Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
97 
10 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
697 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
108 
94 
10 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
697 
(D) 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
12,119 
11,469 
440 
235 
$1,000 
46,215 
41,136 
3,311 
2,188 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
92 
80 
7 
5 
$1,000 
8,779 
7,450 
512 
(□) 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
32,852 
30,485 
1,841 
912 
$1,000 
735,511 
620,955 
89,447 
48,181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,398 
2,011 
310 
194 
$1,000 
401,569 
316,375 
65,598 
36,978 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
469 
382 
73 
47 
$1,000 
145,445 
103,559 
29,562 
21,106 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
378 
295 
69 
46 
$1,000 
143,943 
102,132 
29,487 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
812 
741 
39 
20 
$1,000 
48,245 
35,899 
(D) 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
46 
39 
3 
2 
$1,000 
46,257 
34,239 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
3,502 
3,332 
107 
57 
$1,000 
8,906 
8,213 
491 
239 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
10 
2 
1 
$1,000 
1,264 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
3,737 
3,502 
137 
72 
$1,000 
21,326 
17,667 
2,080 
519 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
37 
8 
1 
$1,000 
6,032 
3,670 
(D) 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
3,889 
3,656 
150 
72 
$1,000 
552,015 
473,301 
48,958 
32,341 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
457 
407 
36 
20 
$1,000 
549,360 
470,902 
48,774 
32,211 
Aquaculture 
farms 
66 
50 
2 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
6,885 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
1,488 
1,389 
50 
27 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
19 
14 
3 
2 
$1,000 
3,124 
1,432 
(D) 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
16,173 
14,644 
1,203 
691 
$1,000 
67,665 
51,408 
14,328 
9,952 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,182 
1,872 
277 
165 
$1,000 
110,198 
69,613 
38,348 
29,915 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
3,679 
3,436 
143 
68 
$1,000 
19,182 
15,788 
1,857 
1,425 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
68,050 
63,175 
3,419 
1,828 
$1,000 
3,174,788 
2,278,840 
599,829 
438,027 
Average per farm 
dollars 
46,654 
36,072 
175,440 
239,621 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
32,670 
30,011 
1,958 
1,071 
$1,000 
411,915 
264,618 
119,236 
89,072 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,417 
23,842 
1,119 
555 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,047 
4,489 
425 
230 
$25,000 to $49,999 
749 
631 
80 
49 
$50,000 or more 
1,457 
1,049 
334 
237 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
28,305 
25,951 
1,718 
961 
$1,000 
196,390 
111,950 
68,999 
54,560 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,479 
23,740 
1,245 
630 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,530 
1,290 
169 
121 
$25,000 to $49,999 
452 
386 
48 
27 
$50,000 or more 
844 
535 
256 
183 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
136 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
