Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
71 
4 
2 
7 
17 
20 
21 
$1,000 
427 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
83 
142 
94 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
40 
- 
2 
2 
10 
9 
17 
$1,000 
179 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
64 
52 
48 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
31 
4 
- 
5 
7 
11 
4 
$1,000 
248 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
19 
90 
46 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
13,970 
40 
807 
1,601 
3,626 
4,140 
3,756 
$1,000 
80,096 
101 
4,599 
9,158 
20,463 
22,526 
23,248 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
141 
- 
6 
16 
38 
35 
46 
$1,000 
13,942 
- 
823 
1,483 
4,177 
3,068 
4,391 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
6 
1 
- 
4 
5 
$1,000 
7 
- 
1 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
22,401 
163 
1,869 
3,343 
6,698 
6,139 
4,189 
$1,000 
484,197 
2,134 
35,212 
62,731 
148,070 
133,489 
102,561 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,807 
3 
122 
242 
560 
511 
369 
$1,000 
236,670 
483 
16,225 
28,421 
74,864 
62,646 
54,031 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
254 
2 
20 
62 
77 
63 
30 
$1,000 
29,786 
(D) 
(D) 
2,207 
6,805 
4,423 
16,095 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
12 
24 
31 
18 
$1,000 
27,338 
- 
- 
1,423 
5,927 
4,070 
15,919 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
813 
2 
115 
196 
264 
159 
77 
$1,000 
42,649 
(D) 
1,608 
(D) 
19,085 
15,361 
5,430 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
49 
3 
3 
19 
19 
5 
$1,000 
40,465 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
18,424 
14,647 
5,220 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
2,172 
17 
231 
425 
723 
520 
256 
$1,000 
6,928 
36 
901 
1,295 
2,085 
1,505 
1,106 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,639 
24 
231 
463 
808 
698 
415 
$1,000 
12,491 
44 
799 
2,410 
3,765 
2,895 
2,578 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
8 
9 
7 
12 
$1,000 
2,676 
- 
- 
535 
729 
420 
992 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,513 
5 
238 
493 
888 
607 
282 
$1,000 
244,216 
2 
11,555 
28,795 
117,676 
30,818 
55,371 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
- 
7 
17 
63 
19 
13 
$1,000 
242,179 
- 
11,399 
28,489 
116,979 
30,191 
55,122 
Aquaculture 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
4 
13 
16 
4 
$1,000 
1,181 
- 
- 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
$1,000 
1,091 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
660 
3 
41 
116 
202 
208 
90 
$1,000 
2,865 
(Z) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
871 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
874 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
20,705 
84 
996 
2,140 
5,032 
5,960 
6,493 
$1,000 
106,112 
225 
3,393 
8,567 
24,268 
28,799 
40,861 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
1,732 
16 
200 
274 
522 
481 
239 
$1,000 
28,026 
292 
2,648 
4,217 
8,840 
7,032 
4,998 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
2,141 
14 
179 
421 
691 
607 
229 
$1,000 
5,333 
24 
409 
966 
1,717 
1,534 
682 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
55,383 
310 
3,535 
6,993 
14,889 
15,663 
13,993 
$1,000 
1,566,505 
6,556 
108,998 
203,260 
487,863 
399,751 
360,077 
Average per farm 
dollars 
28,285 
21,147 
30,834 
29,066 
32,767 
25,522 
25,733 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
22,936 
117 
1,693 
3,214 
6,628 
6,723 
4,561 
$1,000 
148,540 
943 
12,056 
18,509 
42,270 
41,088 
33,674 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
16,612 
69 
1,169 
2,369 
4,803 
4,894 
3,308 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,223 
43 
423 
725 
1,507 
1,531 
994 
$25,000 to $49,999 
654 
1 
75 
66 
188 
190 
134 
$50,000 or more 
447 
4 
26 
54 
130 
108 
125 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
18,202 
111 
1,367 
2,514 
5,277 
5,331 
3,602 
$1,000 
57,349 
325 
4,321 
7,009 
15,455 
14,321 
15,917 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
15,909 
92 
1,175 
2,211 
4,640 
4,692 
3,099 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,896 
15 
163 
255 
545 
549 
369 
$25,000 to $49,999 
227 
4 
23 
26 
53 
55 
66 
$50,000 or more 
170 
- 
6 
22 
39 
35 
68 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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