Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morton 
Mountrail 
Nelson 
Oliver 
Pembina 
Pierce 
Ramsey 
Ransom 
Farms 
number 
887 
670 
603 
290 
584 
521 
573 
548 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,220,004 
963,672 
560,478 
394,528 
692,140 
598,228 
698,412 
501,632 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,375 
1,438 
929 
1,360 
1,185 
1,148 
1,219 
915 
Median size of farm 
acres 
474 
640 
320 
476 
373 
555 
480 
269 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1 ,405,868 
1 ,308,850 
1,092,551 
1 ,388,954 
3,054,467 
1,180,381 
1,696,558 
1 ,673,435 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,022 
910 
1,175 
1,021 
2,577 
1,028 
1,392 
1,828 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
185,373 
186,903 
138,984 
55,851 
335,494 
134,074 
225,962 
116,829 
Average per farm 
dollars 
208,989 
278,960 
230,488 
192,590 
574,476 
257,341 
394,349 
213,191 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
52 
3 
3 
5 
6 
8 
17 
12 
1 0 to 49 acres 
128 
28 
38 
34 
66 
31 
46 
52 
50 to 1 79 acres 
165 
125 
149 
56 
139 
98 
113 
172 
1 80 to 499 acres 
117 
126 
197 
55 
110 
104 
119 
113 
500 to 999 acres 
112 
136 
85 
33 
82 
81 
80 
78 
1 ,000 acres or more 
313 
252 
131 
107 
181 
199 
198 
121 
Total cropland 
farms 
673 
595 
584 
246 
534 
486 
532 
488 
acres 
549,123 
578,761 
474,902 
165,135 
632,836 
479,840 
622,710 
339,290 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
606 
440 
241 
227 
370 
314 
304 
297 
acres 
493,852 
497,966 
335,409 
153,356 
595,348 
400,370 
518,572 
265,992 
Irrigated land 
farms 
42 
9 
6 
22 
15 
3 
3 
53 
acres 
7,562 
205 
2,121 
5,881 
5,662 
1,048 
(D) 
14,833 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
225,239 
154,881 
145,760 
85,495 
405,976 
142,050 
236,079 
179,265 
Average per farm 
dollars 
253,933 
231,165 
241,725 
294,811 
695,165 
272,648 
412,005 
327,127 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
152,179 
134,483 
136,013 
51,510 
400,662 
128,604 
228,172 
153,108 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
73,060 
20,398 
9,747 
33,985 
5,314 
13,446 
7,907 
26,158 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
219 
209 
359 
46 
194 
195 
251 
230 
$2,500 to $4,999 
50 
21 
9 
16 
19 
22 
17 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
61 
36 
10 
11 
19 
13 
13 
27 
$10,000 to $24,999 
76 
57 
21 
38 
29 
13 
20 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
75 
38 
20 
41 
28 
28 
17 
40 
$50,000 to $99,999 
99 
61 
36 
24 
33 
32 
19 
26 
$100,000 or more 
307 
248 
148 
114 
262 
218 
236 
178 
Government payments 
farms 
550 
516 
576 
218 
454 
472 
489 
447 
$1,000 
5,558 
7,195 
9,207 
2,057 
8,554 
6,473 
10,448 
9,311 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
512 
458 
390 
207 
394 
362 
360 
353 
$1,000 
5,933 
7,864 
7,122 
3,424 
19,580 
6,722 
11,205 
8,751 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
142,749 
104,906 
94,874 
65,162 
300,118 
96,636 
148,477 
124,539 
Average per farm 
dollars 
160,935 
156,576 
157,337 
224,698 
513,901 
185,483 
259,122 
227,261 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
887 
670 
603 
290 
584 
521 
573 
548 
$1,000 
93,981 
65,034 
67,215 
25,814 
133,992 
58,609 
109,256 
72,788 
Average per farm 
dollars 
105,954 
97,065 
1 1 1 ,468 
89,014 
229,438 
112,493 
190,673 
132,824 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
490 
445 
220 
155 
364 
304 
295 
267 
Other 
number 
397 
225 
383 
135 
220 
217 
278 
281 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
490 
306 
383 
157 
246 
230 
229 
322 
200 days or more 
number 
357 
159 
203 
115 
149 
141 
132 
255 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
511 
224 
71 
170 
81 
159 
60 
168 
number 
111,699 
28,797 
8,343 
49,422 
8,128 
26,156 
3,995 
33,252 
Beef cows 
farms 
447 
210 
65 
149 
78 
139 
51 
159 
number 
56,672 
19,243 
(D) 
16,157 
(D) 
(D) 
2,373 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
40 
- 
1 
7 
1 
1 
- 
2 
number 
3,762 
- 
(D) 
1,100 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
464 
197 
68 
161 
80 
140 
49 
154 
number 
50,492 
16,545 
4,833 
23,901 
3,900 
10,552 
2,535 
15,222 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
19 
3 
2 
5 
4 
- 
2 
4 
number 
589 
(D) 
(D) 
154 
27 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
10 
4 
2 
3 
3 
- 
1 
5 
number 
1,364 
32 
(D) 
231 
24 
- 
(D) 
10,510 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
39 
2 
5 
16 
- 
10 
12 
16 
number 
3,946 
(D) 
824 
941 
- 
433 
280 
1,389 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
43 
15 
- 
16 
8 
7 
13 
15 
number 
(D) 
204 
- 
456 
188 
65 
306 
401 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
number 
1,100 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
191 
25 
84 
58 
89 
131 
118 
156 
acres 
54,566 
5,226 
31,251 
20,050 
49,359 
46,030 
54,998 
95,198 
bushels 
4,876,839 
332,630 
3,703,941 
1,916,005 
6,582,397 
4,169,685 
6,292,937 
14,003,515 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
139 
4 
11 
37 
3 
33 
1 
43 
acres 
16,175 
456 
1,277 
4,657 
755 
2,117 
(D) 
4,249 
tons 
200,826 
5,343 
20,529 
63,314 
8,020 
24,824 
(D) 
54,156 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
289 
277 
155 
100 
277 
213 
213 
82 
acres 
214,361 
274,241 
110,368 
54,922 
207,249 
133,258 
136,501 
29,662 
bushels 
8,605,196 
9,951,091 
5,141,951 
2,330,573 
11,278,458 
5,500,670 
6,542,670 
1,565,077 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
19 
61 
34 
5 
33 
29 
41 
12 
acres 
8,943 
30,067 
9,279 
962 
7,789 
8,033 
9,164 
2,015 
bushels 
372,018 
1,507,031 
486,221 
41,820 
490,041 
426,627 
464,648 
99,445 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
267 
162 
133 
88 
256 
195 
195 
70 
acres 
193,546 
125,234 
98,388 
47,825 
196,407 
119,724 
124,680 
24,714 
bushels 
7,867,421 
4,558,808 
4,531,281 
2,032,853 
10,622,741 
4,854,085 
5,956,534 
1 ,333,698 
--continued 
228 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
