Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lincoln 
Lowndes 
Madison 
Marion 
Marshall 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Neshoba 
Farms 
number 
595 
413 
685 
552 
573 
726 
345 
677 
Land in farms 
acres 
108,599 
119,424 
203,066 
81,706 
203,319 
228,025 
97,262 
101,370 
Average size of farm 
acres 
183 
289 
296 
148 
355 
314 
282 
150 
Median size of farm 
acres 
105 
120 
100 
80 
132 
98 
160 
88 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
547,086 
613,637 
776,398 
438,998 
699,567 
549,209 
501,565 
461,393 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,997 
2,122 
2,619 
2,966 
1,972 
1,749 
1,779 
3,081 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
39,005 
37,026 
46,058 
41,652 
46,571 
55,994 
22,405 
53,548 
Average per farm 
dollars 
65,554 
89,653 
67,238 
75,456 
81,275 
77,127 
64,943 
79,095 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
39 
16 
31 
28 
20 
15 
10 
39 
1 0 to 49 acres 
142 
97 
191 
150 
127 
167 
44 
158 
50 to 1 79 acres 
229 
148 
231 
242 
206 
310 
142 
307 
1 80 to 499 acres 
150 
87 
133 
100 
132 
138 
98 
139 
500 to 999 acres 
28 
43 
59 
25 
49 
39 
32 
30 
1 ,000 acres or more 
7 
22 
40 
7 
39 
57 
19 
4 
Total cropland 
farms 
338 
325 
399 
300 
360 
542 
228 
405 
acres 
20,109 
57,259 
68,648 
18,183 
70,043 
99,597 
26,770 
20,567 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
291 
228 
232 
208 
262 
386 
168 
354 
acres 
13,393 
41,131 
44,561 
12,520 
57,389 
80,021 
21,294 
17,102 
Irrigated land 
farms 
17 
29 
16 
4 
29 
13 
7 
13 
acres 
180 
4,772 
148 
(D) 
3,488 
516 
688 
21 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
69,856 
43,066 
33,291 
97,307 
32,706 
55,227 
20,127 
246,475 
Average per farm 
dollars 
117,404 
104,277 
48,599 
176,282 
57,078 
76,070 
58,339 
364,070 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
3,210 
26,786 
27,487 
2,054 
27,520 
45,402 
10,967 
2,279 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
66,646 
16,280 
5,804 
95,253 
5,185 
9,824 
9,160 
244,197 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
221 
185 
429 
278 
283 
360 
177 
214 
$2,500 to $4,999 
62 
34 
74 
54 
71 
76 
45 
68 
$5,000 to $9,999 
90 
54 
46 
63 
43 
87 
32 
99 
$10,000 to $24,999 
96 
39 
51 
56 
82 
70 
45 
85 
$25,000 to $49,999 
47 
29 
30 
13 
31 
43 
8 
41 
$50,000 to $99,999 
24 
22 
9 
16 
19 
20 
13 
22 
$100,000 or more 
55 
50 
46 
72 
44 
70 
25 
148 
Government payments 
farms 
153 
197 
312 
209 
271 
398 
180 
110 
$1,000 
615 
1,478 
3,611 
1,259 
1,667 
2,655 
1,257 
249 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
176 
137 
217 
219 
165 
215 
106 
226 
$1,000 
2,787 
1,212 
2,444 
2,379 
1,839 
1,502 
1,075 
786 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
58,177 
36,201 
33,286 
83,256 
29,052 
38,498 
17,977 
184,500 
Average per farm 
dollars 
97,777 
87,654 
48,593 
150,826 
50,702 
53,027 
52,106 
272,527 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
595 
413 
685 
552 
573 
726 
345 
677 
$1,000 
15,081 
9,555 
6,059 
17,689 
7,160 
20,886 
4,482 
63,010 
Average per farm 
dollars 
25,345 
23,135 
8,845 
32,046 
12,495 
28,769 
12,991 
93,072 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
236 
125 
224 
269 
226 
296 
146 
353 
Other 
number 
359 
288 
461 
283 
347 
430 
199 
324 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
393 
291 
418 
304 
352 
499 
215 
406 
200 days or more 
number 
267 
210 
274 
188 
191 
348 
153 
255 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
360 
140 
236 
274 
248 
252 
158 
327 
number 
33,667 
10,127 
13,596 
18,804 
18,436 
21,211 
9,037 
18,732 
Beef cows 
farms 
314 
132 
228 
250 
233 
233 
142 
302 
number 
12,279 
5,283 
8,136 
9,271 
10,840 
1 1 ,595 
(D) 
12,055 
Milk cows 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
12 
4 
3 
1 
3 
number 
1,162 
- 
- 
1,248 
226 
120 
(D) 
86 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
311 
Ill 
187 
233 
190 
203 
131 
290 
number 
12,534 
5,662 
6,079 
9,315 
6,453 
6,835 
3,456 
9,174 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
9 
7 
6 
12 
9 
2 
2 
6 
number 
87 
(D) 
12 
47 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
53 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3 
4 
- 
9 
2 
4 
3 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
24 
(D) 
22 
39,006 
30 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
7 
1 
3 
3 
8 
10 
- 
1 
number 
104 
(D) 
103 
138 
222 
317 
- 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
45 
29 
32 
50 
41 
21 
9 
41 
number 
1,184 
1,015 
1,070 
465,165 
1,419 
466 
123 
239,243 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
31 
2 
1 
35 
- 
1 
- 
130 
number 
18,394,419 
(D) 
(D) 
20,997,567 
- 
(D) 
- 
71,465,634 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
- 
34 
39 
8 
27 
71 
32 
2 
acres 
- 
10,133 
12,260 
71 
4,888 
19,266 
3,280 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
1,615,350 
1,556,957 
2,343 
591,767 
1,778,247 
463,400 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
4 
10 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,040 
571 
- 
- 
77 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
17,832 
7,727 
- 
- 
184 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
6 
20 
10 
- 
17 
44 
- 
- 
acres 
500 
3,406 
1,898 
- 
3,546 
8,958 
- 
- 
bushels 
25,696 
160,888 
83,988 
- 
204,894 
492,686 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
6 
20 
10 
- 
17 
44 
- 
- 
acres 
500 
3,406 
1,898 
- 
3,546 
8,958 
- 
- 
bushels 
25,696 
160,888 
83,988 
- 
204,894 
492,686 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 231 
