Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
2,518 
3,536 
2,643 
2,182 
1,931 
2,838 
percent 
7.9 
11.1 
8.3 
6.8 
6.0 
8.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,377,750 
1,066,324 
627,278 
314,245 
196,395 
2,478,408 
Average size of farm 
acres 
547 
302 
237 
144 
102 
873 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,518 
3,536 
2,643 
2,182 
1,931 
2,838 
$1,000 
90,990 
57,493 
19,001 
7,979 
3,216 
570 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,136 
16,259 
7,189 
3,657 
1,665 
201 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2,838 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,931 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
2,182 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,643 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
3,536 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,518 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
2,518 
3,536 
2,643 
2,182 
1,931 
2,838 
$1,000 
79,237 
38,545 
11,137 
4,200 
1,569 
317 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
986 
568 
282 
112 
55 
17 
$1,000 
23,173 
6,694 
1,390 
309 
77 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
696 
384 
175 
65 
26 
12 
$1,000 
10,970 
3,265 
699 
153 
38 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
171 
47 
23 
2 
1 
3 
$1,000 
2,473 
514 
117 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
583 
297 
117 
41 
26 
3 
$1,000 
9,017 
2,719 
500 
136 
36 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
12 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
3 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(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 
92 
27 
19 
9 
1 
. 
$1,000 
585 
178 
59 
(D) 
(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 
19 
32 
19 
35 
12 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
190 
78 
60 
18 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
16 
3 
16 
19 
12 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
77 
32 
9 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
7 
3 
15 
18 
11 
3 
$1,000 
93 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
11 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
29 
33 
8 
8 
2 
1 
$1,000 
633 
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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