Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
47,710 
44,464 
2,327 
1,197 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
2,915,268 
2,553,228 
264,146 
140,403 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
42,220 
39,327 
2,008 
1,083 
acres 
319,696 
285,408 
22,792 
13,182 
Irrigated land 
farms 
2,146 
1,725 
234 
158 
acres 
146,442 
54,392 
75,039 
61,807 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,061 
1,644 
232 
157 
acres 
145,995 
(D) 
74,980 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
111 
102 
5 
4 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
447 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
Programs 
farms 
3,437 
3,060 
282 
173 
acres 
179,740 
148,834 
25,223 
15,161 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
3,041 
2,501 
441 
298 
acres 
2,070,554 
1,261,313 
730,010 
572,123 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
68 
61 
4 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
1,525 
1,307 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
68,050 
63,175 
3,419 
1,828 
$1,000 
38,748,784 
31,941,423 
5,211,525 
3,516,958 
Average per farm 
dollars 
569,416 
505,602 
1,524,283 
1,923,938 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,565 
3,604 
3,264 
3,276 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
4,282 
4,004 
174 
90 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,104 
5,781 
216 
98 
$100,000 to $199,999 
14,241 
13,526 
495 
233 
$200,000 to $499,999 
25,458 
24,002 
1,024 
516 
$500,000 to $999,999 
10,470 
9,646 
580 
316 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,334 
3,802 
375 
194 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
2,277 
1,846 
305 
202 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
608 
425 
141 
99 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
276 
143 
109 
80 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
68,046 
63,171 
3,419 
1,828 
$1,000 
4,712,059 
3,911,162 
614,905 
434,019 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,648 
4,336 
194 
93 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,731 
5,442 
170 
87 
$10,000 to $19,999 
11,050 
10,392 
450 
224 
$20,000 to $49,999 
21,879 
20,709 
762 
369 
$50,000 to $99,999 
13,681 
12,677 
729 
343 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,777 
6,114 
509 
290 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,202 
2,775 
318 
215 
$500,000 or more 
1,078 
726 
287 
207 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
53,351 
49,619 
2,662 
1,415 
number 
93,522 
84,246 
6,826 
3,924 
Tractors, all 
farms 
58,534 
54,362 
2,988 
1,586 
number 
122,557 
110,742 
8,742 
4,918 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
26,426 
24,493 
1,315 
696 
number 
35,034 
32,192 
1,916 
1,048 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
45,167 
41,948 
2,360 
1,226 
number 
72,035 
65,926 
4,559 
2,347 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
8,977 
7,816 
926 
573 
number 
15,488 
12,624 
2,267 
1,523 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
3,129 
2,576 
453 
293 
number 
3,806 
3,079 
598 
401 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
520 
374 
132 
99 
number 
727 
502 
204 
156 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
920 
818 
79 
53 
number 
1,090 
973 
91 
65 
Hay balers 
farms 
26,007 
24,088 
1,511 
735 
number 
33,696 
31,081 
2,050 
1,010 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
