Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New York 
Albany 
Allegany 
Bronx 
Broome 
Cattaraugus 
Cayuga 
Farms 
number 
35,537 
494 
784 
1 
563 
1,038 
891 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,183,576 
63,394 
150,383 
(D) 
79,676 
197,257 
238,444 
Average size of farm 
acres 
202 
128 
192 
(D) 
142 
190 
268 
Median size of farm 
acres 
93 
60 
112 
(D) 
76 
103 
93 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
525,587 
397,651 
335,582 
(D) 
371,161 
359,361 
860,439 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,600 
3,099 
1,750 
(D) 
2,623 
1,891 
3,215 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
4,163,633 
36,152 
55,360 
(D) 
37,683 
95,090 
192,727 
Average per farm 
dollars 
117,163 
73,182 
70,612 
(D) 
66,933 
91,609 
216,304 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
2,901 
49 
36 
1 
55 
58 
78 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,668 
161 
147 
- 
137 
218 
218 
50 to 1 79 acres 
13,544 
200 
360 
- 
251 
449 
292 
180 to 499 acres 
7,446 
66 
187 
- 
103 
235 
190 
500 to 999 acres 
1,872 
11 
39 
- 
12 
54 
63 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,106 
7 
15 
5 
24 
50 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,273 
400 
669 
- 
419 
853 
791 
acres 
4,217,041 
36,457 
71,285 
- 
38,075 
97,304 
181,736 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
26,569 
338 
574 
- 
375 
755 
705 
acres 
3,783,661 
31,537 
59,612 
- 
31,901 
84,916 
169,969 
Irrigated land 
farms 
3,404 
62 
30 
- 
32 
41 
67 
acres 
59,807 
429 
103 
149 
929 
412 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
5,415,125 
45,957 
73,358 
(D) 
30,713 
99,132 
293,474 
Average per farm 
dollars 
152,380 
93,029 
93,569 
(D) 
54,553 
95,503 
329,376 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
2,249,227 
31,072 
20,889 
- 
7,040 
25,088 
99,211 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
3,165,898 
14,884 
52,469 
(D) 
23,673 
74,043 
194,263 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
11,169 
182 
303 
- 
221 
399 
238 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,119 
54 
82 
- 
69 
98 
54 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,776 
69 
114 
- 
80 
107 
72 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,937 
84 
95 
- 
91 
127 
126 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,825 
44 
49 
1 
49 
80 
60 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,586 
20 
41 
- 
20 
74 
77 
$100,000 or more 
7,125 
41 
100 
- 
33 
153 
264 
Government payments 
farms 
9,366 
83 
212 
- 
105 
326 
319 
$1,000 
74,511 
384 
1,099 
- 
770 
1,895 
2,791 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
14,523 
178 
325 
- 
161 
400 
434 
$1,000 
262,302 
2,942 
3,086 
- 
1,204 
4,369 
5,862 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
4,535,138 
43,227 
54,326 
(D) 
29,055 
86,426 
229,446 
Average per farm 
dollars 
127,617 
87,504 
69,293 
(D) 
51,608 
83,262 
257,516 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
35,537 
494 
784 
1 
563 
1,038 
891 
$1,000 
1,216,800 
6,055 
23,217 
(D) 
3,632 
18,970 
72,680 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,240 
12,258 
29,613 
(D) 
6,451 
18,275 
81,572 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
20,400 
230 
406 
1 
275 
538 
529 
Other 
number 
15,137 
264 
378 
- 
288 
500 
362 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
19,786 
323 
452 
- 
338 
635 
532 
200 days or more 
number 
12,414 
222 
301 
- 
237 
414 
340 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,559 
147 
343 
- 
204 
488 
338 
number 
1,419,365 
9,765 
26,415 
- 
15,116 
36,378 
78,076 
Beef cows 
farms 
6,579 
108 
196 
- 
141 
248 
156 
number 
86,030 
1,671 
2,236 
- 
1,709 
2,890 
2,246 
Milk cows 
farms 
5,427 
21 
112 
- 
37 
198 
147 
number 
610,712 
1,431 
8,356 
- 
4,929 
15,435 
34,489 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,555 
107 
262 
- 
148 
372 
280 
number 
618,558 
6,926 
15,979 
- 
5,885 
15,464 
38,680 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,912 
24 
64 
- 
25 
54 
20 
number 
74,671 
274 
(D) 
- 
1,151 
456 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,629 
35 
44 
- 
17 
58 
22 
number 
337,333 
389 
75,172 
- 
834 
437 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
2,017 
40 
31 
- 
33 
52 
40 
number 
86,286 
1,138 
1,698 
- 
392 
1,467 
6,020 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,686 
110 
113 
- 
81 
142 
103 
number 
5,208,831 
3,198 
2,143 
- 
2,978 
3,071 
50,267 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
914 
18 
11 
- 
14 
22 
13 
number 
2,062,445 
2,583 
2,034 
- 
2,450 
2,209 
8,505 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,226 
32 
108 
- 
14 
134 
296 
acres 
677,268 
3,205 
8,705 
- 
2,116 
9,105 
41,652 
bushels 
87,677,512 
415,489 
1,202,983 
- 
282,885 
1,184,702 
5,819,445 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,931 
30 
97 
- 
30 
168 
163 
acres 
496,885 
1,761 
5,301 
- 
4,312 
14,035 
27,181 
tons 
8,230,187 
28,611 
91,406 
- 
79,198 
242,220 
472,164 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,029 
2 
15 
- 
- 
10 
76 
acres 
86,068 
(D) 
1,009 
- 
- 
634 
6,543 
bushels 
5,377,408 
(D) 
63,034 
- 
- 
45,468 
415,230 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1,021 
2 
14 
- 
- 
10 
75 
acres 
84,809 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
- 
634 
(D) 
bushels 
5,323,226 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
45,468 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
31 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
1,259 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
54,182 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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