Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Franklin 
Fulton 
Greene 
Fluntingdon 
Indiana 
Jefferson 
Juniata 
Lackawanna 
Farms 
number 
1,596 
656 
876 
833 
1,166 
577 
737 
303 
Land in farms 
acres 
264,521 
112,210 
112,358 
158,300 
153,752 
91,288 
91,032 
32,750 
Average size of farm 
acres 
166 
171 
128 
190 
132 
158 
124 
108 
Median size of farm 
acres 
95 
110 
95 
104 
72 
91 
72 
77 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,101,505 
622,542 
385,629 
728,200 
369,054 
410,645 
622,390 
529,017 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,646 
3,639 
3,007 
3,832 
2,799 
2,596 
5,039 
4,894 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
213,280 
55,417 
58,289 
74,804 
82,516 
41,416 
68,086 
20,850 
Average per farm 
dollars 
133,634 
84,477 
66,540 
89,801 
70,829 
71,777 
92,382 
68,813 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
201 
19 
46 
59 
96 
38 
84 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
372 
129 
192 
150 
347 
106 
228 
68 
50 to 1 79 acres 
536 
298 
464 
378 
538 
300 
267 
187 
1 80 to 499 acres 
387 
176 
145 
187 
139 
100 
136 
36 
500 to 999 acres 
76 
24 
25 
40 
32 
18 
17 
3 
1 ,000 acres or more 
24 
10 
4 
19 
14 
15 
5 
1 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,394 
574 
697 
708 
997 
482 
621 
267 
acres 
201,822 
61,066 
36,316 
77,210 
85,418 
53,151 
53,814 
16,101 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
1,268 
436 
611 
605 
793 
420 
517 
217 
acres 
188,769 
46,106 
29,001 
68,130 
70,688 
44,105 
46,080 
12,633 
Irrigated land 
farms 
159 
12 
21 
40 
73 
22 
47 
23 
acres 
2,845 
67 
(D) 
849 
(D) 
68 
261 
129 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
413,806 
52,975 
14,574 
93,503 
67,307 
27,729 
101,440 
13,237 
Average per farm 
dollars 
259,277 
80,754 
16,637 
112,248 
57,725 
48,058 
137,639 
43,685 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
89,217 
13,092 
5,722 
18,191 
39,276 
12,439 
14,299 
9,427 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
324,589 
39,882 
8,852 
75,311 
28,031 
15,290 
87,140 
3,809 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
345 
267 
368 
280 
482 
192 
230 
119 
$2,500 to $4,999 
89 
56 
113 
89 
112 
58 
58 
37 
$5,000 to $9,999 
104 
58 
147 
112 
125 
70 
70 
50 
$10,000 to $24,999 
192 
104 
147 
124 
179 
101 
88 
44 
$25,000 to $49,999 
117 
63 
53 
61 
80 
61 
42 
20 
$50,000 to $99,999 
105 
29 
29 
47 
73 
36 
68 
11 
$100,000 or more 
644 
79 
19 
120 
115 
59 
181 
22 
Government payments 
farms 
545 
351 
63 
295 
265 
93 
329 
53 
$1,000 
4,302 
1,033 
189 
2,274 
1,078 
436 
1,913 
127 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
809 
217 
117 
334 
318 
162 
315 
79 
$1,000 
12,050 
1,818 
403 
5,176 
2,840 
1,138 
3,732 
1,315 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
332,956 
42,847 
16,215 
75,212 
52,202 
19,876 
85,131 
12,525 
Average per farm 
dollars 
208,619 
65,316 
18,510 
90,291 
44,771 
34,448 
115,511 
41,336 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
1,596 
656 
876 
833 
1,166 
577 
737 
303 
$1,000 
97,202 
12,979 
-1,049 
25,740 
19,023 
9,427 
21,954 
2,154 
Average per farm 
dollars 
60,904 
19,785 
-1,197 
30,900 
16,315 
16,338 
29,788 
7,109 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
970 
253 
354 
382 
585 
297 
351 
132 
Other 
number 
626 
403 
522 
451 
581 
280 
386 
171 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
809 
440 
516 
506 
708 
348 
410 
192 
200 days or more 
number 
506 
301 
360 
341 
452 
223 
251 
115 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
902 
294 
463 
414 
433 
271 
358 
89 
number 
126,421 
18,344 
11,818 
34,819 
18,923 
1 1 ,290 
21,165 
2,840 
Beef cows 
farms 
274 
185 
401 
254 
236 
173 
119 
59 
number 
4,637 
3,363 
5,804 
3,630 
2,274 
2,107 
1,556 
633 
Milk cows 
farms 
440 
41 
8 
88 
108 
54 
140 
20 
number 
46,404 
5,133 
390 
12,869 
5,594 
2,582 
7,473 
761 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
777 
219 
303 
275 
301 
178 
288 
61 
number 
60,495 
6,149 
8,165 
14,492 
1 1 ,263 
8,163 
8,793 
808 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
74 
53 
18 
51 
78 
21 
52 
13 
number 
59,762 
35,311 
115 
10,480 
883 
993 
26,355 
77 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
76 
42 
19 
41 
65 
22 
31 
6 
number 
401,168 
120,907 
173 
26,948 
937 
821 
81,133 
66 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
78 
40 
66 
36 
59 
26 
31 
11 
number 
2,782 
1,773 
2,091 
1,807 
1,719 
705 
1,062 
361 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
282 
77 
105 
120 
186 
71 
133 
47 
number 
1,879,710 
1,850 
1,786 
12,576 
5,116 
2,266 
106,391 
1,242 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
44 
6 
9 
12 
12 
3 
67 
4 
number 
3,410,364 
150 
536 
1 ,033,632 
878 
75 
12,017,274 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
680 
150 
17 
225 
296 
194 
262 
19 
acres 
42,378 
7,837 
629 
14,256 
19,260 
9,974 
11,021 
1,770 
bushels 
5,386,684 
917,389 
67,095 
1,566,805 
2,435,582 
1,261,985 
1,148,307 
193,125 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
593 
89 
13 
165 
109 
68 
169 
28 
acres 
38,373 
5,283 
395 
12,936 
4,898 
1,986 
7,076 
572 
tons 
663,295 
80,828 
5,446 
205,237 
79,432 
33,098 
104,040 
8,857 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
308 
41 
3 
45 
34 
17 
57 
1 
acres 
9,632 
1,952 
120 
1,484 
1,193 
993 
1,004 
(D) 
bushels 
659,096 
122,149 
4,860 
104,456 
63,648 
47,694 
47,930 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
308 
41 
3 
45 
34 
17 
57 
1 
acres 
9,632 
1,952 
120 
1,484 
1,193 
993 
1,004 
(D) 
bushels 
659,096 
122,149 
4,860 
104,456 
63,648 
47,694 
47,930 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
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- 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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