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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
16 
28 
12 
28 
40 
12 
$1,000 
334 
368 
66 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
7 
11 
10 
22 
22 
12 
$1,000 
71 
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 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
368 
860 
780 
788 
716 
713 
$1,000 
6,601 
7,662 
3,917 
2,203 
1,032 
361 
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 
523 
1,249 
1,123 
996 
782 
284 
$1,000 
11,645 
14,444 
6,331 
(D) 
1,214 
192 
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 
40 
58 
77 
94 
87 
102 
$1,000 
231 
139 
150 
103 
84 
37 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
65 
145 
185 
244 
321 
412 
$1,000 
265 
498 
419 
(D) 
334 
171 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
150 
247 
299 
253 
365 
164 
$1,000 
3,906 
2,474 
1,563 
697 
480 
87 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
81 
136 
180 
272 
333 
507 
$1,000 
366 
170 
305 
295 
236 
164 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
5 
10 
10 
3 
8 
5 
$1,000 
118 
(D) 
52 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
50 
77 
82 
99 
116 
110 
$1,000 
149 
263 
144 
153 
93 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
528 
772 
796 
869 
1,199 
784 
$1,000 
2,615 
3,583 
2,846 
2,350 
1,695 
384 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
54 
49 
40 
37 
18 
7 
$1,000 
235 
124 
93 
36 
8 
(Z) 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
175 
299 
257 
232 
206 
185 
$1,000 
1,168 
874 
458 
267 
139 
62 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
$1,000 
51,058 
59,642 
38,346 
30,277 
29,241 
87,099 
Average per farm 
dollars 
39,734 
21,688 
12,614 
9,512 
8,175 
10,421 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
947 
1,905 
1,785 
1,530 
1,378 
2,791 
$1,000 
5,400 
6,413 
3,356 
2,137 
1,411 
3,412 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
561 
1,473 
1,678 
1,475 
1,355 
2,721 
$5,000 to $24,999 
361 
427 
105 
53 
22 
64 
$25,000 to $49,999 
21 
4 
2 
2 
1 
5 
$50,000 or more 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
932 
1,614 
1,497 
1,190 
1,147 
2,341 
$1,000 
2,123 
1,500 
850 
524 
510 
1,137 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
817 
1,583 
1,482 
1,183 
1,136 
2,324 
$5,000 to $24,999 
108 
30 
15 
7 
11 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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