Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
percent 
5.1 
10.9 
12.0 
12.6 
14.2 
33.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
(D) 
532,957 
(D) 
400,479 
347,539 
727,264 
Average size of farm 
acres 
(D) 
194 
(D) 
126 
97 
87 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
$1,000 
44,863 
43,205 
21,327 
11,269 
5,836 
1,550 
Average per farm 
dollars 
34,913 
15,711 
7,015 
3,540 
1,632 
185 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
8,358 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,577 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
3,183 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,040 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,750 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,285 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
$1,000 
42,248 
39,621 
18,480 
8,918 
4,141 
1,165 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
324 
447 
423 
266 
207 
115 
$1,000 
8,073 
4,734 
2,291 
723 
270 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
223 
300 
299 
185 
146 
100 
$1,000 
3,601 
2,335 
1,324 
461 
177 
46 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
101 
106 
63 
32 
26 
4 
$1,000 
1,107 
714 
184 
59 
28 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
187 
168 
157 
64 
32 
8 
$1,000 
3,042 
1,520 
719 
150 
45 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
12 
14 
8 
7 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
17 
- 
(□) 
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 
58 
54 
43 
35 
24 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
50 
37 
20 
(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 
30 
34 
19 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
764 
461 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
171 
303 
292 
226 
92 
24 
$1,000 
4,019 
3,726 
1,718 
668 
140 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
123 
257 
181 
173 
88 
73 
$1,000 
2,831 
2,652 
916 
456 
134 
41 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
92 
199 
115 
113 
65 
39 
$1,000 
2,174 
2,063 
591 
321 
98 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
46 
84 
80 
75 
32 
36 
$1,000 
657 
589 
324 
135 
35 
22 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
104 
146 
87 
38 
32 
15 
$1,000 
2,827 
1,902 
501 
91 
46 
6 
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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