Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lake 
Lauderdale 
Lawrence 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Loudon 
McMinn 
McNairy 
Farms 
number 
60 
457 
1,559 
222 
1,595 
685 
1,043 
658 
Land in farms 
acres 
79,747 
200,806 
235,763 
30,725 
265,906 
69,381 
122,365 
129,982 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,329 
439 
151 
138 
167 
101 
117 
198 
Median size of farm 
acres 
263 
82 
70 
77 
85 
50 
55 
100 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
4,373,904 
1,373,935 
400,664 
360,079 
562,043 
549,141 
480,752 
426,061 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,291 
3,127 
2,649 
2,602 
3,371 
5,422 
4,098 
2,157 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
36,687 
71,106 
86,649 
9,943 
112,035 
53,072 
64,505 
38,758 
Average per farm 
dollars 
611,458 
156,276 
55,580 
44,789 
70,241 
77,477 
61,845 
58,903 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
1 
13 
69 
11 
53 
37 
49 
23 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9 
144 
498 
79 
475 
302 
418 
148 
50 to 1 79 acres 
16 
181 
673 
79 
648 
265 
393 
274 
180 to 499 acres 
9 
48 
232 
40 
321 
65 
142 
174 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
18 
59 
11 
76 
10 
33 
26 
1 ,000 acres or more 
20 
53 
28 
2 
22 
6 
8 
13 
Total cropland 
farms 
54 
388 
1,146 
154 
1,181 
528 
788 
513 
acres 
78,116 
172,488 
105,493 
9,565 
108,231 
33,149 
48,187 
61,456 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
52 
240 
971 
140 
1,093 
498 
716 
364 
acres 
76,819 
155,742 
89,536 
6,906 
91,319 
29,575 
40,812 
45,237 
Irrigated land 
farms 
21 
23 
60 
7 
46 
20 
33 
12 
acres 
15,447 
13,165 
803 
70 
3,966 
123 
201 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
51,780 
97,262 
65,283 
3,077 
110,507 
77,469 
37,943 
23,047 
Average per farm 
dollars 
863,000 
212,827 
41,875 
13,859 
69,283 
113,093 
36,379 
35,025 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
51,674 
94,562 
33,291 
486 
37,071 
59,861 
4,605 
20,111 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
106 
2,700 
31,991 
2,591 
73,435 
17,608 
33,337 
2,935 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
5 
246 
646 
109 
618 
331 
500 
345 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1 
26 
176 
19 
187 
81 
142 
80 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4 
36 
202 
34 
197 
104 
143 
76 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5 
31 
266 
34 
293 
80 
130 
65 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7 
26 
121 
16 
143 
40 
59 
40 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7 
12 
60 
- 
50 
20 
27 
26 
$100,000 or more 
31 
80 
88 
10 
107 
29 
42 
26 
Government payments 
farms 
54 
299 
371 
32 
279 
121 
136 
314 
$1,000 
868 
2,290 
1,223 
46 
1,066 
177 
473 
929 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
21 
182 
487 
61 
596 
230 
339 
216 
$1,000 
1,442 
2,745 
5,267 
335 
3,479 
1,327 
2,055 
1,914 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
35,734 
65,472 
59,066 
3,971 
97,881 
68,836 
38,657 
20,063 
Average per farm 
dollars 
595,573 
143,265 
37,887 
17,888 
61,367 
100,490 
37,063 
30,491 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
60 
457 
1,559 
222 
1,595 
685 
1,043 
658 
$1,000 
18,355 
36,825 
12,706 
-514 
17,171 
10,137 
1,814 
5,827 
Average per farm 
dollars 
305,917 
80,580 
8,150 
-2,314 
10,766 
14,799 
1,739 
8,855 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
35 
171 
659 
99 
600 
283 
460 
253 
Other 
number 
25 
286 
900 
123 
995 
402 
583 
405 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
36 
299 
992 
146 
1,064 
412 
633 
405 
200 days or more 
number 
25 
204 
618 
88 
777 
285 
466 
302 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
4 
110 
946 
116 
1,021 
401 
656 
265 
number 
359 
5,590 
44,333 
4,292 
61,592 
21,519 
30,407 
10,368 
Beef cows 
farms 
4 
96 
801 
96 
910 
327 
567 
249 
number 
203 
3,156 
22,869 
1,991 
26,162 
7,102 
1 1 ,924 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
- 
97 
5 
17 
13 
21 
1 
number 
- 
- 
1,173 
14 
742 
2,655 
3,163 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
4 
88 
788 
96 
897 
328 
526 
223 
number 
139 
3,374 
21,056 
2,630 
37,988 
10,533 
13,109 
3,903 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
8 
61 
5 
21 
25 
14 
15 
number 
- 
127 
1,376 
9 
358 
286 
187 
275 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
2 
40 
3 
21 
20 
5 
11 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,962 
4 
986 
305 
326 
156 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
- 
2 
25 
4 
30 
13 
11 
5 
number 
- 
(D) 
840 
57 
629 
153 
569 
57 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
23 
230 
23 
170 
69 
137 
56 
number 
- 
370 
246,706 
2,614 
(D) 
1,158 
35,785 
1,029 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
1 
10 
2 
15 
- 
10 
3 
number 
- 
(D) 
101,330 
(D) 
14,149,397 
- 
3,440,145 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
34 
75 
154 
9 
82 
15 
18 
68 
acres 
19,272 
36,056 
31,624 
447 
17,976 
3,006 
914 
9,714 
bushels 
2,352,721 
4,093,630 
2,221,407 
26,420 
1,272,698 
233,415 
55,605 
868,821 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
63 
- 
16 
15 
25 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
1,448 
- 
1,118 
2,109 
2,904 
140 
tons 
- 
- 
14,983 
- 
10,422 
32,706 
37,691 
940 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
15 
33 
39 
- 
32 
13 
5 
9 
acres 
6,568 
12,286 
7,298 
- 
6,566 
1,699 
943 
801 
bushels 
468,605 
765,532 
484,072 
- 
320,718 
68,529 
40,076 
38,898 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
15 
33 
39 
- 
32 
13 
5 
9 
acres 
6,568 
12,286 
7,298 
- 
6,566 
1,699 
943 
801 
bushels 
468,605 
765,532 
484,072 
- 
320,718 
68,529 
40,076 
38,898 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Tennessee 235 
