Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
5,412 
5,249 
6,464 
8,357 
8,052 
percent 
100.0 
7.3 
7.0 
8.7 
11.2 
10.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,035,838 
9,750,784 
4,558,109 
3,352,057 
2,602,155 
1,570,152 
Average size of farm 
acres 
349 
1,802 
868 
519 
311 
195 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
74,542 
5,412 
5,249 
6,464 
8,357 
8,052 
$1,000 
21,748,052 
13,149,719 
3,774,707 
2,378,491 
1,426,627 
594,680 
Average per farm 
dollars 
291,756 
2,429,734 
719,129 
367,960 
170,710 
73,855 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,052 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,357 
- 
- 
- 
8,357 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
6,464 
- 
- 
6,464 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,249 
- 
5,249 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
5,412 
5,412 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
4,039 
4,039 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,042 
1,042 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
331 
331 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
74,542 
5,412 
5,249 
6,464 
8,357 
8,052 
$1,000 
21,280,184 
12,990,367 
3,683,642 
2,313,637 
1,380,363 
570,541 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
39,705 
4,825 
4,925 
6,053 
7,575 
6,799 
$1,000 
12,304,415 
6,467,579 
2,632,580 
1,661,832 
979,315 
403,297 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
26,559 
4,708 
4,760 
5,648 
6,573 
4,870 
$1,000 
12,048,892 
6,464,870 
2,628,783 
1,651,881 
956,721 
346,637 
Corn 
farms 
33,315 
4,443 
4,547 
5,649 
6,807 
5,577 
$1,000 
7,645,912 
4,082,650 
1,612,352 
1,035,934 
594,637 
232,796 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
21,025 
4,318 
4,363 
5,112 
5,312 
1,920 
$1,000 
7,390,148 
4,079,411 
1,607,250 
1,021,967 
556,420 
125,100 
Wheat 
farms 
5,454 
1,174 
906 
915 
974 
733 
$1,000 
594,632 
373,181 
114,188 
54,663 
31,026 
14,474 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,034 
895 
527 
371 
206 
35 
$1,000 
536,867 
367,336 
106,264 
44,363 
16,589 
2,315 
Soybeans 
farms 
28,584 
4,300 
4,399 
5,075 
5,894 
4,615 
$1,000 
3,830,936 
1,862,186 
870,917 
552,113 
338,847 
147,352 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,367 
4,109 
4,031 
4,257 
3,205 
765 
$1,000 
3,549,842 
1,856,876 
860,312 
527,424 
255,268 
49,961 
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 
153 
129 
159 
229 
145 
$1,000 
38,381 
19,071 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,673 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
232 
107 
66 
35 
16 
8 
$1,000 
31,968 
18,400 
8,464 
3,171 
1,511 
422 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
5,580 
597 
574 
821 
1,181 
984 
$1,000 
194,471 
130,455 
25,980 
14,689 
11,350 
6,985 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
664 
387 
135 
71 
53 
18 
$1,000 
162,928 
127,646 
21,425 
8,279 
4,092 
1,486 
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 
538 
306 
246 
240 
195 
$1,000 
405,597 
307,910 
46,069 
23,568 
12,552 
6,409 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
921 
441 
197 
138 
94 
51 
$1,000 
380,932 
304,902 
42,739 
20,556 
9,257 
3,479 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,021 
5 
13 
18 
54 
92 
$1,000 
17,974 
1,710 
1,725 
1,247 
3,018 
3,476 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
71 
5 
3 
5 
20 
38 
$1,000 
9,727 
1,710 
1,645 
1,141 
2,667 
2,564 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
690 
3 
10 
13 
34 
68 
$1,000 
14,056 
(D) 
(D) 
1,096 
2,340 
2,685 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
54 
2 
3 
5 
16 
28 
$1,000 
7,924 
(D) 
1,645 
1,034 
(D) 
1,955 
Berries 
farms 
455 
5 
4 
9 
30 
46 
$1,000 
3,918 
(D) 
(D) 
152 
678 
791 
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 
33 
83 
136 
147 
$1,000 
213,335 
147,106 
16,745 
21,336 
14,695 
7,728 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
329 
39 
30 
68 
96 
96 
$1,000 
205,384 
(D) 
16,711 
21,007 
14,008 
(D) 
See tootnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
