Table 65. Summary by 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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
4,624 
9,699 
8,852 
8,016 
8,781 
21,851 
percent 
6.8 
14.3 
13.0 
11.8 
12.9 
32.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,116,809 
1,504,222 
889,118 
595,669 
499,800 
1,578,438 
Average size of farm 
acres 
242 
155 
100 
74 
57 
72 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4,624 
9,699 
8,852 
8,016 
8,781 
21,851 
$1,000 
164,294 
157,449 
64,917 
30,051 
15,662 
16,548 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,531 
16,234 
7,334 
3,749 
1,784 
757 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
18,763 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,391 
1,597 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
7,686 
328 
832 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
8,549 
293 
44 
433 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
9,459 
294 
32 
16 
198 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,484 
231 
7 
5 
- 
26 
$50,000 to $99,999 
140 
9 
2 
- 
2 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
4,624 
9,699 
8,852 
8,016 
8,781 
21,851 
$1,000 
160,078 
152,616 
62,617 
28,575 
14,516 
3,693 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
805 
888 
498 
284 
168 
101 
$1,000 
20,075 
10,879 
2,743 
792 
222 
44 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
536 
562 
311 
154 
130 
78 
$1,000 
9,273 
5,378 
1,400 
355 
155 
32 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
139 
88 
36 
18 
7 
2 
$1,000 
1,436 
608 
123 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
451 
396 
200 
118 
34 
19 
$1,000 
9,303 
4,788 
1,210 
391 
57 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
82 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
9 
6 
2 
9 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
173 
155 
65 
14 
11 
6 
$1,000 
3,601 
1,836 
401 
52 
18 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
31 
23 
3 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
848 
406 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
117 
197 
218 
220 
184 
125 
$1,000 
1,836 
1,525 
946 
526 
204 
46 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
64 
93 
101 
102 
115 
84 
$1,000 
620 
(D) 
439 
240 
141 
32 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
34 
43 
53 
44 
54 
23 
$1,000 
469 
387 
248 
101 
63 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
38 
54 
64 
67 
68 
63 
$1,000 
151 
(D) 
191 
139 
79 
26 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
179 
197 
150 
93 
101 
22 
$1,000 
4,743 
2,734 
805 
239 
136 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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