Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,281 
2,527 
1,767 
1,495 
1,126 
6,819 
percent 
7.1 
7.9 
5.5 
4.7 
3.5 
21.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,232,608 
756,932 
539,442 
187,283 
85,482 
3,693,025 
Average size of farm 
acres 
540 
300 
305 
125 
76 
542 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,281 
2,527 
1,767 
1,495 
1,126 
6,819 
$1,000 
89,848 
47,750 
16,706 
8,474 
3,170 
36,313 
Average per farm 
dollars 
39,390 
18,896 
9,454 
5,669 
2,816 
5,325 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2,838 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
934 
997 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
1,131 
87 
964 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
1,441 
212 
55 
935 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,235 
269 
125 
45 
862 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,057 
264 
46 
20 
4 
127 
$50,000 to $99,999 
221 
28 
11 
7 
- 
90 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,281 
2,527 
1,767 
1,495 
1,126 
6,819 
$1,000 
83,004 
41,751 
12,751 
5,400 
1,854 
416 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
995 
618 
303 
166 
69 
26 
$1,000 
26,406 
8,194 
1,711 
459 
106 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
715 
415 
187 
100 
37 
17 
$1,000 
12,231 
3,855 
890 
225 
55 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
191 
55 
28 
3 
1 
3 
$1,000 
3,193 
653 
145 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
588 
343 
129 
62 
32 
6 
$1,000 
10,058 
3,487 
600 
196 
47 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
18 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
3 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
94 
31 
19 
13 
2 
. 
$1,000 
695 
178 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
18 
32 
18 
37 
14 
2 
$1,000 
250 
200 
(D) 
63 
22 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
15 
4 
12 
20 
14 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
35 
62 
44 
11 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
6 
4 
11 
19 
13 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
11 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
30 
33 
8 
8 
2 
1 
$1,000 
677 
367 
35 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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