Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
149 
133 
9 
7 
93 
56 
$1,000 
1,790 
1,663 
104 
23 
896 
894 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
6 
1 
- 
3 
4 
$1,000 
761 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
282 
479 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
91 
82 
5 
4 
58 
33 
$1,000 
666 
609 
(D) 
(D) 
289 
377 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
60 
51 
6 
3 
37 
23 
$1,000 
1,124 
1,054 
(D) 
(D) 
607 
517 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
4 
1 
3 
2 
$1,000 
581 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
5,224 
3,373 
1,662 
189 
3,268 
1,956 
$1,000 
176,190 
39,375 
123,603 
13,212 
93,336 
82,854 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
527 
94 
386 
47 
311 
216 
$1,000 
146,858 
23,560 
111,460 
11,837 
74,474 
72,383 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
5,778 
3,417 
2,137 
224 
3,713 
2,065 
$1,000 
92,352 
41,661 
47,663 
3,027 
57,332 
35,020 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
288 
96 
179 
13 
158 
130 
$1,000 
46,080 
19,530 
25,133 
1,417 
27,321 
18,759 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
75 
18 
50 
7 
27 
48 
$1,000 
56,008 
12,800 
38,770 
4,438 
21,790 
34,218 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
65 
16 
44 
5 
22 
43 
$1,000 
55,773 
(D) 
38,607 
(D) 
21,651 
34,122 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
571 
386 
143 
42 
306 
265 
$1,000 
93,527 
75,060 
18,262 
206 
61,373 
32,154 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
53 
39 
14 
- 
36 
17 
$1,000 
92,387 
74,515 
17,871 
- 
60,773 
31,613 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,440 
1,130 
253 
57 
742 
698 
$1,000 
2,477 
1,904 
(D) 
(D) 
1,354 
1,124 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
1,601 
1,280 
271 
50 
708 
893 
$1,000 
16,406 
11,164 
4,535 
707 
6,267 
10,139 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
76 
43 
29 
4 
29 
47 
$1,000 
6,393 
3,067 
2,921 
405 
1,963 
4,430 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,210 
1,651 
493 
66 
1,028 
1,182 
$1,000 
1,476,817 
944,686 
518,925 
13,206 
746,940 
729,877 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
634 
386 
239 
9 
325 
309 
$1,000 
1,475,032 
943,438 
518,622 
12,972 
746,028 
729,004 
Aquaculture 
farms 
57 
42 
9 
6 
34 
23 
$1,000 
5,138 
1,390 
(D) 
(D) 
1,915 
3,222 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
3 
3 
4 
7 
3 
$1,000 
4,799 
1,106 
(D) 
(D) 
1,784 
3,014 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
601 
469 
119 
13 
267 
334 
$1,000 
3,786 
1,688 
2,046 
52 
1,640 
2,147 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
17 
8 
9 
- 
6 
11 
$1,000 
2,829 
945 
1,884 
- 
1,155 
1,674 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
6,788 
4,483 
1,980 
325 
4,636 
2,152 
$1,000 
46,616 
17,443 
26,249 
2,924 
27,047 
19,569 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
287 
- 
241 
46 
173 
114 
$1,000 
5,157 
- 
4,003 
1,154 
2,671 
2,486 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,581 
1,129 
335 
117 
772 
809 
$1,000 
27,375 
4,803 
20,518 
2,054 
12,615 
14,760 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
25,266 
19,169 
5,055 
1,042 
15,502 
9,764 
$1,000 
2,575,752 
1,141,707 
1,317,802 
116,244 
1,273,812 
1,301,941 
Average per farm 
dollars 
101,945 
59,560 
260,693 
111,559 
82,171 
133,341 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
12,682 
8,139 
3,837 
706 
7,536 
5,146 
$1,000 
196,212 
34,461 
144,649 
17,102 
99,718 
96,494 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
9,768 
7,267 
2,050 
451 
5,676 
4,092 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,741 
681 
932 
128 
1,142 
599 
$25,000 to $49,999 
358 
97 
223 
38 
251 
107 
$50,000 or more 
815 
94 
632 
89 
467 
348 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
11,277 
7,070 
3,540 
667 
6,554 
4,723 
$1,000 
146,452 
18,877 
114,154 
13,421 
71,639 
74,813 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
9,494 
6,615 
2,406 
473 
5,451 
4,043 
$5,000 to $24,999 
863 
324 
441 
98 
541 
322 
$25,000 to $49,999 
302 
66 
196 
40 
220 
82 
$50,000 or more 
618 
65 
497 
56 
342 
276 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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