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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
1 
2 
1 
$1,000 
- 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
786 
882 
687 
465 
423 
304 
$1,000 
10,682 
6,766 
3,061 
1,287 
533 
160 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
1,412 
1,299 
605 
321 
260 
46 
$1,000 
36,653 
16,956 
3,608 
1,008 
393 
32 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
9 
6 
8 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
176 
122 
33 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
31 
53 
19 
26 
17 
19 
$1,000 
233 
152 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
213 
250 
146 
110 
170 
96 
$1,000 
3,038 
2,132 
580 
228 
192 
27 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
179 
413 
387 
371 
179 
49 
$1,000 
3,698 
4,427 
2,125 
1,109 
230 
31 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
98 
158 
107 
99 
160 
129 
$1,000 
140 
216 
77 
54 
77 
42 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
39 
86 
30 
46 
31 
6 
$1,000 
470 
461 
43 
56 
17 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,666 
2,228 
1,621 
1,256 
1,099 
620 
$1,000 
11,753 
18,947 
7,865 
3,778 
1,647 
253 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
117 
71 
41 
28 
19 
- 
$1,000 
834 
271 
59 
20 
6 
- 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
87 
113 
55 
93 
69 
26 
$1,000 
491 
448 
134 
83 
60 
10 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ^ 
farms 
2,518 
3,536 
2,643 
2,182 
1,931 
2,838 
$1,000 
109,537 
85,891 
40,919 
24,710 
21,504 
42,470 
Average per farm 
dollars 
43,502 
24,290 
15,482 
1 1 ,324 
11,136 
14,965 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
1,181 
813 
529 
294 
216 
307 
$1,000 
7,965 
3,554 
1,055 
516 
584 
867 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
700 
634 
477 
268 
193 
282 
$5,000 to $24,999 
425 
160 
52 
26 
20 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
47 
15 
- 
- 
2 
11 
$50,000 or more 
9 
4 
- 
- 
1 
4 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
1,464 
1,298 
935 
625 
438 
590 
$1,000 
4,050 
2,237 
757 
413 
281 
539 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,253 
1,194 
914 
616 
426 
565 
$5,000 to $24,999 
201 
92 
21 
8 
12 
23 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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