Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
49,969 
4,317 
4,400 
5,634 
7,116 
5,071 
percent 
100.0 
8.6 
8.8 
11.3 
14.2 
10.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
45,331,783 
15,362,797 
9,110,603 
7,802,107 
6,043,976 
2,571,380 
Average size of farm 
acres 
907 
3,559 
2,071 
1,385 
849 
507 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
49,969 
4,317 
4,400 
5,634 
7,116 
5,071 
$1,000 
23,461,184 
16,202,528 
3,246,046 
2,103,328 
1,226,206 
393,585 
Average per farm 
dollars 
469,515 
3,753,192 
737,738 
373,328 
172,317 
77,615 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,876 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,747 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,875 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,596 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,962 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,945 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,085 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,666 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,236 
- 
- 
- 
6,820 
405 
$250,000 to $499,999 
5,736 
- 
- 
5,440 
296 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,449 
_ 
4,255 
194 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4,462 
4,317 
145 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,301 
3,156 
145 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
697 
697 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
464 
464 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
49,969 
4,317 
4,400 
5,634 
7,116 
5,071 
$1,000 
23,068,756 
16,080,796 
3,170,716 
2,038,661 
1,177,259 
370,229 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
26,642 
3,931 
4,028 
5,025 
5,901 
3,466 
$1,000 
10,698,861 
5,839,550 
2,347,444 
1,478,360 
774,503 
188,068 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20,027 
3,879 
3,924 
4,846 
5,210 
2,168 
$1,000 
10,568,156 
5,838,101 
2,344,736 
1,474,410 
757,159 
153,750 
Corn 
farms 
23,722 
3,898 
3,957 
4,837 
5,357 
2,864 
$1,000 
7,551,145 
4,377,767 
1,615,227 
941,995 
477,733 
103,082 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,994 
3,835 
3,822 
4,531 
4,094 
712 
$1,000 
7,412,589 
4,375,980 
1,611,962 
934,443 
443,702 
46,502 
Wheat 
farms 
5,011 
842 
769 
987 
1,056 
650 
$1,000 
368,763 
126,854 
79,707 
79,242 
54,915 
18,432 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,903 
526 
414 
435 
373 
155 
$1,000 
309,824 
119,538 
71,525 
67,312 
40,901 
10,547 
Soybeans 
farms 
18,535 
3,047 
3,214 
3,839 
3,989 
2,268 
$1,000 
2,516,218 
1,158,135 
610,775 
431,982 
228,950 
62,224 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,560 
2,905 
2,945 
3,268 
2,186 
256 
$1,000 
2,364,000 
1,154,389 
603,037 
415,581 
175,022 
15,971 
Sorghum 
farms 
805 
155 
111 
135 
169 
105 
$1,000 
26,150 
8,796 
(D) 
(D) 
4,093 
1,787 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
134 
42 
35 
31 
23 
3 
$1,000 
15,839 
6,558 
4,625 
2,622 
1,833 
200 
Barley 
farms 
26 
4 
3 
2 
8 
- 
$1,000 
361 
119 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,642 
445 
299 
331 
278 
180 
$1,000 
236,224 
167,879 
35,473 
20,943 
8,729 
2,544 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
729 
320 
179 
145 
73 
12 
$1,000 
225,173 
165,983 
33,760 
18,614 
6,072 
745 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
478 
31 
24 
21 
30 
55 
$1,000 
101,141 
93,434 
1,723 
1,883 
1,311 
1,382 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
56 
25 
6 
11 
8 
6 
$1,000 
98,336 
93,393 
1,623 
1,722 
1,155 
443 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
316 
3 
16 
5 
17 
13 
$1,000 
3,157 
9 
686 
(D) 
250 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8 
- 
1 
1 
- 
6 
$1,000 
1,105 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
254 
3 
12 
4 
13 
12 
$1,000 
2,959 
9 
669 
(D) 
183 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
1 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
1,044 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
84 
- 
5 
1 
4 
3 
$1,000 
198 
- 
17 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
480 
10 
19 
16 
47 
95 
$1,000 
46,016 
22,833 
6,578 
3,451 
5,247 
5,211 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
133 
10 
12 
11 
37 
63 
$1,000 
42,197 
22,833 
6,529 
3,356 
4,996 
4,483 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
