Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Prentiss 
Quitman 
Rankin 
Scott 
Sharkey 
Simpson 
Smith 
Stone 
Farms 
number 
504 
347 
670 
716 
128 
606 
637 
271 
Land in farms 
acres 
93,218 
208,672 
125,795 
115,121 
155,419 
109,529 
108,342 
45,670 
Average size of farm 
acres 
185 
601 
188 
161 
1,214 
181 
170 
169 
Median size of farm 
acres 
100 
170 
65 
86 
505 
90 
92 
70 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
290,214 
1,210,935 
561,387 
406,497 
2,782,795 
495,135 
502,821 
615,883 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,569 
2,014 
2,990 
2,528 
2,292 
2,739 
2,956 
3,655 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
23,133 
65,470 
43,821 
60,989 
58,347 
48,724 
47,435 
15,946 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,898 
188,674 
65,405 
85,181 
455,839 
80,403 
74,466 
58,841 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
10 
10 
60 
27 
- 
22 
35 
18 
1 0 to 49 acres 
115 
55 
231 
199 
21 
156 
141 
101 
50 to 1 79 acres 
231 
115 
204 
294 
19 
279 
298 
78 
1 80 to 499 acres 
115 
71 
117 
150 
23 
117 
132 
58 
500 to 999 acres 
19 
33 
37 
39 
25 
17 
18 
11 
1 ,000 acres or more 
14 
63 
21 
7 
40 
15 
13 
5 
Total cropland 
farms 
367 
275 
349 
432 
104 
337 
369 
166 
acres 
38,422 
155,813 
28,524 
27,825 
135,227 
28,157 
26,166 
7,541 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
208 
164 
286 
356 
77 
261 
334 
134 
acres 
26,854 
130,988 
22,629 
20,918 
122,300 
16,045 
19,787 
4,902 
Irrigated land 
farms 
6 
92 
14 
11 
43 
14 
14 
9 
acres 
15 
68,736 
49 
67 
61,036 
1,170 
126 
118 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
15,541 
85,060 
111,213 
270,841 
108,156 
202,445 
251,063 
10,680 
Average per farm 
dollars 
30,835 
245,131 
165,989 
378,269 
844,969 
334,068 
394,134 
39,410 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
12,996 
(D) 
9,144 
4,696 
103,932 
6,871 
7,574 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
2,545 
(D) 
102,069 
266,145 
4,224 
195,574 
243,489 
(D) 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
280 
186 
316 
269 
46 
216 
190 
121 
$2,500 to $4,999 
49 
9 
89 
77 
- 
45 
65 
23 
$5,000 to $9,999 
56 
18 
48 
74 
3 
77 
69 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
47 
16 
67 
100 
14 
85 
87 
47 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
11 
43 
49 
2 
46 
43 
20 
$50,000 to $99,999 
16 
22 
25 
26 
5 
7 
18 
14 
$100,000 or more 
28 
85 
82 
121 
58 
130 
165 
7 
Government payments 
farms 
350 
317 
137 
145 
113 
101 
75 
49 
$1,000 
966 
8,654 
829 
476 
3,767 
396 
427 
298 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
148 
132 
177 
177 
67 
188 
180 
61 
$1,000 
1,016 
2,465 
1,895 
2,483 
1,518 
1,923 
1,972 
544 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
1 1 ,264 
67,513 
85,026 
217,247 
76,989 
156,163 
191,107 
13,714 
Average per farm 
dollars 
22,349 
194,562 
126,905 
303,418 
601,477 
257,694 
300,012 
50,604 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
504 
347 
670 
716 
128 
606 
637 
271 
$1,000 
6,258 
28,666 
28,911 
56,552 
36,451 
48,601 
62,355 
-2,191 
Average per farm 
dollars 
12,417 
82,611 
43,150 
78,984 
284,776 
80,200 
97,889 
-8,087 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
162 
136 
289 
369 
79 
328 
395 
114 
Other 
number 
342 
211 
381 
347 
49 
278 
242 
157 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
280 
198 
401 
459 
47 
299 
325 
183 
200 days or more 
number 
191 
122 
291 
330 
26 
197 
256 
110 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
169 
3 
318 
378 
2 
284 
353 
155 
number 
6,602 
(D) 
17,954 
21,222 
(D) 
18,534 
20,939 
11,125 
Beef cows 
farms 
162 
3 
277 
351 
2 
253 
330 
136 
number 
4,113 
87 
9,266 
12,396 
(D) 
9,001 
12,150 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
4 
- 
5 
4 
4 
- 
2 
number 
127 
- 
391 
862 
- 
218 
- 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
144 
1 
265 
325 
1 
250 
302 
123 
number 
3,211 
(D) 
8,897 
10,771 
(D) 
15,798 
8,649 
5,662 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
11 
3 
8 
21 
7 
number 
- 
- 
108 
33 
- 
(D) 
439 
59 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
3 
12 
- 
number 
- 
- 
76 
- 
- 
(D) 
320 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
14 
- 
9 
5 
- 
20 
11 
21 
number 
460 
- 
349 
104 
- 
309 
264 
457 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
25 
- 
49 
41 
3 
52 
38 
42 
number 
578 
- 
102,063 
147,970 
21 
475,909 
(D) 
691 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
3 
- 
44 
94 
- 
94 
145 
- 
number 
38 
- 
28,252,000 
62,600,500 
- 
52,363,235 
76,924,868 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12 
33 
12 
13 
41 
13 
12 
6 
acres 
739 
12,870 
1,407 
398 
39,846 
2,658 
834 
56 
bushels 
52,200 
2,086,070 
166,214 
53,884 
7,597,395 
276,504 
132,782 
3,665 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
3 
- 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
tons 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
8 
37 
3 
- 
27 
5 
4 
2 
acres 
1,826 
8,227 
426 
- 
9,020 
1,265 
650 
(D) 
bushels 
90,391 
385,899 
15,870 
- 
485,891 
68,633 
29,690 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
8 
37 
3 
- 
27 
5 
4 
2 
acres 
1,826 
8,227 
426 
- 
9,020 
1,265 
650 
(D) 
bushels 
90,391 
385,899 
15,870 
- 
485,891 
68,633 
29,690 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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