Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
875 
769 
93 
13 
495 
380 
$1,000 
6,843 
4,937 
1,679 
226 
2,708 
4,135 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
23 
14 
8 
1 
4 
19 
$1,000 
2,925 
1,647 
(D) 
(D) 
311 
2,614 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
844 
745 
86 
13 
478 
366 
$1,000 
6,012 
(D) 
(D) 
226 
2,606 
3,406 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
13 
6 
1 
4 
16 
$1,000 
2,218 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
281 
1,937 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
48 
37 
11 
28 
20 
$1,000 
830 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
101 
729 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
677 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
677 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
13,051 
7,513 
5,140 
398 
6,997 
6,054 
$1,000 
301,438 
76,109 
215,709 
9,619 
123,991 
177,446 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,355 
264 
1,057 
34 
570 
785 
$1,000 
193,182 
26,310 
161,497 
5,375 
64,480 
128,702 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
1,425 
876 
500 
49 
693 
732 
$1,000 
13,520 
4,760 
8,375 
385 
6,313 
7,207 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
50 
11 
39 
- 
24 
26 
$1,000 
5,919 
943 
4,976 
- 
2,490 
3,430 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
10,555 
4,586 
5,549 
420 
5,001 
5,554 
$1,000 
449,497 
110,036 
329,009 
10,452 
161,420 
288,078 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,331 
303 
990 
38 
493 
838 
$1,000 
344,519 
73,179 
265,647 
5,694 
1 1 1 ,378 
233,141 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
4,866 
1,356 
3,217 
293 
2,081 
2,785 
$1,000 
2,417,398 
298,219 
2,048,083 
71,096 
604,527 
1,812,871 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,378 
1,122 
2,992 
264 
1,854 
2,524 
$1,000 
2,402,110 
291,375 
2,040,576 
70,159 
597,484 
1,804,626 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,629 
966 
609 
54 
641 
988 
$1,000 
38,999 
13,754 
21,860 
3,385 
17,575 
21,424 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
56 
26 
27 
3 
23 
33 
$1,000 
34,866 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
15,767 
19,099 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
2,263 
1,607 
575 
81 
909 
1,354 
$1,000 
19,249 
10,827 
7,500 
922 
6,779 
12,470 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
63 
37 
23 
3 
24 
39 
$1,000 
11,343 
5,943 
4,872 
528 
3,498 
7,845 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,447 
1,749 
602 
96 
993 
1,454 
$1,000 
58,211 
41,739 
14,417 
2,056 
23,372 
34,839 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
234 
169 
55 
10 
102 
132 
$1,000 
43,799 
31,532 
10,782 
1,485 
18,257 
25,541 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
4,018 
2,778 
1,101 
139 
1,478 
2,540 
$1,000 
144,663 
41,609 
69,301 
33,754 
14,704 
129,959 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
76 
32 
31 
13 
21 
55 
$1,000 
139,642 
38,505 
67,571 
33,565 
12,748 
126,894 
Aquaculture 
farms 
90 
66 
11 
13 
41 
49 
$1,000 
18,036 
13,917 
2,681 
1,437 
6,320 
11,716 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
29 
19 
4 
6 
16 
13 
$1,000 
17,415 
13,457 
2,603 
1,355 
6,037 
11,378 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
1,522 
1,111 
359 
52 
614 
908 
$1,000 
19,845 
14,440 
4,370 
1,034 
8,463 
11,382 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
63 
43 
17 
3 
29 
34 
$1,000 
13,916 
10,262 
2,729 
925 
6,389 
7,528 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
9,366 
3,928 
5,061 
377 
4,827 
4,539 
$1,000 
74,511 
15,594 
56,027 
2,890 
27,968 
46,543 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
540 
- 
454 
86 
296 
244 
$1,000 
6,236 
5,211 
1,025 
2,175 
4,061 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
6,342 
4,107 
1,922 
313 
2,666 
3,676 
$1,000 
100,646 
48,670 
44,580 
7,397 
36,696 
63,951 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
35,537 
23,795 
10,263 
1,479 
18,077 
17,460 
$1,000 
4,535,138 
1,184,395 
3,143,502 
207,241 
1,418,638 
3,116,500 
Average per farm 
dollars 
127,617 
49,775 
306,295 
140,122 
78,478 
178,494 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
16,101 
8,401 
6,901 
799 
7,862 
8,239 
$1,000 
264,876 
39,351 
215,216 
10,309 
90,684 
174,192 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
10,504 
6,940 
3,070 
494 
5,240 
5,264 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,621 
1,196 
2,199 
226 
1,842 
1,779 
$25,000 to $49,999 
879 
153 
688 
38 
375 
504 
$50,000 or more 
1,097 
112 
944 
41 
405 
692 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
14,466 
7,531 
6,212 
723 
7,070 
7,396 
$1,000 
151,480 
31,308 
113,342 
6,830 
51,074 
100,407 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
10,980 
6,670 
3,778 
532 
5,585 
5,395 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,334 
650 
1,546 
138 
1,081 
1,253 
$25,000 to $49,999 
560 
108 
420 
32 
210 
350 
$50,000 or more 
592 
103 
468 
21 
194 
398 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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