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 
25 
57 
30 
57 
38 
58 
$1,000 
414 
687 
178 
(D) 
55 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
23 
54 
30 
57 
38 
58 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
55 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
264 
488 
389 
421 
315 
319 
$1,000 
4,322 
4,516 
1,627 
1,076 
438 
145 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
40 
41 
68 
63 
88 
119 
$1,000 
169 
303 
92 
101 
75 
42 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
128 
302 
261 
313 
227 
48 
$1,000 
1,707 
1,840 
1,012 
704 
359 
23 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
16 
34 
10 
8 
7 
2 
$1,000 
294 
247 
40 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
52 
143 
123 
136 
88 
66 
$1,000 
164 
507 
208 
127 
75 
28 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
40 
102 
116 
127 
128 
113 
$1,000 
(D) 
562 
251 
(D) 
124 
53 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
68 
80 
86 
114 
54 
7 
$1,000 
1,825 
863 
493 
297 
85 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
136 
234 
247 
254 
233 
277 
$1,000 
305 
331 
153 
95 
97 
67 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
7 
7 
6 
4 
4 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
29 
13 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
53 
76 
92 
51 
54 
87 
$1,000 
509 
(D) 
189 
50 
43 
25 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
149 
218 
137 
100 
158 
33 
$1,000 
1,269 
1,127 
433 
277 
211 
20 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
22 
31 
21 
14 
15 
- 
$1,000 
68 
46 
34 
19 
8 
- 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
246 
426 
374 
358 
324 
232 
$1,000 
2,826 
2,211 
983 
508 
297 
72 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ^ 
farms 
620 
1,125 
1,077 
1,050 
1,122 
1,990 
$1,000 
22,745 
22,219 
14,129 
12,325 
11,109 
25,804 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,686 
19,750 
13,119 
1 1 ,738 
9,901 
12,967 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
406 
611 
525 
421 
312 
506 
$1,000 
837 
659 
398 
284 
177 
237 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
358 
592 
520 
419 
309 
506 
$5,000 to $24,999 
47 
19 
5 
2 
3 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
356 
431 
354 
240 
196 
297 
$1,000 
428 
291 
225 
92 
136 
139 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
338 
426 
347 
239 
192 
293 
$5,000 to $24,999 
18 
5 
7 
1 
1 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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