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 
31 
35 
46 
42 
37 
47 
$1,000 
692 
316 
207 
110 
53 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
28 
33 
43 
37 
25 
46 
$1,000 
675 
(D) 
188 
97 
34 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
3 
2 
5 
5 
12 
1 
$1,000 
17 
(D) 
19 
13 
18 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
1,691 
2,221 
1,829 
1,552 
1,391 
781 
$1,000 
20,669 
16,078 
7,529 
4,003 
1,888 
409 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
17 
31 
34 
23 
26 
39 
$1,000 
41 
69 
60 
26 
21 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
2,180 
2,459 
1,685 
1,151 
632 
89 
$1,000 
38,503 
25,559 
9,128 
3,437 
1,019 
60 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
134 
27 
5 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,962 
266 
15 
7 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
123 
159 
171 
134 
118 
52 
$1,000 
705 
529 
257 
162 
84 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
231 
404 
367 
334 
258 
182 
$1,000 
2,551 
2,507 
1,269 
665 
275 
81 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
210 
401 
401 
401 
382 
104 
$1,000 
3,392 
3,538 
1,686 
1,027 
512 
66 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
298 
473 
499 
472 
449 
399 
$1,000 
992 
536 
364 
352 
243 
128 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
8 
6 
10 
6 
8 
5 
$1,000 
227 
57 
43 
17 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
146 
225 
197 
166 
149 
55 
$1,000 
1,826 
1,388 
385 
239 
134 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
4,084 
4,249 
3,799 
4,123 
4,553 
1,570 
$1,000 
17,589 
25,571 
18,854 
12,291 
7,082 
807 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
131 
86 
58 
33 
17 
9 
$1,000 
793 
263 
81 
26 
8 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
482 
744 
633 
576 
396 
185 
$1,000 
3,756 
3,914 
1,792 
1,031 
358 
56 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
5,899 
7,398 
6,957 
7,151 
7,226 
6,377 
$1,000 
194,108 
146,435 
86,872 
66,696 
60,015 
78,092 
Average per farm 
dollars 
32,905 
19,794 
12,487 
9,327 
8,305 
12,246 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
4,182 
3,384 
1,872 
1,274 
905 
821 
$1,000 
21,912 
9,709 
3,322 
1,418 
1,052 
932 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,551 
2,904 
1,767 
1,242 
871 
787 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,574 
447 
94 
27 
32 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
45 
32 
9 
5 
2 
2 
$50,000 or more 
12 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
4,253 
3,586 
2,207 
1,622 
1,313 
969 
$1,000 
8,130 
3,800 
1,473 
770 
524 
434 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,902 
3,467 
2,169 
1,601 
1,301 
954 
$5,000 to $24,999 
346 
116 
36 
19 
11 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Minnesota 111 
