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 
$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 
15 
22 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
41 
23 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
11 
14 
18 
15 
20 
20 
$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 
488 
967 
1,306 
1,736 
3,373 
3,636 
$1,000 
7,050 
7,471 
5,203 
4,131 
4,694 
1,704 
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 
3,840 
8,177 
7,009 
5,470 
3,512 
951 
$1,000 
113,442 
117,066 
45,977 
18,395 
5,692 
659 
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 
60 
108 
139 
128 
139 
100 
$1,000 
197 
262 
229 
138 
131 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
186 
429 
505 
609 
867 
727 
$1,000 
1,249 
1,661 
1,204 
1,059 
936 
317 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
266 
568 
656 
696 
884 
431 
$1,000 
4,264 
4,459 
2,534 
1,554 
1,133 
231 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
170 
404 
523 
569 
825 
830 
$1,000 
302 
545 
459 
429 
497 
255 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
4 
10 
8 
5 
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 
71 
221 
278 
250 
321 
252 
$1,000 
563 
(D) 
481 
350 
239 
85 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,923 
2,907 
2,083 
1,958 
2,167 
1,675 
$1,000 
5,796 
7,306 
4,798 
3,698 
2,482 
708 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
223 
300 
236 
172 
85 
39 
$1,000 
1,262 
1,412 
609 
249 
49 
6 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
314 
571 
648 
623 
688 
541 
$1,000 
2,752 
3,047 
1,643 
952 
557 
175 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
4,753 
9,999 
9,319 
8,846 
9,988 
18,763 
$1,000 
160,473 
196,880 
116,725 
85,246 
71,145 
157,587 
Average per farm 
dollars 
33,762 
19,690 
12,525 
9,637 
7,123 
8,399 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
3,324 
6,550 
5,026 
3,993 
3,477 
5,157 
$1,000 
18,899 
20,673 
9,130 
5,361 
3,308 
5,295 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,910 
5,337 
4,776 
3,879 
3,424 
5,031 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,373 
1,190 
248 
111 
51 
123 
$25,000 to $49,999 
40 
22 
- 
3 
1 
3 
$50,000 or more 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 
" 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
2,940 
5,433 
4,023 
3,354 
2,933 
4,593 
$1,000 
3,438 
3,226 
1,587 
1,086 
804 
1,320 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,818 
5,363 
4,000 
3,342 
2,918 
4,572 
$5,000 to $24,999 
121 
68 
20 
11 
15 
21 
$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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