Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
74,542 
5,259 
5,100 
6,447 
8,185 
8,112 
percent 
100.0 
7.1 
6.8 
8.6 
11.0 
10.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,035,838 
9,530,783 
4,543,048 
3,443,478 
2,580,635 
1,590,305 
Average size of farm 
acres 
349 
1,812 
891 
534 
315 
196 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
74,542 
5,259 
5,100 
6,447 
8,185 
8,112 
$1,000 
21,748,052 
12,994,008 
3,775,766 
2,451,043 
1,456,232 
622,110 
Average per farm 
dollars 
291,756 
2,470,813 
740,346 
380,183 
177,915 
76,690 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
6,377 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,226 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,151 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,957 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,398 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,899 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,052 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,632 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,357 
- 
- 
- 
7,866 
480 
$250,000 to $499,999 
6,464 
- 
6,145 
319 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,249 
- 
4,947 
302 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
5,412 
5,259 
153 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
4,039 
3,886 
153 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,042 
1,042 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
331 
331 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
74,542 
5,259 
5,100 
6,447 
8,185 
8,112 
$1,000 
21,280,184 
12,839,912 
3,686,064 
2,384,757 
1,411,272 
599,297 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
39,705 
4,673 
4,787 
6,032 
7,430 
6,936 
$1,000 
12,304,415 
6,342,186 
2,640,241 
1,718,141 
1,003,429 
428,397 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
26,559 
4,557 
4,632 
5,640 
6,467 
5,263 
$1,000 
12,048,892 
6,339,524 
2,636,603 
1,708,724 
981,619 
382,423 
Corn 
farms 
33,315 
4,303 
4,417 
5,639 
6,744 
5,705 
$1,000 
7,645,912 
4,011,821 
1,613,768 
1,068,302 
613,475 
245,570 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
21,025 
4,180 
4,238 
5,139 
5,340 
2,128 
$1,000 
7,390,148 
4,008,630 
1,608,761 
1,055,430 
577,897 
139,430 
Wheat 
farms 
5,454 
1,153 
875 
907 
945 
767 
$1,000 
594,632 
368,281 
114,453 
56,729 
31,277 
15,861 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,034 
879 
519 
376 
221 
39 
$1,000 
536,867 
362,566 
107,063 
46,352 
18,323 
2,563 
Soybeans 
farms 
28,584 
4,156 
4,288 
5,070 
5,793 
4,773 
$1,000 
3,830,936 
1,816,104 
874,602 
573,549 
343,826 
157,932 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,367 
3,967 
3,933 
4,294 
3,280 
893 
$1,000 
3,549,842 
1,810,863 
864,288 
550,057 
265,700 
58,934 
Sorghum 
farms 
19 
8 
1 
2 
3 
3 
$1,000 
84 
36 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
970 
149 
124 
153 
223 
163 
$1,000 
38,381 
18,652 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,888 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
232 
104 
65 
37 
17 
9 
$1,000 
31,968 
18,002 
8,451 
3,458 
1,575 
482 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
5,580 
574 
562 
800 
1,188 
990 
$1,000 
194,471 
127,292 
28,297 
14,885 
1 1 ,424 
7,128 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
664 
377 
139 
75 
51 
22 
$1,000 
162,928 
124,668 
23,978 
8,583 
3,863 
1,836 
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 
2,629 
527 
310 
248 
244 
190 
$1,000 
405,597 
307,079 
46,251 
23,900 
12,865 
6,224 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
921 
438 
195 
141 
96 
51 
$1,000 
380,932 
304,341 
42,719 
20,883 
9,512 
3,479 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,021 
5 
13 
17 
55 
90 
$1,000 
17,974 
1,710 
1,725 
1,107 
3,159 
3,475 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
71 
5 
3 
4 
21 
38 
$1,000 
9,727 
1,710 
1,645 
1,000 
2,808 
2,564 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
690 
3 
10 
12 
35 
68 
$1,000 
14,056 
(D) 
(D) 
955 
2,481 
2,685 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
54 
2 
3 
4 
17 
28 
$1,000 
7,924 
(D) 
1,645 
893 
(D) 
1,955 
Berries 
farms 
455 
5 
4 
9 
30 
44 
$1,000 
3,918 
(D) 
(D) 
152 
678 
790 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
1 
4 
5 
$1,000 
1,300 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
311 
321 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
939 
40 
27 
88 
136 
146 
$1,000 
213,335 
147,106 
16,163 
21,910 
14,685 
7,713 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
329 
39 
24 
74 
96 
96 
$1,000 
205,384 
(D) 
16,129 
21,589 
14,008 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
