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 
46,030 
862 
944 
1,060 
1,723 
2,333 
percent 
100.0 
1.9 
2.1 
2.3 
3.7 
5.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,302,444 
1,008,036 
734,186 
693,719 
907,016 
832,179 
Average size of farm 
acres 
180 
1,169 
778 
654 
526 
357 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
46,030 
862 
944 
1,060 
1,723 
2,333 
$1,000 
3,835,604 
2,022,113 
668,120 
380,180 
276,743 
164,703 
Average per farm 
dollars 
83,328 
2,345,839 
707,755 
358,660 
160,617 
70,597 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,333 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,723 
- 
- 
- 
1,723 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,060 
- 
1,060 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
944 
- 
944 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
862 
862 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
685 
685 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
123 
123 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
54 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
46,030 
862 
944 
1,060 
1,723 
2,333 
$1,000 
3,753,287 
2,003,255 
653,139 
368,905 
262,466 
155,601 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,821 
457 
559 
566 
742 
628 
$1,000 
633,652 
305,541 
153,199 
82,788 
53,653 
19,650 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,629 
337 
398 
350 
377 
167 
$1,000 
588,884 
302,743 
149,453 
78,920 
46,589 
11,179 
Corn 
farms 
3,390 
392 
439 
439 
539 
453 
$1,000 
239,717 
117,733 
56,139 
30,118 
20,533 
8,021 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
911 
266 
269 
207 
146 
23 
$1,000 
206,972 
115,084 
52,330 
25,342 
12,686 
1,530 
Wheat 
farms 
1,589 
248 
273 
243 
281 
181 
$1,000 
92,333 
47,064 
22,321 
11,151 
7,058 
2,379 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
477 
197 
164 
87 
28 
1 
$1,000 
75,022 
45,765 
19,746 
7,575 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,492 
337 
389 
351 
414 
293 
$1,000 
286,085 
133,334 
71,307 
39,297 
24,608 
8,791 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,060 
269 
285 
252 
207 
47 
$1,000 
260,235 
132,022 
68,844 
37,248 
19,307 
2,814 
Sorghum 
farms 
180 
24 
39 
32 
29 
19 
$1,000 
2,557 
799 
685 
409 
380 
112 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
3 
5 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
918 
360 
298 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Barley 
farms 
568 
115 
84 
106 
90 
76 
$1,000 
10,860 
5,729 
2,126 
1,538 
917 
269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
38 
10 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,769 
4,714 
773 
281 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
266 
29 
39 
43 
36 
39 
$1,000 
2,101 
882 
620 
276 
156 
79 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,082 
691 
391 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
557 
27 
80 
86 
87 
83 
$1,000 
100,901 
24,680 
40,204 
21,671 
8,322 
3,542 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
26 
78 
78 
66 
35 
$1,000 
96,542 
(D) 
(D) 
21,529 
7,855 
2,370 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
265 
72 
67 
32 
28 
17 
$1,000 
67,875 
39,545 
17,976 
6,931 
2,068 
912 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
192 
69 
65 
29 
21 
8 
$1,000 
66,659 
39,436 
(D) 
6,800 
1,874 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,665 
56 
48 
73 
115 
115 
$1,000 
92,323 
59,867 
7,273 
6,878 
5,969 
3,660 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
162 
33 
19 
31 
46 
33 
$1,000 
79,857 
59,536 
6,882 
6,181 
5,000 
2,257 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,354 
21 
29 
50 
79 
80 
$1,000 
65,820 
36,858 
5,369 
7,049 
4,974 
3,201 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
132 
16 
13 
30 
35 
38 
$1,000 
55,782 
36,757 
5,235 
6,843 
4,303 
2,643 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
847 
19 
18 
33 
49 
54 
$1,000 
61,147 
36,669 
4,710 
5,888 
4,185 
3,031 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
15 
10 
26 
30 
38 
$1,000 
53,483 
36,599 
4,591 
5,824 
3,835 
2,635 
Berries 
farms 
621 
6 
16 
31 
40 
31 
$1,000 
4,673 
189 
659 
1,160 
789 
170 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
1 
3 
5 
5 
- 
$1,000 
2,034 
(D) 
(D) 
943 
391 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,417 
55 
56 
63 
141 
141 
$1,000 
251,871 
185,866 
22,133 
13,613 
14,347 
6,343 
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 tootnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
