Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jefferson 
Kings 
Lewis 
Livingston 
Madison 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Nassau 
Farms 
number 
876 
10 
634 
661 
838 
475 
659 
55 
Land in farms 
acres 
290,811 
(D) 
181,741 
194,945 
187,496 
98,676 
131,386 
2,682 
Average size of farm 
acres 
332 
(D) 
287 
295 
224 
208 
199 
49 
Median size of farm 
acres 
162 
(D) 
185 
80 
105 
43 
110 
5 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
544,536 
951,000 
478,693 
854,527 
456,792 
737,682 
458,427 
893,995 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,640 
792,500 
1,670 
2,897 
2,042 
3,551 
2,299 
18,333 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
116,884 
150 
91,970 
116,393 
97,247 
67,556 
71,567 
2,833 
Average per farm 
dollars 
133,429 
14,967 
145,063 
176,087 
116,047 
142,224 
108,599 
51,508 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
42 
10 
27 
39 
57 
74 
45 
36 
1 0 to 49 acres 
138 
- 
89 
187 
172 
185 
108 
14 
50 to 179 acres 
284 
- 
182 
243 
313 
126 
303 
4 
180 to 499 acres 
261 
- 
257 
95 
207 
42 
142 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
93 
- 
53 
44 
61 
23 
46 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
58 
- 
26 
53 
28 
25 
15 
1 
Total cropland 
farms 
760 
10 
506 
543 
682 
385 
582 
25 
acres 
173,519 
(D) 
97,216 
149,591 
110,970 
79,522 
85,898 
289 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
697 
10 
482 
469 
617 
347 
554 
25 
acres 
158,317 
(D) 
88,248 
138,110 
99,211 
72,795 
76,159 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
54 
6 
27 
34 
51 
94 
37 
32 
acres 
321 
8 
113 
239 
807 
945 
203 
83 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
183,567 
1,993 
137,040 
186,808 
117,730 
90,580 
86,791 
6,245 
Average per farm 
dollars 
209,551 
199,302 
216,152 
282,615 
140,490 
190,696 
131,701 
113,540 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
45,254 
(D) 
23,634 
80,742 
31,094 
81,342 
21,498 
2,991 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
138,313 
(D) 
113,406 
106,067 
86,636 
9,238 
65,293 
3,254 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
247 
4 
146 
229 
245 
175 
164 
19 
$2,500 to $4,999 
64 
- 
27 
53 
74 
35 
38 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
113 
- 
55 
86 
83 
46 
56 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
111 
- 
79 
75 
106 
63 
93 
9 
$25,000 to $49,999 
71 
- 
61 
39 
59 
38 
85 
4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
59 
2 
42 
30 
64 
27 
73 
1 
$100,000 or more 
211 
4 
224 
149 
207 
91 
150 
12 
Government payments 
farms 
276 
- 
239 
277 
245 
103 
211 
- 
$1,000 
2,974 
- 
2,400 
2,425 
2,231 
1,331 
1,523 
- 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
328 
5 
313 
285 
365 
187 
302 
19 
$1,000 
2,268 
145 
4,832 
5,490 
5,818 
2,881 
3,003 
2,714 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
132,015 
1,245 
105,532 
140,209 
96,954 
74,570 
71,627 
5,730 
Average per farm 
dollars 
150,702 
124,481 
166,454 
212,116 
115,697 
156,990 
108,690 
104,187 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
876 
10 
634 
661 
838 
475 
659 
55 
$1,000 
56,794 
893 
38,740 
54,515 
28,825 
20,223 
19,690 
3,229 
Average per farm 
dollars 
64,833 
89,341 
61,105 
82,473 
34,397 
42,575 
29,878 
58,705 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
503 
6 
383 
369 
488 
317 
443 
26 
Other 
number 
373 
4 
251 
292 
350 
158 
216 
29 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
465 
6 
338 
353 
427 
240 
322 
30 
200 days or more 
number 
306 
2 
211 
241 
268 
166 
172 
20 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
428 
- 
358 
237 
393 
65 
312 
- 
number 
59,920 
- 
55,509 
43,058 
41,796 
6,186 
30,483 
- 
Beef cows 
farms 
192 
- 
78 
144 
159 
34 
101 
- 
number 
2,935 
- 
1,102 
1,775 
2,155 
470 
1,242 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
205 
- 
237 
53 
199 
18 
191 
- 
number 
28,430 
- 
27,235 
21,776 
20,248 
1,693 
13,660 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
325 
- 
298 
174 
337 
44 
248 
- 
number 
21,805 
- 
17,805 
19,872 
15,717 
2,509 
15,840 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
49 
- 
37 
25 
46 
9 
51 
- 
number 
647 
- 
484 
466 
451 
81 
390 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
46 
- 
37 
27 
29 
7 
19 
- 
number 
658 
- 
558 
1,061 
778 
63 
288 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
29 
- 
18 
47 
30 
27 
37 
- 
number 
1,743 
- 
200 
5,187 
1,021 
730 
1,965 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
126 
2 
81 
89 
143 
59 
125 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
2,229 
1,809 
6,995 
2,015 
3,382 
24 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
17 
11 
12 
25 
7 
17 
1 
number 
793 
- 
1,497 
2,928 
6,478 
3,896 
2,831 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
136 
3 
78 
160 
164 
68 
167 
- 
acres 
19,590 
3 
8,110 
45,227 
17,800 
28,482 
9,206 
- 
bushels 
2,295,243 
402 
960,129 
6,053,038 
2,156,143 
3,856,715 
1,181,209 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
149 
- 
195 
69 
168 
25 
173 
- 
acres 
22,542 
- 
21,148 
16,329 
14,670 
2,133 
11,223 
- 
tons 
359,934 
- 
372,180 
298,006 
232,402 
38,889 
166,686 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
18 
- 
1 
80 
19 
44 
14 
- 
acres 
1,552 
- 
(D) 
11,046 
1,435 
7,080 
263 
- 
bushels 
100,090 
- 
(D) 
699,237 
92,364 
440,707 
16,251 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
18 
- 
1 
80 
18 
44 
14 
- 
acres 
1,552 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
7,080 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
100,090 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
440,707 
(D) 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
232 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
