Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
110 
93 
9 
8 
61 
49 
$1,000 
1,570 
1,150 
(D) 
(D) 
1,033 
537 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
53 
46 
- 
7 
31 
22 
$1,000 
371 
330 
- 
41 
146 
225 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
58 
48 
9 
1 
31 
27 
$1,000 
1,199 
820 
(D) 
(D) 
887 
312 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
6,318 
4,035 
2,051 
232 
3,944 
2,374 
$1,000 
134,853 
34,298 
72,312 
28,243 
72,014 
62,839 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
277 
65 
164 
48 
158 
119 
$1,000 
88,320 
8,303 
53,142 
26,875 
42,908 
45,412 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
13,178 
7,846 
4,630 
702 
8,286 
4,892 
$1,000 
332,491 
115,566 
203,254 
13,671 
211,603 
120,887 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,031 
326 
649 
56 
611 
420 
$1,000 
207,057 
50,541 
148,713 
7,804 
132,821 
74,237 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
159 
79 
73 
7 
87 
72 
$1,000 
42,690 
20,278 
20,543 
1,869 
18,650 
24,040 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
120 
53 
61 
6 
59 
61 
$1,000 
41,915 
(D) 
20,351 
(D) 
18,057 
23,858 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
306 
195 
95 
16 
178 
128 
$1,000 
141,139 
46,251 
94,857 
31 
94,102 
47,037 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
39 
29 
10 
- 
20 
19 
$1,000 
140,682 
45,953 
94,729 
- 
93,790 
46,893 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
994 
809 
144 
41 
441 
553 
$1,000 
2,306 
1,833 
(D) 
(D) 
1,072 
1,234 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
1,903 
1,337 
462 
104 
925 
978 
$1,000 
10,013 
6,182 
3,406 
425 
4,480 
5,533 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
27 
12 
15 
- 
11 
16 
$1,000 
2,031 
773 
1,258 
- 
858 
1,173 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,742 
2,137 
560 
45 
1,342 
1,400 
$1,000 
2,744,048 
2,109,558 
619,553 
14,937 
1,382,581 
1,361,466 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,625 
1,253 
363 
9 
830 
795 
$1,000 
2,742,601 
2,108,336 
619,356 
14,909 
1,381,906 
1,360,694 
Aquaculture 
farms 
303 
166 
98 
39 
185 
118 
$1,000 
185,241 
72,073 
97,179 
15,989 
78,320 
106,921 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
216 
103 
84 
29 
136 
80 
$1,000 
184,147 
71,634 
96,730 
15,782 
77,727 
106,419 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
479 
374 
82 
23 
224 
255 
$1,000 
9,523 
4,001 
(D) 
(D) 
2,822 
6,701 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
19 
10 
7 
2 
7 
12 
$1,000 
8,255 
2,954 
(D) 
(D) 
2,195 
6,060 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
16,498 
11,647 
3,599 
1,252 
1 1 ,027 
5,471 
$1,000 
181,205 
61,335 
67,841 
52,029 
98,051 
83,154 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
856 
- 
649 
207 
559 
297 
$1,000 
47,089 
- 
28,507 
18,583 
21,362 
25,728 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
1,206 
905 
239 
62 
602 
604 
$1,000 
4,284 
2,485 
1,417 
382 
2,345 
1,939 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' 
farms 
38,076 
27,734 
7,963 
2,379 
23,705 
14,371 
$1,000 
5,158,725 
2,239,245 
1,903,028 
1,016,451 
2,495,721 
2,663,004 
Average per farm 
dollars 
135,485 
80,740 
238,984 
427,260 
105,282 
185,304 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
17,951 
10,815 
5,576 
1,560 
10,583 
7,368 
$1,000 
353,175 
41,378 
180,171 
131,625 
166,363 
186,811 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,298 
9,482 
3,124 
692 
7,789 
5,509 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,671 
1,120 
1,303 
248 
1,703 
968 
$25,000 to $49,999 
542 
113 
294 
135 
343 
199 
$50,000 or more 
1,440 
100 
855 
485 
748 
692 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
16,025 
9,405 
5,060 
1,560 
9,283 
6,742 
$1,000 
319,017 
23,998 
151,419 
143,600 
129,739 
189,278 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,121 
8,870 
3,539 
712 
7,553 
5,568 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,138 
375 
573 
190 
795 
343 
$25,000 to $49,999 
483 
90 
249 
144 
312 
171 
$50,000 or more 
1,283 
70 
699 
514 
623 
660 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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