Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
1,211 
2,608 
2,671 
2,630 
2,610 
10,523 
percent 
4.8 
10.3 
10.6 
10.4 
10.3 
41.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
286,656 
453,285 
259,855 
219,667 
150,238 
1,451,307 
Average size of farm 
acres 
237 
174 
97 
84 
58 
138 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,211 
2,608 
2,671 
2,630 
2,610 
10,523 
$1,000 
43,805 
42,801 
19,878 
10,115 
4,582 
11,009 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,172 
16,412 
7,442 
3,846 
1,756 
1,046 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
8,358 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,512 
1,065 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
2,490 
83 
610 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
2,570 
111 
9 
350 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,518 
92 
25 
6 
109 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,176 
81 
5 
3 
- 
20 
$50,000 to $99,999 
34 
9 
4 
1 
- 
5 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
1,211 
2,608 
2,671 
2,630 
2,610 
10,523 
$1,000 
41,905 
40,638 
18,847 
9,310 
4,266 
1,248 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
313 
442 
408 
287 
215 
134 
$1,000 
7,969 
5,042 
2,334 
849 
295 
67 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
215 
294 
289 
202 
151 
115 
$1,000 
3,539 
2,464 
1,360 
545 
198 
54 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
98 
110 
67 
30 
26 
6 
$1,000 
1,103 
735 
198 
57 
28 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
175 
178 
150 
79 
33 
10 
$1,000 
2,999 
1,654 
711 
197 
46 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
13 
12 
11 
5 
2 
2 
$1,000 
44 
51 
14 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
57 
60 
44 
31 
28 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
50 
36 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
4 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
118 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
33 
35 
17 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
906 
476 
110 
15 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
165 
303 
294 
225 
96 
25 
$1,000 
3,941 
3,787 
1,728 
671 
145 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
115 
258 
176 
179 
90 
79 
$1,000 
2,780 
2,722 
928 
497 
136 
46 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
85 
200 
110 
121 
66 
43 
$1,000 
2,166 
2,094 
605 
360 
102 
21 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
43 
86 
78 
73 
33 
40 
$1,000 
614 
628 
323 
137 
34 
25 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
104 
146 
86 
35 
34 
17 
$1,000 
2,827 
1,902 
497 
94 
47 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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