Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
882 
839 
827 
43 
42 
343 
acres 
2,136,151 
2,078,113 
2,046,615 
58,038 
(D) 
2,684,539 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
1,093 
1,010 
995 
83 
78 
403 
acres 
113,768 
103,186 
(D) 
10,582 
10,081 
205,176 
Irrigated land 
farms 
197 
187 
182 
10 
9 
29 
acres 
69,590 
62,199 
57,699 
7,391 
(D) 
13,253 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
191 
181 
176 
10 
9 
29 
acres 
68,502 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,253 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
9 
8 
8 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
1,088 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
711 
655 
643 
56 
54 
282 
acres 
85,150 
78,235 
76,031 
6,915 
(D) 
39,395 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
967 
934 
915 
33 
31 
140 
acres 
1,972,825 
1,883,281 
1,835,414 
89,544 
(D) 
302,878 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
20 
20 
20 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,864 
2,864 
2,864 
- 
- 
(D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
1,644 
1,534 
1,509 
110 
102 
651 
$1,000 
8,327,165 
7,810,259 
7,458,615 
516,906 
469,695 
3,297,395 
Average per farm 
dollars 
5,065,186 
5,091,434 
4,942,753 
4,699,144 
4,604,848 
5,065,122 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,826 
1,783 
1,743 
2,847 
2,668 
994 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
61 
58 
58 
3 
3 
60 
$50,000 to $99,999 
49 
42 
42 
7 
7 
44 
$100,000 to $199,999 
84 
76 
74 
8 
8 
69 
$200,000 to $499,999 
188 
165 
163 
23 
22 
136 
$500,000 to $999,999 
210 
186 
183 
24 
20 
87 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
179 
166 
164 
13 
13 
59 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
318 
309 
307 
9 
8 
95 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
306 
300 
298 
6 
5 
31 
$10,000,000 or more 
249 
232 
220 
17 
16 
70 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
1,644 
1,534 
1,509 
110 
102 
651 
$1,000 
956,790 
903,388 
862,847 
53,403 
50,450 
136,461 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
73 
65 
63 
8 
8 
79 
$5,000 to $9,999 
59 
50 
50 
9 
9 
57 
$10,000 to $19,999 
71 
56 
54 
15 
15 
91 
$20,000 to $49,999 
192 
163 
162 
29 
25 
124 
$50,000 to $99,999 
159 
152 
150 
7 
6 
89 
$100,000 to $199,999 
188 
179 
179 
9 
9 
75 
$200,000 to $499,999 
305 
298 
293 
7 
6 
68 
$500,000 or more 
597 
571 
558 
26 
24 
68 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
1,390 
1,334 
1,311 
56 
50 
367 
number 
6,231 
5,949 
5,752 
282 
256 
1,294 
Tractors, all 
farms 
1,397 
1,325 
1,302 
72 
65 
401 
number 
6,087 
5,845 
5,713 
242 
215 
1,234 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
423 
402 
394 
21 
18 
152 
number 
674 
637 
619 
37 
32 
240 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
887 
846 
828 
41 
38 
262 
number 
1,651 
1,572 
1,526 
79 
70 
424 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
1,121 
1,068 
1,050 
53 
47 
228 
number 
3,762 
3,636 
3,568 
126 
113 
570 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
815 
791 
777 
24 
22 
115 
number 
1,072 
1,031 
1,002 
41 
(D) 
162 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
165 
156 
154 
9 
9 
22 
number 
181 
171 
(D) 
10 
10 
24 
Hay balers 
farms 
709 
687 
677 
22 
22 
153 
number 
852 
816 
803 
36 
36 
191 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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