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 
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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
111 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
$1,000 
697 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
108 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
$1,000 
697 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
12,119 
73 
67 
84 
159 
230 
$1,000 
46,215 
1,371 
1,585 
3,316 
4,237 
5,454 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
92 
6 
6 
14 
28 
38 
$1,000 
8,779 
587 
718 
2,378 
2,633 
2,463 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
32,852 
319 
381 
546 
976 
1,671 
$1,000 
735,511 
103,105 
85,048 
65,937 
91,049 
89,141 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,398 
182 
217 
259 
622 
1,118 
$1,000 
401,569 
100,582 
81,489 
59,921 
83,949 
75,628 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
469 
45 
76 
105 
120 
48 
$1,000 
145,445 
54,836 
40,252 
29,248 
17,068 
2,987 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
378 
45 
75 
104 
115 
39 
$1,000 
143,943 
54,836 
(D) 
(D) 
16,990 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
812 
23 
18 
33 
34 
30 
$1,000 
48,245 
39,115 
3,763 
3,229 
848 
298 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
46 
16 
13 
11 
5 
1 
$1,000 
46,257 
39,034 
(D) 
2,954 
494 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
3,502 
11 
13 
17 
66 
72 
$1,000 
8,906 
94 
93 
293 
1,203 
798 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
1 
- 
3 
6 
2 
$1,000 
1,264 
(D) 
- 
250 
808 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
3,737 
19 
22 
27 
68 
100 
$1,000 
21,326 
119 
878 
1,307 
2,837 
2,009 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
- 
3 
4 
21 
24 
$1,000 
6,032 
- 
769 
1,165 
2,477 
1,621 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
3,889 
178 
155 
111 
58 
66 
$1,000 
552,015 
392,852 
116,794 
34,258 
5,062 
563 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
457 
176 
152 
95 
27 
7 
$1,000 
549,360 
(D) 
116,792 
34,244 
5,019 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
farms 
66 
2 
1 
5 
6 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,792 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
2 
1 
5 
6 
2 
$1,000 
6,885 
(D) 
(D) 
1,792 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
1,488 
7 
8 
7 
29 
44 
$1,000 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
628 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
19 
- 
3 
3 
6 
7 
$1,000 
3,124 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
418 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
16,173 
463 
449 
578 
903 
1,067 
$1,000 
67,665 
18,841 
7,664 
6,576 
5,333 
4,462 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,182 
299 
211 
217 
244 
156 
$1,000 
110,198 
68,520 
20,052 
10,663 
5,615 
1,762 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
3,679 
17 
29 
41 
69 
138 
$1,000 
19,182 
1,153 
2,849 
2,267 
1,619 
2,168 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
68,050 
828 
802 
1,002 
1,576 
2,174 
$1,000 
3,174,788 
1,380,024 
423,843 
265,628 
193,476 
123,762 
Average per farm 
dollars 
46,654 
1,666,696 
528,482 
265,098 
122,764 
56,928 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
32,670 
691 
654 
895 
1,303 
1,600 
$1,000 
411,915 
205,191 
58,632 
41,120 
28,172 
16,134 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,417 
45 
66 
126 
278 
545 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,047 
44 
104 
259 
607 
937 
$25,000 to $49,999 
749 
31 
86 
184 
272 
107 
$50,000 or more 
1,457 
571 
398 
326 
146 
11 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
28,305 
705 
666 
896 
1,263 
1,499 
$1,000 
196,390 
122,523 
29,238 
18,620 
10,475 
4,072 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,479 
90 
164 
300 
661 
1,251 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,530 
84 
144 
299 
506 
241 
$25,000 to $49,999 
452 
45 
114 
204 
76 
7 
$50,000 or more 
844 
486 
244 
93 
20 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
110 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
