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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
17 
28 
12 
28 
40 
12 
$1,000 
384 
368 
66 
98 
61 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
8 
11 
10 
22 
22 
12 
$1,000 
121 
149 
(D) 
82 
35 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
9 
17 
2 
6 
20 
- 
$1,000 
263 
219 
(D) 
16 
27 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
351 
845 
772 
792 
730 
752 
$1,000 
6,487 
7,786 
4,051 
2,249 
1,081 
383 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
492 
1,250 
1,130 
1,025 
790 
299 
$1,000 
11,464 
14,928 
6,528 
3,159 
1,244 
203 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
38 
57 
68 
94 
83 
118 
$1,000 
226 
139 
134 
112 
86 
47 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
65 
137 
174 
247 
319 
432 
$1,000 
265 
486 
406 
396 
339 
180 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
152 
237 
301 
256 
367 
167 
$1,000 
3,909 
2,462 
1,564 
702 
484 
90 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
78 
132 
172 
268 
331 
528 
$1,000 
365 
167 
292 
302 
237 
173 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
5 
8 
12 
3 
8 
5 
$1,000 
118 
(D) 
68 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
47 
75 
79 
107 
114 
112 
$1,000 
147 
262 
144 
155 
93 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
454 
630 
427 
316 
232 
2,949 
$1,000 
1,900 
2,164 
1,031 
805 
316 
9,761 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
53 
46 
40 
40 
16 
10 
$1,000 
233 
122 
91 
42 
8 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
169 
300 
251 
235 
207 
193 
$1,000 
1,145 
881 
469 
277 
142 
63 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
1,211 
2,608 
2,671 
2,630 
2,610 
10,523 
$1,000 
49,678 
57,346 
32,854 
25,168 
21,892 
112,125 
Average per farm 
dollars 
41,022 
21,989 
12,300 
9,569 
8,388 
10,655 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
910 
1,863 
1,713 
1,491 
1,307 
3,093 
$1,000 
5,440 
6,489 
3,359 
2,140 
1,320 
3,939 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
533 
1,415 
1,597 
1,438 
1,290 
3,005 
$5,000 to $24,999 
346 
443 
114 
51 
17 
79 
$25,000 to $49,999 
25 
4 
2 
2 
- 
6 
$50,000 or more 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
894 
1,563 
1,400 
1,144 
1,030 
2,726 
$1,000 
2,144 
1,454 
816 
467 
349 
1,729 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
773 
1,532 
1,386 
1,139 
1,027 
2,693 
$5,000 to $24,999 
114 
30 
14 
5 
3 
29 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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