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 
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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,084 
340 
112 
91 
196 
449 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
633,296 
44,652 
19,835 
18,749 
29,690 
58,522 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
16,379 
620 
251 
211 
360 
523 
acres 
334,400 
36,813 
19,920 
10,724 
15,869 
21,848 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,973 
223 
101 
84 
136 
172 
acres 
159,239 
112,911 
20,150 
8,715 
6,342 
2,781 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,777 
221 
101 
84 
136 
167 
acres 
154,682 
112,450 
(D) 
8,671 
(D) 
2,685 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
251 
8 
5 
6 
2 
6 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
4,557 
461 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
96 
Programs 
farms 
2,627 
113 
62 
27 
52 
64 
acres 
137,515 
4,993 
4,271 
1,189 
3,030 
5,417 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
2,006 
371 
237 
217 
319 
236 
acres 
1,038,092 
577,202 
191,076 
106,121 
78,212 
38,215 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
34 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
25,266 
886 
381 
347 
583 
876 
$1,000 
14,818,960 
2,659,663 
931,552 
561,762 
697,629 
887,403 
Average per farm 
dollars 
586,518 
3,001,877 
2,445,018 
1,618,912 
1,196,619 
1,013,017 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,981 
2,582 
2,550 
2,486 
2,628 
2,781 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,619 
13 
6 
6 
15 
41 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,633 
16 
8 
2 
14 
37 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,809 
28 
14 
18 
27 
62 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,322 
121 
40 
59 
123 
280 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,783 
152 
60 
69 
201 
198 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,758 
169 
90 
99 
125 
166 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
970 
217 
122 
77 
61 
69 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
273 
123 
36 
15 
13 
14 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
99 
47 
5 
2 
4 
9 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
25,266 
886 
381 
347 
583 
876 
$1,000 
1,829,250 
544,618 
146,336 
98,175 
88,247 
84,568 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,188 
3 
4 
1 
6 
26 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,465 
2 
4 
2 
7 
24 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,565 
15 
14 
7 
26 
52 
$20,000 to $49,999 
7,966 
60 
21 
21 
66 
177 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,273 
129 
43 
45 
134 
290 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,107 
162 
49 
84 
182 
210 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,175 
187 
159 
137 
140 
85 
$500,000 or more 
527 
328 
87 
50 
22 
12 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
19,058 
879 
370 
339 
549 
771 
number 
35,491 
4,775 
1,447 
1,124 
1,529 
1,832 
Tractors, all 
farms 
21,038 
865 
365 
338 
553 
810 
number 
45,822 
4,661 
1,751 
1,277 
1,884 
2,530 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
11,025 
355 
166 
104 
226 
362 
number 
14,896 
745 
260 
152 
325 
521 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
14,744 
738 
304 
271 
420 
682 
number 
23,969 
2,134 
752 
582 
870 
1,391 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
3,787 
504 
263 
241 
359 
376 
number 
6,957 
1,782 
739 
543 
689 
618 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
1,987 
364 
205 
176 
233 
219 
number 
2,278 
482 
238 
199 
261 
241 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
680 
201 
117 
106 
118 
70 
number 
899 
284 
171 
132 
147 
79 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
273 
27 
19 
9 
16 
20 
number 
338 
33 
23 
10 
22 
24 
Hay balers 
farms 
5,353 
249 
93 
94 
155 
318 
number 
6,824 
328 
129 
130 
209 
461 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
