Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,302 
6,164 
5,871 
4,682 
4,437 
11,015 
acres 
777,501 
897,618 
544,010 
327,313 
246,020 
813,318 
Partnership 
farms 
270 
411 
323 
196 
165 
576 
acres 
63,723 
74,673 
38,329 
19,055 
10,672 
98,836 
Registered under state law 
farms 
177 
259 
225 
122 
89 
435 
acres 
39,522 
41,538 
25,325 
12,696 
4,886 
78,993 
Corporation 
farms 
234 
313 
198 
143 
122 
596 
acres 
50,353 
49,278 
24,939 
13,102 
12,020 
102,169 
Family held 
farms 
208 
277 
169 
129 
108 
495 
acres 
47,816 
44,630 
21,402 
10,865 
10,300 
84,793 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
3 
4 
5 
2 
11 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
206 
274 
165 
124 
106 
484 
Other than family held 
farms 
26 
36 
29 
14 
14 
101 
acres 
2,537 
4,648 
3,537 
2,237 
1,720 
17,376 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
7 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
22 
29 
29 
12 
14 
101 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
31 
52 
44 
42 
40 
152 
acres 
11,786 
7,738 
4,420 
4,502 
3,804 
18,773 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,398 
1,823 
1,371 
903 
762 
2,210 
workers 
4,147 
4,706 
3,493 
2,206 
1,965 
6,182 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
393 
418 
331 
181 
186 
852 
workers 
789 
689 
593 
549 
545 
2,013 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,154 
1,562 
1,170 
760 
632 
1,618 
workers 
3,358 
4,017 
2,900 
1,657 
1,420 
4,169 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
21 
7 
12 
10 
28 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
7 
1 
3 
- 
12 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,819 
3,294 
2,906 
2,412 
2,404 
5,897 
workers 
4,353 
7,373 
6,479 
5,498 
5,485 
13,181 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
91 
266 
348 
413 
711 
1,324 
1 0 to 49 acres 
425 
1,263 
2,084 
2,232 
2,305 
5,651 
50 to 69 acres 
224 
635 
887 
707 
590 
1,350 
70 to 99 acres 
298 
899 
963 
626 
429 
1,254 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
439 
1,072 
901 
479 
330 
976 
140 to 1 79 acres 
382 
812 
475 
231 
140 
520 
180 to 219 acres 
359 
612 
296 
121 
88 
379 
220 to 259 acres 
315 
371 
171 
96 
43 
191 
260 to 499 acres 
972 
815 
252 
122 
103 
461 
500 to 999 acres 
293 
162 
39 
28 
21 
149 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
32 
31 
17 
6 
3 
72 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
2 
3 
2 
1 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
342 
277 
219 
119 
77 
52 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
108 
159 
177 
151 
76 
33 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
94 
189 
170 
114 
77 
281 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
139 
342 
181 
123 
156 
206 
Other crop farming (1119) 
610 
1,385 
1,702 
1,515 
1,706 
3,821 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
49 
60 
26 
10 
3 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
5 
11 
12 
3 
2 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
556 
1,314 
1,664 
1,502 
1,701 
3,816 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,172 
3,894 
3,284 
2,259 
1,433 
2,720 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
70 
129 
34 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
16 
4 
4 
- 
- 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
14 
22 
38 
44 
42 
125 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
27 
42 
41 
195 
538 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
25 
89 
129 
231 
349 
725 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
242 
423 
456 
466 
653 
3,794 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,743 
4,791 
3,977 
2,584 
1,786 
3,498 
number 
206,546 
211,235 
94,489 
41,447 
22,408 
72,077 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
86 
275 
726 
867 
977 
1,693 
10 to 49 
834 
2,960 
2,966 
1,639 
774 
1,520 
50 to 99 
1,115 
1,289 
252 
75 
24 
188 
1 00 to 1 99 
645 
230 
26 
2 
5 
59 
200 to 499 
62 
37 
7 
1 
6 
32 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,414 
4,324 
3,450 
2,259 
1,467 
2,684 
number 
109,077 
114,758 
51,978 
23,884 
11,219 
30,871 
Beef cows 
farms 
2,394 
4,309 
3,426 
2,231 
1,419 
2,616 
number 
108,671 
114,308 
51,676 
23,707 
10,999 
30,637 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
149 
435 
1,024 
1,232 
1,032 
1,530 
10 to 49 
1,323 
3,468 
2,358 
990 
379 
1,034 
50 to 99 
795 
375 
41 
8 
7 
42 
100 to 199 
123 
31 
3 
1 
1 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 99 
