Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
4,462 
4,449 
5,736 
7,236 
5,085 
percent 
100.0 
8.9 
8.9 
11.5 
14.5 
10.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
45,331,783 
15,727,528 
9,046,481 
7,878,278 
6,019,703 
2,496,792 
Average size of farm 
acres 
907 
3,525 
2,033 
1,373 
832 
491 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
49,969 
4,462 
4,449 
5,736 
7,236 
5,085 
$1,000 
23,461,184 
16,350,024 
3,197,989 
2,081,165 
1,195,579 
372,820 
Average per farm 
dollars 
469,515 
3,664,281 
718,811 
362,825 
165,226 
73,318 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,085 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,236 
- 
- 
- 
7,236 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
5,736 
- 
- 
5,736 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,449 
- 
4,449 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4,462 
4,462 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,301 
3,301 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
697 
697 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
464 
464 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
49,969 
4,462 
4,449 
5,736 
7,236 
5,085 
$1,000 
23,068,756 
16,223,002 
3,123,340 
2,013,711 
1,144,585 
349,733 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
26,642 
4,067 
4,084 
5,108 
5,954 
3,410 
$1,000 
10,698,861 
5,957,900 
2,309,447 
1,450,174 
744,898 
174,323 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20,027 
4,015 
3,978 
4,918 
5,180 
1,936 
$1,000 
10,568,156 
5,956,451 
2,306,673 
1,446,015 
724,980 
134,036 
Corn 
farms 
23,722 
4,034 
4,008 
4,904 
5,378 
2,785 
$1,000 
7,551,145 
4,460,684 
1,579,261 
926,154 
458,340 
95,328 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16,994 
3,968 
3,866 
4,576 
3,975 
609 
$1,000 
7,412,589 
4,458,767 
1,575,930 
918,089 
420,214 
39,589 
Wheat 
farms 
5,011 
870 
793 
1,015 
1,056 
636 
$1,000 
368,763 
130,203 
82,964 
78,242 
53,064 
16,387 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,903 
542 
431 
439 
370 
121 
$1,000 
309,824 
122,629 
74,507 
65,868 
39,030 
7,790 
Soybeans 
farms 
18,535 
3,165 
3,256 
3,869 
4,013 
2,209 
$1,000 
2,516,218 
1,188,863 
604,744 
421,479 
221,514 
58,310 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,560 
3,017 
2,977 
3,271 
2,063 
232 
$1,000 
2,364,000 
1,184,863 
596,837 
404,470 
163,474 
14,356 
Sorghum 
farms 
805 
157 
117 
134 
171 
107 
$1,000 
26,150 
8,921 
(D) 
(D) 
4,022 
1,797 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
134 
43 
35 
32 
22 
2 
$1,000 
15,839 
6,658 
4,600 
(D) 
1,744 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
26 
4 
3 
2 
8 
4 
$1,000 
361 
119 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
8 
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 
450 
313 
335 
270 
178 
$1,000 
236,224 
169,110 
36,178 
20,034 
7,876 
2,492 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
729 
324 
185 
144 
64 
12 
$1,000 
225,173 
167,204 
34,337 
17,590 
5,297 
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 
32 
23 
21 
30 
56 
$1,000 
101,141 
93,442 
1,715 
1,883 
1,311 
1,384 
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 
6 
16 
15 
$1,000 
3,157 
(D) 
686 
264 
214 
546 
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 
5 
12 
13 
$1,000 
2,959 
(D) 
669 
(D) 
148 
538 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
1 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
1,044 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
84 
- 
5 
1 
4 
4 
$1,000 
198 
- 
17 
(D) 
67 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
480 
10 
19 
18 
45 
100 
$1,000 
46,016 
22,833 
6,578 
3,541 
5,157 
5,266 
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 
108 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
