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 
68,050 
813 
796 
1,001 
1,550 
2,067 
percent 
100.0 
1.2 
1.2 
1.5 
2.3 
3.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,867,812 
1,821,002 
778,978 
660,264 
692,390 
731,122 
Average size of farm 
acres 
160 
2,240 
979 
660 
447 
354 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
68,050 
813 
796 
1,001 
1,550 
2,067 
$1,000 
3,678,702 
1,875,480 
581,871 
370,838 
253,551 
148,042 
Average per farm 
dollars 
54,059 
2,306,863 
730,994 
370,467 
163,581 
71,622 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
18,763 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,988 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,846 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,319 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,753 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,174 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,019 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,576 
- 
- 
- 
1,528 
48 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,002 
- 
980 
22 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
802 
- 
781 
21 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
828 
813 
15 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
632 
617 
15 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
147 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
49 
49 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
68,050 
813 
796 
1,001 
1,550 
2,067 
$1,000 
3,611,037 
1,857,141 
574,147 
364,049 
248,620 
144,985 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
5,691 
551 
466 
599 
750 
581 
$1,000 
1,301,303 
767,804 
230,123 
150,782 
88,792 
29,046 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,376 
526 
435 
500 
590 
325 
$1,000 
1,254,383 
767,375 
229,508 
148,992 
85,534 
22,974 
Corn 
farms 
4,219 
522 
418 
507 
595 
406 
$1,000 
545,802 
332,788 
91,600 
58,884 
33,379 
12,558 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,597 
483 
365 
376 
290 
83 
$1,000 
511,478 
332,133 
90,394 
56,183 
26,785 
5,983 
Wheat 
farms 
1,467 
357 
251 
243 
215 
111 
$1,000 
135,500 
90,989 
21,728 
13,121 
5,674 
1,771 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
640 
325 
170 
111 
29 
5 
$1,000 
121,865 
90,112 
19,678 
9,868 
1,940 
267 
Soybeans 
farms 
3,633 
510 
422 
497 
591 
395 
$1,000 
612,286 
338,920 
116,135 
77,694 
49,252 
14,526 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,843 
495 
394 
419 
432 
103 
$1,000 
580,877 
338,580 
115,381 
75,782 
44,693 
6,442 
Sorghum 
farms 
82 
31 
12 
12 
13 
4 
$1,000 
4,986 
3,236 
522 
685 
272 
125 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
21 
6 
4 
1 
1 
$1,000 
4,031 
2,957 
(D) 
529 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
21 
7 
2 
3 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
476 
476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
57 
6 
6 
7 
4 
6 
$1,000 
1,298 
660 
(D) 
(D) 
38 
66 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,033 
(□) 
(D) 
333 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
934 
54 
61 
118 
132 
145 
$1,000 
108,224 
32,438 
20,900 
30,227 
12,373 
6,374 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
364 
51 
54 
110 
99 
50 
$1,000 
97,988 
32,359 
20,657 
29,991 
11,495 
3,487 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
546 
217 
110 
80 
52 
28 
$1,000 
253,428 
198,366 
33,822 
14,294 
4,544 
1,126 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
438 
211 
108 
73 
38 
8 
$1,000 
250,711 
198,216 
(D) 
14,052 
4,134 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,273 
36 
34 
33 
49 
60 
$1,000 
72,885 
45,493 
11,310 
5,914 
3,070 
2,015 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
106 
23 
23 
21 
22 
17 
$1,000 
66,224 
45,396 
11,205 
5,720 
2,727 
1,176 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
647 
10 
9 
13 
23 
33 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,869 
924 
(D) 
787 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
3 
4 
4 
3 
8 
$1,000 
5,470 
(D) 
1,823 
771 
(D) 
563 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
279 
2 
5 
6 
6 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
543 
(D) 
348 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
1 
2 
2 
2 
4 
$1,000 
2,960 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
427 
8 
6 
11 
19 
29 
$1,000 
3,895 
1,286 
(D) 
381 
(D) 
440 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
$1,000 
2,330 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,149 
64 
50 
79 
114 
100 
$1,000 
294,740 
219,082 
24,749 
22,429 
14,122 
5,693 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
346 
60 
44 
71 
93 
78 
$1,000 
284,898 
218,979 
24,659 
22,274 
13,727 
5,259 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
