Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
99,171 
1,904 
2,054 
2,965 
6,006 
7,726 
percent 
100.0 
1.9 
2.1 
3.0 
6.1 
7.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
28,266,137 
4,042,952 
3,216,205 
3,245,178 
4,049,074 
3,094,668 
Average size of farm 
acres 
285 
2,123 
1 ,566 
1,094 
674 
401 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
99,171 
1,904 
2,054 
2,965 
6,006 
7,726 
$1,000 
9,488,839 
4,627,227 
1,449,509 
1,057,752 
965,092 
548,302 
Average per farm 
dollars 
95,682 
2,430,266 
705,701 
356,746 
160,688 
70,968 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
15,856 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,641 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
10,739 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13,274 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
17,588 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11,418 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,726 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,726 
$100,000 to $249,999 
6,006 
- 
- 
- 
6,006 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,965 
- 
- 
2,965 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,054 
- 
2,054 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,904 
1,904 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,505 
1,505 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
297 
297 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
102 
102 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
99,171 
1,904 
2,054 
2,965 
6,006 
7,726 
$1,000 
9,164,886 
4,568,659 
1,409,480 
1,019,037 
920,977 
513,007 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
23,717 
1,309 
1,639 
2,358 
4,129 
4,087 
$1,000 
3,922,873 
1,644,351 
848,060 
618,307 
468,358 
201,811 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10,440 
1,187 
1,549 
2,182 
3,371 
2,151 
$1,000 
3,703,686 
1,641,946 
846,194 
614,989 
452,628 
147,928 
Corn 
farms 
15,522 
1,137 
1,480 
2,068 
3,352 
2,766 
$1,000 
1,519,966 
698,796 
339,582 
222,844 
155,429 
62,266 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,400 
1,009 
1,301 
1,565 
1,274 
251 
$1,000 
1,363,445 
696,357 
334,939 
210,361 
106,314 
15,474 
Wheat 
farms 
6,238 
551 
690 
878 
1,324 
1,059 
$1,000 
251,687 
90,948 
52,034 
43,395 
35,723 
16,243 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,264 
358 
364 
355 
173 
14 
$1,000 
175,041 
85,888 
44,013 
31,426 
12,918 
796 
Soybeans 
farms 
19,668 
1,240 
1,565 
2,234 
3,801 
3,573 
$1,000 
1,969,741 
720,868 
435,898 
335,759 
271,665 
120,206 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7,759 
1,107 
1,457 
1,998 
2,529 
668 
$1,000 
1,762,262 
718,297 
433,152 
329,636 
237,281 
43,896 
Sorghum 
farms 
747 
95 
66 
80 
140 
146 
$1,000 
21,383 
8,793 
3,169 
2,658 
3,154 
2,033 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
92 
39 
22 
15 
13 
3 
$1,000 
13,089 
7,871 
2,377 
1,739 
938 
164 
Barley 
farms 
51 
2 
5 
1 
26 
4 
$1,000 
290 
(D) 
112 
(D) 
109 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
385 
179 
72 
75 
19 
22 
$1,000 
151,731 
119,049 
16,294 
13,339 
1,831 
886 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
322 
173 
66 
63 
14 
6 
$1,000 
149,891 
118,867 
16,130 
12,895 
1,662 
336 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
638 
33 
29 
36 
107 
130 
$1,000 
5,993 
(D) 
970 
(D) 
446 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
23 
14 
4 
2 
3 
$1,000 
4,675 
3,654 
721 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
33 
2 
2 
1 
6 
1 
$1,000 
1,375 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,030 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
407 
190 
105 
58 
26 
13 
$1,000 
248,631 
193,464 
41,706 
10,058 
2,590 
552 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
361 
186 
98 
55 
18 
4 
$1,000 
247,351 
193,314 
41,424 
10,003 
2,339 
271 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,241 
42 
16 
29 
77 
158 
$1,000 
63,122 
42,767 
3,759 
2,364 
4,011 
3,095 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
112 
34 
10 
13 
36 
19 
$1,000 
53,010 
42,679 
3,697 
2,167 
3,364 
1,103 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,251 
18 
11 
21 
53 
118 
$1,000 
25,749 
10,212 
943 
1,675 
3,116 
2,459 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
68 
11 
5 
6 
22 
24 
$1,000 
16,695 
10,100 
904 
1,343 
2,794 
1,554 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
852 
16 
10 
20 
40 
71 
$1,000 
23,194 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,868 
2,161 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
61 
9 
5 
6 
21 
20 
$1,000 
15,643 
9,518 
902 
1,317 
2,584 
1,321 
Berries 
farms 
509 
5 
2 
3 
18 
54 
$1,000 
2,555 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
249 
298 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
813 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,009 
28 
24 
37 
104 
150 
$1,000 
88,135 
44,127 
12,125 
8,675 
9,544 
6,299 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
212 
24 
23 
30 
68 
67 
$1,000 
77,790 
44,078 
(D) 
8,505 
8,736 
(D) 
See tootnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
