Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Madison 
Mahoning 
Marion 
Medina 
Meigs 
Mercer 
Miami 
Monroe 
Farms 
number 
699 
578 
920 
588 
1,208 
1,068 
823 
Land in farms 
acres 
263,275 
189,210 
94,978 
75,801 
273,152 
184,233 
111,161 
Average size of farm 
acres 
377 
130 
327 
103 
129 
226 
173 
135 
Median size of farm 
acres 
105 
57 
83 
31 
91 
92 
41 
92 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,917,923 
644,289 
1,562,506 
656,847 
312,979 
1,775,939 
983,794 
311,759 
Average per acre 
dollars 
5,092 
4,968 
4,773 
6,363 
2,428 
7,854 
5,703 
2,308 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
141,738 
68,979 
115,542 
87,058 
31,286 
257,317 
110,867 
47,743 
Average per farm 
dollars 
202,772 
119,342 
199,899 
94,629 
53,207 
213,010 
103,808 
58,011 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
61 
56 
60 
165 
15 
165 
130 
28 
1 0 to 49 acres 
219 
201 
137 
415 
144 
262 
453 
190 
50 to 1 79 acres 
130 
214 
180 
226 
307 
366 
253 
438 
1 80 to 499 acres 
136 
83 
105 
77 
103 
270 
125 
144 
500 to 999 acres 
87 
14 
42 
21 
17 
89 
64 
19 
1 ,000 acres or more 
66 
10 
54 
16 
2 
56 
43 
4 
Total cropland 
farms 
610 
481 
531 
706 
498 
1,074 
946 
676 
acres 
244,231 
54,494 
174,829 
72,363 
24,620 
248,701 
164,828 
29,697 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
531 
442 
402 
636 
451 
957 
849 
620 
acres 
235,000 
51,384 
163,671 
69,073 
20,269 
242,939 
160,378 
24,654 
Irrigated land 
farms 
15 
41 
6 
58 
33 
15 
21 
20 
acres 
119 
924 
(D) 
602 
329 
86 
2,308 
33 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
193,784 
65,449 
151,430 
60,533 
14,478 
596,366 
110,002 
13,672 
Average per farm 
dollars 
277,231 
113,234 
261,990 
65,796 
24,622 
493,680 
102,998 
16,612 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
153,819 
30,032 
112,350 
42,451 
9,671 
153,143 
101,093 
4,428 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
39,965 
35,417 
39,080 
18,081 
4,807 
443,223 
8,909 
9,244 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
203 
192 
204 
340 
268 
184 
324 
342 
$2,500 to $4,999 
34 
54 
33 
134 
71 
49 
89 
154 
$5,000 to $9,999 
54 
54 
23 
105 
78 
53 
108 
136 
$10,000 to $24,999 
50 
64 
38 
111 
93 
71 
146 
119 
$25,000 to $49,999 
50 
52 
41 
85 
37 
119 
93 
32 
$50,000 to $99,999 
29 
47 
54 
38 
16 
132 
76 
19 
$100,000 or more 
279 
115 
185 
107 
25 
600 
232 
21 
Government payments 
farms 
461 
190 
425 
191 
105 
955 
632 
52 
$1,000 
5,148 
847 
4,497 
1,274 
748 
7,650 
3,147 
264 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
357 
223 
273 
368 
111 
675 
425 
149 
$1,000 
9,268 
1,704 
3,843 
6,180 
632 
16,051 
7,677 
862 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
142,040 
53,476 
104,601 
58,670 
14,969 
427,921 
85,029 
13,683 
Average per farm 
dollars 
203,204 
92,518 
180,971 
63,772 
25,457 
354,239 
79,615 
16,625 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
699 
578 
578 
920 
588 
1,208 
1,068 
823 
$1,000 
66,160 
14,524 
55,169 
9,317 
888 
192,146 
35,797 
1,115 
Average per farm 
dollars 
94,650 
25,128 
95,448 
10,127 
1,511 
159,061 
33,518 
1,355 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
372 
279 
242 
462 
313 
544 
446 
345 
Other 
number 
327 
299 
336 
458 
275 
664 
622 
478 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
427 
356 
368 
579 
389 
809 
695 
512 
200 days or more 
number 
258 
246 
219 
401 
289 
638 
463 
351 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
153 
230 
77 
226 
310 
357 
200 
494 
number 
15,776 
15,345 
5,862 
8,481 
7,725 
66,024 
5,194 
14,676 
Beef cows 
farms 
86 
139 
37 
136 
266 
70 
138 
436 
number 
2,772 
1,987 
440 
1,336 
3,711 
1,485 
1,237 
7,392 
Milk cows 
farms 
14 
53 
15 
47 
18 
121 
16 
40 
number 
5,031 
6,309 
3,388 
2,869 
792 
17,158 
984 
1,198 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
123 
203 
61 
161 
219 
330 
156 
347 
number 
9,039 
6,061 
2,446 
8,264 
3,160 
45,444 
3,051 
6,111 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
26 
22 
30 
42 
20 
134 
53 
33 
number 
26,663 
658 
72,656 
500 
232 
261,390 
13,185 
294 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
25 
35 
30 
57 
14 
152 
47 
22 
number 
105,555 
686 
209,629 
902 
294 
873,009 
17,863 
343 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
27 
20 
40 
60 
22 
47 
42 
54 
number 
630 
422 
1,757 
1,233 
402 
1,229 
1,302 
2,758 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
71 
65 
41 
149 
82 
92 
107 
104 
number 
2,142 
3,232 
716 
4,404 
4,960 
7,948,740 
2,697 
1,910 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
12 
18 
9 
22 
2 
7 
13 
5 
number 
838 
2,218,863 
622 
2,444 
(D) 
(D) 
2,799 
308 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
323 
190 
240 
198 
57 
693 
505 
48 
acres 
97,720 
14,422 
61,715 
18,368 
2,078 
94,680 
70,998 
618 
bushels 
12,702,388 
1,990,899 
8,194,390 
2,255,282 
255,621 
10,645,884 
8,113,127 
72,056 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
26 
70 
17 
47 
17 
152 
21 
17 
acres 
2,333 
3,401 
1,965 
2,402 
338 
13,226 
1,477 
614 
tons 
35,471 
58,073 
34,906 
39,958 
7,238 
189,705 
24,335 
8,525 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
91 
65 
87 
49 
2 
411 
110 
1 
acres 
6,258 
2,369 
6,088 
1,750 
(D) 
17,213 
4,949 
(D) 
bushels 
433,549 
129,716 
377,118 
89,856 
(D) 
1 ,285,266 
312,602 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
91 
65 
87 
49 
2 
411 
110 
1 
acres 
6,258 
2,369 
6,088 
1,750 
(D) 
17,213 
4,949 
(D) 
bushels 
433,549 
129,716 
377,118 
89,856 
(D) 
1 ,285,266 
312,602 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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234 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
