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 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
719 
1,712 
1,655 
1,674 
1,764 
5,372 
acres 
70,938 
110,388 
60,531 
46,589 
37,414 
135,988 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
820 
1,827 
1,945 
2,018 
2,336 
5,468 
acres 
(D) 
39,735 
(D) 
39,662 
33,970 
64,061 
Irrigated land 
farms 
187 
308 
252 
149 
137 
224 
acres 
2,350 
1,854 
1,017 
676 
636 
1,807 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
179 
291 
235 
129 
102 
132 
acres 
2,133 
1,488 
821 
563 
(D) 
562 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
14 
25 
20 
22 
39 
104 
acres 
217 
366 
196 
113 
(D) 
1,245 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
90 
212 
333 
521 
798 
355 
acres 
8,660 
18,380 
27,561 
30,810 
27,517 
5,687 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
229 
177 
111 
35 
26 
48 
acres 
24,679 
14,020 
4,638 
1,154 
607 
2,168 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
7 
2 
12 
3 
1 
4 
$1,000 
123 
(D) 
36 
9 
(D) 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
$1,000 
968,504 
1,651,518 
1,304,172 
1,255,001 
1,127,423 
2,774,333 
Average per farm 
dollars 
753,699 
600,552 
429,004 
394,282 
315,187 
331,937 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,063 
3,099 
2,959 
3,134 
3,244 
3,815 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
71 
176 
331 
396 
508 
1,056 
$50,000 to $99,999 
70 
183 
363 
422 
457 
1,061 
$100,000 to $199,999 
186 
456 
603 
622 
843 
1,950 
$200,000 to $499,999 
410 
947 
1,080 
1,155 
1,217 
2,890 
$500,000 to $999,999 
295 
590 
439 
372 
382 
1,025 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
154 
265 
155 
158 
117 
260 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
81 
107 
59 
37 
51 
89 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
13 
18 
6 
16 
- 
19 
$10,000,000 or more 
5 
8 
4 
5 
2 
8 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
1,285 
2,750 
3,040 
3,183 
3,577 
8,358 
$1,000 
95,258 
153,076 
120,447 
115,936 
103,840 
278,750 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
73 
123 
187 
309 
507 
949 
$5,000 to $9,999 
53 
163 
284 
316 
476 
1,134 
$10,000 to $19,999 
117 
341 
623 
700 
854 
1,816 
$20,000 to $49,999 
374 
1,030 
1,106 
1,176 
1,158 
2,777 
$50,000 to $99,999 
365 
613 
595 
472 
416 
1,171 
$100,000 to $199,999 
208 
371 
189 
141 
126 
385 
$200,000 to $499,999 
81 
106 
50 
68 
39 
123 
$500,000 or more 
14 
3 
6 
1 
1 
3 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
1,086 
2,305 
2,327 
2,184 
2,365 
5,883 
number 
2,245 
4,024 
3,571 
3,165 
3,291 
8,488 
Tractors, all 
farms 
1,184 
2,482 
2,613 
2,559 
2,707 
6,562 
number 
3,196 
5,848 
5,237 
4,546 
4,393 
10,499 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
572 
1,212 
1,409 
1,361 
1,594 
3,664 
number 
813 
1,684 
1,900 
1,820 
1,989 
4,687 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
938 
2,040 
1,949 
1,756 
1,690 
3,956 
number 
1,859 
3,578 
2,937 
2,452 
2,193 
5,221 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
340 
462 
335 
240 
182 
485 
number 
524 
586 
400 
274 
211 
591 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
204 
207 
126 
80 
59 
114 
number 
218 
222 
134 
88 
68 
127 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
28 
19 
19 
2 
- 
- 
number 
35 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
18 
45 
31 
26 
18 
44 
number 
24 
61 
35 
28 
24 
54 
Hay balers 
farms 
476 
1,036 
800 
628 
513 
991 
number 
661 
1,333 
994 
768 
631 
1,180 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Carolina 119 
