Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Otsego 
Putnam 
Queens 
Rensselaer 
Richmond 
Rockland 
St. Lawrence 
Saratoga 
Farms 
number 
995 
72 
6 
495 
8 
23 
1,303 
583 
Land in farms 
acres 
180,750 
5,908 
442 
88,763 
(D) 
526 
356,909 
78,849 
Average size of farm 
acres 
182 
82 
74 
179 
(D) 
23 
274 
135 
Median size of farm 
acres 
115 
22 
26 
95 
1 
11 
153 
55 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
407,769 
448,679 
377,778 
616,114 
440,778 
1,980,877 
388,063 
647,986 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,245 
5,468 
5,128 
3,436 
176,311 
86,616 
1,417 
4,791 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
80,007 
3,037 
494 
51,481 
(D) 
1,654 
124,674 
63,603 
Average per farm 
dollars 
80,410 
42,175 
82,322 
104,001 
(D) 
71,899 
95,682 
109,096 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
52 
14 
3 
40 
7 
11 
42 
85 
1 0 to 49 acres 
209 
38 
1 
129 
1 
8 
136 
186 
50 to 179 acres 
400 
16 
- 
186 
- 
4 
544 
208 
180 to 499 acres 
266 
1 
2 
97 
- 
- 
440 
78 
500 to 999 acres 
53 
- 
- 
28 
- 
- 
92 
11 
1 ,000 acres or more 
15 
3 
" 
15 
- 
49 
15 
Total cropland 
farms 
840 
36 
6 
409 
8 
14 
1,122 
427 
acres 
85,498 
1,640 
394 
50,643 
(D) 
220 
172,116 
43,818 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
767 
28 
6 
376 
8 
14 
1,008 
390 
acres 
73,848 
1,328 
(D) 
44,677 
(D) 
195 
152,003 
40,644 
Irrigated land 
farms 
56 
13 
4 
74 
6 
10 
65 
73 
acres 
206 
(D) 
5 
644 
8 
73 
557 
252 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
66,760 
3,256 
161 
53,066 
961 
1,734 
187,363 
79,968 
Average per farm 
dollars 
67,095 
45,227 
26,896 
107,204 
120,185 
75,390 
143,794 
137,167 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
23,760 
3,001 
154 
28,075 
961 
1,674 
38,816 
19,456 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
43,000 
255 
8 
24,991 
" 
60 
148,547 
60,512 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
339 
41 
- 
149 
- 
6 
375 
214 
$2,500 to $4,999 
135 
7 
- 
52 
2 
2 
145 
51 
$5,000 to $9,999 
96 
3 
- 
55 
2 
2 
154 
66 
$10,000 to $24,999 
143 
8 
2 
87 
- 
6 
158 
103 
$25,000 to $49,999 
56 
1 
3 
34 
- 
2 
142 
36 
$50,000 to $99,999 
69 
2 
1 
39 
- 
- 
111 
38 
$100,000 or more 
157 
10 
79 
4 
5 
218 
75 
Government payments 
farms 
217 
5 
- 
151 
_ 
- 
270 
83 
$1,000 
1,391 
24 
- 
733 
- 
- 
2,569 
613 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
362 
26 
1 
204 
2 
10 
495 
226 
$1,000 
7,969 
1,191 
(D) 
3,394 
(D) 
274 
4,615 
7,019 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
57,677 
6,604 
481 
46,854 
914 
3,209 
140,793 
82,649 
Average per farm 
dollars 
57,967 
91,721 
80,138 
94,654 
114,217 
139,532 
108,053 
141,766 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
995 
72 
6 
495 
8 
23 
1,303 
583 
$1,000 
18,442 
-2,133 
(D) 
10,339 
126 
-1,201 
53,755 
4,950 
Average per farm 
dollars 
18,535 
-29,629 
(D) 
20,887 
15,718 
-52,220 
41,255 
8,491 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
570 
36 
1 
259 
4 
15 
785 
361 
Other 
number 
425 
36 
5 
236 
4 
8 
518 
222 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
532 
43 
2 
282 
3 
10 
664 
317 
200 days or more 
number 
336 
21 
2 
170 
3 
6 
389 
212 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
433 
7 
1 
170 
- 
1 
709 
135 
number 
23,655 
(D) 
(D) 
11,366 
- 
(D) 
74,470 
18,690 
Beef cows 
farms 
233 
2 
115 
- 
318 
82 
number 
2,259 
(D) 
- 
1,680 
- 
- 
4,071 
917 
Milk cows 
farms 
172 
- 
34 
- 
1 
319 
34 
number 
10,502 
- 
- 
4,061 
- 
(D) 
33,604 
8,301 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
329 
2 
- 
124 
- 
1 
559 
90 
number 
8,599 
(D) 
- 
5,878 
- 
(D) 
25,626 
6,590 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
55 
2 
1 
25 
- 
93 
25 
number 
452 
(D) 
(D) 
482 
- 
- 
1,253 
229 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
43 
1 
17 
- 
- 
88 
13 
number 
757 
- 
(D) 
661 
- 
- 
2,042 
149 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
74 
10 
3 
50 
- 
~ 
74 
22 
number 
1,937 
133 
9 
3,397 
- 
- 
1,433 
391 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
178 
28 
3 
80 
- 
2 
232 
97 
number 
4,561 
941 
410 
5,566 
- 
(D) 
6,489 
416,647 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
30 
5 
- 
10 
- 
29 
9 
number 
2,609 
98 
- 
1,773 
- 
4,668 
402 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
106 
- 
- 
40 
- 
- 
130 
54 
acres 
9,826 
- 
- 
12,697 
- 
- 
13,744 
5,383 
bushels 
1,155,363 
- 
- 
1,644,303 
- 
- 
1,621,764 
723,741 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
150 
- 
- 
54 
- 
- 
191 
44 
acres 
8,583 
- 
- 
4,776 
- 
- 
25,871 
6,640 
tons 
120,611 
- 
- 
80,146 
- 
- 
393,767 
139,004 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
6 
- 
acres 
94 
- 
- 
127 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
5,419 
- 
- 
6,053 
- 
- 
6,540 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
6 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
127 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,053 
- 
- 
6,540 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
234 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
