Table 65. Summary by 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 
46,030 
830 
936 
1,046 
1,619 
2,220 
percent 
100.0 
1.8 
2.0 
2.3 
3.5 
4.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,302,444 
966,739 
741,789 
684,497 
889,053 
806,414 
Average size of farm 
acres 
180 
1,165 
793 
654 
549 
363 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
46,030 
830 
936 
1,046 
1,619 
2,220 
$1,000 
3,835,604 
1,988,378 
680,783 
386,515 
271,932 
165,475 
Average per farm 
dollars 
83,328 
2,395,636 
727,332 
369,517 
167,963 
74,538 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1 1 ,043 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,350 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,318 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,552 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,029 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,816 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,333 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,090 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,723 
- 
- 
- 
1,565 
130 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,060 
" 
- 
1,006 
54 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
944 
_ 
904 
40 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
862 
830 
32 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
685 
653 
32 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
123 
123 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
54 
54 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
46,030 
830 
936 
1,046 
1,619 
2,220 
$1,000 
3,753,287 
1,972,374 
664,912 
375,778 
262,785 
157,625 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,821 
427 
560 
549 
715 
604 
$1,000 
633,652 
289,399 
162,398 
82,986 
57,273 
20,554 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,629 
309 
403 
338 
387 
192 
$1,000 
588,884 
286,645 
158,688 
79,203 
51,194 
13,154 
Corn 
farms 
3,390 
369 
438 
433 
537 
432 
$1,000 
239,717 
112,883 
58,544 
30,901 
21,663 
8,136 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
911 
246 
275 
207 
160 
23 
$1,000 
206,972 
110,297 
54,912 
26,178 
14,055 
1,530 
Wheat 
farms 
1,589 
225 
280 
231 
284 
171 
$1,000 
92,333 
43,236 
25,317 
10,842 
7,560 
2,815 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
477 
175 
178 
83 
37 
4 
$1,000 
75,022 
41,984 
22,833 
7,414 
2,460 
331 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,492 
310 
394 
338 
403 
279 
$1,000 
286,085 
126,106 
74,983 
39,154 
26,378 
9,228 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,060 
242 
293 
241 
222 
62 
$1,000 
260,235 
124,794 
72,594 
37,127 
21,825 
3,896 
Sorghum 
farms 
180 
23 
40 
29 
30 
17 
$1,000 
2,557 
796 
688 
264 
505 
96 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
3 
5 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000 
918 
360 
298 
- 
260 
- 
Barley 
farms 
568 
110 
85 
104 
95 
66 
$1,000 
10,860 
5,542 
2,219 
1,532 
1,015 
225 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
37 
11 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,769 
4,614 
873 
281 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
266 
24 
42 
44 
34 
31 
$1,000 
2,101 
836 
648 
293 
152 
55 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,082 
691 
391 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
557 
26 
77 
79 
77 
81 
$1,000 
100,901 
23,998 
39,208 
21,384 
8,929 
4,327 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
25 
75 
71 
62 
50 
$1,000 
96,542 
(D) 
(D) 
21,243 
8,582 
3,608 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
265 
56 
76 
39 
20 
24 
$1,000 
67,875 
34,138 
21,691 
8,623 
1,635 
1,334 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
192 
54 
73 
36 
16 
13 
$1,000 
66,659 
(D) 
21,611 
8,493 
1,519 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,665 
53 
50 
70 
113 
113 
$1,000 
92,323 
59,659 
7,449 
6,603 
6,058 
3,626 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
162 
31 
21 
29 
46 
35 
$1,000 
79,857 
59,358 
7,060 
5,926 
5,145 
2,367 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,354 
21 
28 
50 
76 
79 
$1,000 
65,820 
36,858 
4,992 
7,376 
4,915 
3,252 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
132 
16 
12 
30 
35 
39 
$1,000 
55,782 
36,757 
4,858 
7,170 
4,273 
2,723 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
847 
19 
17 
34 
45 
56 
$1,000 
61,147 
36,669 
4,333 
6,265 
4,091 
3,078 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
15 
9 
27 
29 
39 
$1,000 
53,483 
36,599 
4,214 
6,201 
3,755 
2,715 
Berries 
farms 
621 
6 
16 
30 
40 
29 
$1,000 
4,673 
189 
659 
1,110 
824 
174 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
1 
3 
4 
6 
- 
$1,000 
2,034 
(D) 
(D) 
893 
441 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,417 
55 
56 
60 
137 
147 
$1,000 
251,871 
185,866 
22,133 
13,586 
14,235 
6,480 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
312 
48 
39 
46 
99 
80 
$1,000 
239,644 
185,718 
21,943 
13,295 
13,382 
5,306 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
