Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Petroleum 
Phillips 
Pondera 
Powder River 
Powell 
Prairie 
Ravalli 
Farms 
number 
100 
507 
505 
328 
263 
186 
1,438 
Land in farms 
acres 
689,752 
2,066,540 
956,635 
1,588,599 
589,239 
769,046 
234,782 
Average size of farm 
acres 
6,898 
4,076 
1,894 
4,843 
2,240 
4,135 
163 
Median size of farm 
acres 
4,089 
1,180 
890 
2,000 
205 
1,793 
21 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
3,025,113 
2,344,405 
1,536,015 
2,666,905 
2,120,280 
2,331,347 
792,834 
Average per acre 
dollars 
439 
575 
811 
551 
946 
564 
4,856 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
21,146 
75,166 
105,553 
49,844 
29,691 
27,494 
61,712 
Average per farm 
dollars 
211,458 
148,256 
209,016 
151,962 
112,892 
147,819 
42,915 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
2 
30 
21 
33 
27 
14 
297 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4 
36 
50 
20 
55 
7 
704 
50 to 1 79 acres 
7 
50 
59 
8 
41 
14 
256 
1 80 to 499 acres 
9 
66 
76 
22 
38 
22 
99 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
58 
59 
37 
23 
17 
43 
1 ,000 acres or more 
72 
267 
240 
208 
79 
112 
39 
Total cropland 
farms 
82 
421 
425 
217 
156 
140 
945 
acres 
158,270 
701,968 
568,180 
171,713 
53,524 
119,332 
51,301 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
70 
326 
355 
162 
146 
115 
868 
acres 
81,192 
286,426 
306,371 
73,952 
47,028 
55,774 
42,100 
Irrigated land 
farms 
40 
159 
195 
42 
143 
45 
1,106 
acres 
11,177 
33,213 
65,774 
9,861 
53,316 
9,240 
61,574 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
31,604 
95,800 
113,756 
62,417 
34,220 
31,194 
34,725 
Average per farm 
dollars 
316,045 
188,954 
225,260 
190,296 
130,115 
167,708 
24,148 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
12,332 
58,401 
84,119 
8,116 
7,648 
14,947 
10,481 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
19,272 
37,399 
29,637 
54,301 
26,573 
16,247 
24,244 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
17 
139 
130 
57 
92 
40 
701 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
19 
12 
9 
20 
4 
207 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6 
25 
23 
13 
23 
13 
165 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3 
42 
42 
27 
28 
11 
169 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9 
52 
33 
29 
13 
23 
72 
$50,000 to $99,999 
13 
48 
54 
35 
25 
17 
46 
$100,000 or more 
52 
182 
211 
158 
62 
78 
78 
Government payments 
farms 
69 
349 
386 
127 
41 
131 
123 
$1,000 
1,194 
7,362 
8,483 
1,530 
264 
1,749 
549 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
52 
232 
338 
151 
101 
123 
370 
$1,000 
2,052 
5,268 
11,130 
3,209 
1,356 
1,769 
2,178 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
21,193 
84,817 
95,017 
50,931 
31,153 
25,178 
44,288 
Average per farm 
dollars 
211,931 
167,292 
188,152 
155,278 
118,453 
135,364 
30,798 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
100 
507 
505 
328 
263 
186 
1,438 
$1,000 
13,657 
23,613 
38,353 
16,226 
4,687 
9,534 
-6,836 
Average per farm 
dollars 
136,575 
46,574 
75,946 
49,469 
17,823 
51,259 
-4,754 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
78 
327 
314 
213 
152 
133 
676 
Other 
number 
22 
180 
191 
115 
111 
53 
762 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
38 
270 
289 
177 
161 
79 
902 
200 days or more 
number 
11 
183 
161 
81 
103 
51 
599 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
68 
248 
185 
250 
141 
119 
520 
number 
32,881 
85,086 
26,160 
90,882 
39,265 
34,300 
32,169 
Beef cows 
farms 
63 
230 
177 
228 
123 
110 
406 
number 
18,489 
51,579 
17,066 
51,565 
(D) 
20,582 
14,743 
Milk cows 
farms 
5 
7 
6 
7 
4 
3 
31 
number 
7 
44 
849 
11 
(D) 
10 
943 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
62 
237 
173 
242 
129 
103 
444 
number 
17,409 
39,181 
17,064 
52,713 
25,305 
17,423 
19,034 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1 
11 
7 
- 
4 
2 
24 
number 
(D) 
192 
23,381 
- 
34 
(D) 
270 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
4 
11 
6 
4 
3 
2 
21 
number 
54 
128 
48,641 
14 
72 
(D) 
273 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
2 
30 
17 
39 
15 
9 
102 
number 
(D) 
6,077 
4,792 
9,238 
386 
444 
2,564 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4 
23 
26 
19 
27 
7 
203 
number 
79 
629 
35,032 
236 
548 
334 
4,219 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
number 
- 
- 
22,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1 
6 
2 
- 
- 
13 
5 
acres 
(D) 
772 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,144 
133 
bushels 
(D) 
64,720 
(D) 
- 
- 
138,704 
12,984 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
1 
2 
1 
- 
7 
8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
524 
248 
tons 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
9,895 
5,676 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
24 
156 
209 
41 
4 
55 
36 
acres 
55,082 
185,852 
156,418 
17,265 
(D) 
27,019 
3,761 
bushels 
1,068,218 
6,424,381 
5,829,202 
457,032 
(D) 
734,200 
169,162 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
24 
83 
124 
32 
24 
16 
acres 
45,423 
(D) 
72,792 
13,359 
- 
12,874 
1,006 
bushels 
947,151 
(D) 
2,800,074 
389,489 
- 
426,193 
25,187 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
10 
133 
172 
20 
4 
39 
26 
acres 
9,659 
123,070 
74,426 
3,906 
(D) 
14,145 
2,755 
bushels 
121,067 
3,795,169 
2,716,809 
67,543 
(D) 
308,007 
143,975 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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