21 
2 
340 
- 
$1,000 
1,746,174 
1,526,419 
6,146 
- 
(D) 
91,799 
- 
Corn 
farms 
559 
285 
3 
- 
95 
- 
$1,000 
64,635 
31,359 
(D) 
- 
- 
9,434 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
336 
167 
2 
- 
- 
58 
- 
$1,000 
59,788 
28,808 
(D) 
- 
- 
8,667 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
5,590 
4,238 
24 
1 
2 
439 
- 
$1,000 
1,359,058 
1,226,774 
4,956 
(D) 
(D) 
52,152 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,929 
3,307 
19 
2 
234 
- 
$1,000 
1,321,848 
1,203,981 
4,894 
- 
(D) 
47,992 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
45 
33 
- 
- 
12 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,615 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,269 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
2,214 
1,423 
13 
- 
3 
291 
- 
$1,000 
211,843 
154,593 
750 
- 
(D) 
30,276 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
989 
753 
4 
- 
121 
- 
$1,000 
189,323 
140,304 
(D) 
- 
- 
27,059 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,506 
1,195 
3 
- 
- 
Ill 
- 
$1,000 
149,402 
135,413 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
742 
674 
2 
- 
- 
25 
- 
$1,000 
135,318 
123,415 
(D) 
" 
- 
3,601 
- 
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 
18 
203 
7 
38 
22 
- 
$1,000 
33,199 
2,345 
29,248 
5 
226 
583 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
51 
3 
41 
- 
1 
3 
- 
$1,000 
31,146 
2,265 
28,058 
- 
(D) 
463 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
311 
_ 
34 
238 
13 
16 
_ 
$1,000 
3,658 
- 
49 
(D) 
(D) 
35 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
13 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
263 
- 
11 
229 
7 
11 
- 
$1,000 
3,576 
- 
(D) 
3,386 
29 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
- 
13 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,516 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
65 
- 
27 
18 
7 
6 
- 
$1,000 
82 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
158 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
