Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sweet Grass 
Teton 
Toole 
Treasure 
Valley 
Wheatland 
Wibaux 
Yellowstone 
Farms 
number 
332 
742 
423 
109 
654 
154 
172 
1,330 
Land in farms 
acres 
855,709 
975,173 
1,128,523 
617,635 
1,634,642 
873,959 
545,433 
1,668,346 
Average size of farm 
acres 
2,577 
1,314 
2,668 
5,666 
2,499 
5,675 
3,171 
1,254 
Median size of farm 
acres 
506 
396 
1,600 
2,003 
800 
1,150 
1,123 
57 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
2,771,481 
1,381,036 
1,912,250 
2,847,427 
1,240,586 
2,906,151 
1,483,260 
957,953 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,075 
1,051 
717 
503 
496 
512 
468 
764 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
34,984 
118,437 
89,965 
35,954 
159,456 
23,695 
34,715 
126,584 
Average per farm 
dollars 
105,374 
159,618 
212,684 
329,849 
244,564 
153,865 
201,829 
95,176 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
25 
31 
9 
5 
26 
9 
7 
211 
1 0 to 49 acres 
35 
95 
13 
8 
31 
9 
6 
428 
50 to 1 79 acres 
58 
121 
30 
10 
82 
10 
18 
242 
1 80 to 499 acres 
46 
170 
52 
14 
105 
25 
26 
159 
500 to 999 acres 
37 
97 
61 
9 
115 
17 
23 
97 
1 ,000 acres or more 
131 
228 
258 
63 
295 
84 
92 
193 
Total cropland 
farms 
182 
628 
382 
76 
568 
97 
134 
779 
acres 
78,718 
548,912 
747,301 
44,154 
788,378 
124,394 
135,740 
351,118 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
149 
465 
272 
71 
408 
68 
111 
622 
acres 
32,707 
295,143 
351,951 
37,293 
512,077 
78,405 
88,525 
212,643 
Irrigated land 
farms 
152 
341 
26 
59 
161 
49 
12 
636 
acres 
35,770 
114,794 
6,275 
21,907 
40,442 
21,671 
1,464 
73,161 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
33,496 
140,098 
102,681 
46,565 
151,464 
46,827 
29,270 
216,815 
Average per farm 
dollars 
100,893 
188,811 
242,746 
427,202 
231,597 
304,072 
170,173 
163,019 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
4,276 
82,064 
81,945 
22,387 
119,097 
10,647 
15,888 
60,667 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
29,221 
58,034 
20,737 
24,178 
32,367 
36,181 
13,382 
156,148 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
117 
248 
133 
18 
207 
39 
35 
611 
$2,500 to $4,999 
24 
37 
4 
1 
14 
7 
3 
107 
$5,000 to $9,999 
26 
38 
10 
2 
23 
8 
5 
106 
$10,000 to $24,999 
24 
67 
25 
10 
40 
10 
22 
129 
$25,000 to $49,999 
38 
37 
31 
14 
64 
14 
14 
85 
$50,000 to $99,999 
34 
73 
25 
11 
56 
16 
16 
86 
$100,000 or more 
69 
242 
195 
53 
250 
60 
77 
206 
Government payments 
farms 
83 
544 
362 
61 
523 
85 
147 
402 
$1,000 
689 
8,825 
11,090 
548 
9,013 
1,520 
2,282 
3,843 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
132 
434 
258 
66 
410 
63 
97 
480 
$1,000 
1,970 
11,536 
7,009 
1,949 
6,817 
1,498 
1,172 
5,832 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
39,764 
122,032 
79,286 
31,345 
107,681 
35,463 
22,711 
185,949 
Average per farm 
dollars 
119,770 
164,464 
187,437 
287,568 
164,651 
230,281 
132,041 
139,812 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
332 
742 
423 
109 
654 
154 
172 
1,330 
$1,000 
-3,608 
38,428 
41,495 
17,717 
59,614 
14,381 
10,013 
40,541 
Average per farm 
dollars 
-10,868 
51,790 
98,097 
162,543 
91,152 
93,383 
58,214 
30,482 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
179 
436 
254 
82 
432 
101 
126 
624 
Other 
number 
153 
306 
169 
27 
222 
53 
46 
706 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
191 
415 
201 
46 
326 
69 
82 
802 
200 days or more 
number 
122 
231 
110 
26 
156 
50 
34 
530 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
186 
254 
104 
72 
227 
91 
100 
530 
number 
37,962 
55,567 
21,570 
27,844 
65,239 
41,500 
24,433 
118,653 
Beef cows 
farms 
163 
229 
102 
66 
218 
88 
99 
434 
number 
24,325 
22,930 
12,727 
12,682 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
13 
9 
4 
- 
1 
5 
2 
14 
number 
31 
399 
352 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
168 
230 
95 
65 
218 
89 
91 
463 
number 
28,200 
46,293 
10,879 
18,385 
32,767 
25,759 
12,990 
116,126 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6 
10 
6 
- 
8 
3 
- 
16 
number 
86 
(D) 
14,374 
- 
52 
11,703 
- 
(□) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
10 
9 
6 
- 
6 
3 
- 
24 
number 
321 
(D) 
28,478 
- 
68 
24,010 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
36 
18 
16 
1 
16 
23 
6 
76 
number 
4,523 
7,119 
3,054 
(D) 
1,021 
10,900 
125 
2,770 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
39 
30 
15 
5 
22 
10 
10 
127 
number 
757 
28,618 
23,180 
86 
614 
27,645 
180 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
9 
number 
(D) 
30,700 
(D) 
- 
- 
16,700 
" 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
20 
12 
1 
5 
58 
acres 
(D) 
- 
365 
2,663 
1,780 
(D) 
1,210 
15,530 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
28,000 
413,706 
195,350 
(D) 
42,061 
925,864 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4 
- 
17 
11 
2 
3 
61 
acres 
- 
74 
- 
2,485 
1,195 
(D) 
(D) 
8,775 
tons 
- 
1,442 
- 
48,926 
25,290 
(D) 
(D) 
207,074 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
13 
173 
201 
35 
298 
24 
69 
131 
acres 
4,319 
150,736 
221,515 
13,210 
352,482 
28,204 
44,173 
99,804 
bushels 
92,103 
5,312,531 
6,736,567 
587,804 
11,405,180 
631,677 
1,165,169 
2,172,511 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
8 
129 
60 
8 
58 
12 
39 
76 
acres 
1,494 
103,775 
30,915 
4,645 
38,347 
14,209 
14,965 
67,011 
bushels 
28,658 
3,796,476 
1,102,290 
145,271 
1,660,384 
417,337 
464,575 
1,403,155 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
13 
113 
170 
32 
266 
20 
55 
90 
acres 
2,825 
41,897 
182,587 
8,565 
284,038 
13,995 
23,232 
32,793 
bushels 
63,445 
1,322,967 
5,327,386 
442,533 
8,787,226 
214,340 
544,063 
769,356 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Montana 231 
