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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
11 
14 
19 
13 
19 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
37 
23 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
11 
14 
18 
13 
17 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
478 
935 
1,256 
1,628 
3,299 
3,924 
$1,000 
7,125 
7,486 
5,168 
4,063 
4,828 
1,865 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
3,761 
8,112 
7,027 
5,545 
3,626 
1,011 
$1,000 
113,691 
118,904 
47,032 
18,999 
5,970 
707 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
32 
14 
10 
16 
3 
- 
$1,000 
946 
50 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
59 
102 
138 
131 
143 
101 
$1,000 
194 
254 
223 
152 
133 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
182 
413 
500 
610 
854 
766 
$1,000 
1,230 
1,640 
1,214 
1,086 
941 
340 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
248 
577 
649 
688 
890 
450 
$1,000 
4,016 
4,670 
2,544 
1,561 
1,143 
242 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
169 
399 
500 
579 
818 
861 
$1,000 
304 
544 
444 
441 
492 
269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
4 
10 
7 
6 
9 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
65 
218 
274 
248 
327 
261 
$1,000 
558 
(D) 
486 
346 
249 
88 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,794 
2,607 
1,616 
1,128 
960 
4,763 
$1,000 
4,216 
4,833 
2,300 
1,475 
1,147 
12,855 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
219 
301 
236 
169 
93 
41 
$1,000 
1,256 
1,438 
615 
254 
52 
7 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
316 
568 
625 
628 
692 
566 
$1,000 
2,854 
3,076 
1,622 
979 
563 
186 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
4,624 
9,699 
8,852 
8,016 
8,781 
21,851 
$1,000 
158,613 
196,970 
114,842 
80,452 
65,949 
178,613 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,302 
20,308 
12,974 
10,036 
7,510 
8,174 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
3,262 
6,470 
4,985 
3,905 
3,406 
5,623 
$1,000 
19,089 
20,826 
9,268 
5,245 
3,223 
6,013 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,837 
5,228 
4,720 
3,797 
3,356 
5,468 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,378 
1,219 
263 
105 
49 
151 
$25,000 to $49,999 
46 
22 
- 
3 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
1 
1 
2 
" 
1 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
2,886 
5,349 
3,984 
3,224 
2,854 
5,089 
$1,000 
3,552 
3,249 
1,592 
996 
744 
1,634 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,751 
5,273 
3,960 
3,215 
2,843 
5,058 
$5,000 to $24,999 
134 
74 
21 
8 
11 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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