Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
_ 
10,442 
3,408 
122 
83 
30 
28 
106 
770 
acres 
- 
2,850,051 
1,590,191 
70,839 
60,914 
6,460 
3,033 
7,864 
110,649 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
3,040 
3,036 
115 
83 
14 
15 
78 
559 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
1,075,066 
1,189,284 
53,743 
55,988 
(D) 
(D) 
4,510 
55,070 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
924 
542 
18 
1 
11 
13 
54 
396 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
496 
387 
18 
6 
- 
1 
17 
67 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
493 
567 
23 
5 
- 
- 
5 
36 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
556 
810 
21 
33 
- 
- 
1 
36 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
289 
453 
14 
27 
1 
- 
- 
17 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
177 
209 
16 
7 
1 
1 
1 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
105 
68 
5 
4 
1 
2 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
414 
414 
16 
4 
- 
8 
27 
127 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
“ 
62,762 
117,074 
1,490 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
1,056 
15,081 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
280 
273 
10 
6 
- 
1 
3 
40 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
41,305 
66,159 
6,473 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,346 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
8,295 
906 
39 
13 
18 
10 
19 
211 
acres 
- 
1,625,864 
192,034 
7,933 
(D) 
(D) 
990 
2,040 
33,646 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
- 
300 
189 
7 
14 
- 
3 
23 
acres 
- 
45,054 
25,640 
1,200 
1,354 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,506 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
995 
467 
8 
1 
11 
40 
34 
303 
acres 
- 
87,485 
66,611 
68 
(D) 
(D) 
327 
680 
30,397 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
259 
289 
2 
7 
23 
18 
194 
acres 
- 
37,459 
44,852 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
261 
465 
7,295 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
799 
237 
6 
1 
4 
17 
22 
151 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
50,026 
21,759 
(D) 
(D) 
80 
66 
215 
23,102 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
3,554 
4,230 
136 
80 
22 
70 
182 
1,586 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads. 
acres 
1,613,532 
4,234,308 
127,478 
45,029 
2,398 
2,090 
25,424 
934,372 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
6,078 
3,233 
100 
78 
58 
84 
185 
1,409 
acres 
- 
371,328 
217,163 
5,363 
(D) 
(D) 
1,141 
6,223 
36,654 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
114 
68 
3 
5 
2 
3 
2 
7 
acres 
- 
25,922 
9,999 
1,075 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
4,092 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
105 
62 
3 
5 
2 
3 
2 
7 
acres 
- 
25,160 
(D) 
1,075 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
14 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
762 
(D) 
(D) 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
8,114 
877 
40 
13 
10 
8 
18 
233 
acres 
- 
1,460,181 
142,315 
7,486 
1,589 
451 
897 
1,673 
32,741 
Land enroiled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,033 
1,261 
58 
45 
6 
1 
12 
53 
acres 
- 
703,173 
865,480 
42,182 
32,383 
6,720 
(D) 
(D) 
27,512 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
17 
16 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
1,396 
1,501 
(D) 
95 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
10,807 
4,949 
157 
90 
66 
105 
251 
2,085 
$1,000 
- 
6,226,349 
4,696,728 
164,036 
85,012 
23,883 
19,506 
76,298 
1,228,068 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
576,140 
949,026 
1,044,816 
944,573 
361,859 
185,769 
303,978 
589,001 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
1,265 
769 
805 
741 
2,408 
2,959 
1,898 
1,104 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
1,674 
569 
9 
5 
6 
40 
53 
356 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
1,788 
347 
16 
2 
13 
14 
23 
225 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
2,202 
597 
9 
4 
19 
33 
85 
432 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
2,704 
1,176 
32 
18 
8 
15 
75 
619 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
1,284 
879 
40 
21 
17 
1 
11 
297 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
636 
748 
28 
31 
1 
1 
2 
108 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
370 
507 
19 
9 
2 
- 
1 
39 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
80 
96 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
69 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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