Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
LAND USE - Con. 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
198 
160 
92 
198 
64 
24 
7 
acres 
4,245 
5,074 
2,582 
10,428 
5,038 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
50 
56 
30 
47 
19 
11 
2 
acres 
(D) 
2,168 
(D) 
2,533 
2,391 
2,624 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
50 
56 
29 
47 
19 
11 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,533 
2,391 
2,624 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
" 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
75 
- 
(D) 
" 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
22 
38 
23 
57 
29 
14 
1 
acres 
1,088 
2,800 
2,605 
5,785 
5,170 
4,923 
(D) 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
3 
5 
- 
9 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
953 
" 
4,598 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
241 
197 
108 
269 
81 
25 
7 
$1,000 
330,160 
307,835 
200,656 
558,689 
329,585 
149,389 
162,556 
Average per farm 
... dollars 
1,369,957 
1,562,614 
1,857,925 
2,076,909 
4,068,955 
5,975,571 
23,222,318 
Average per acre 
... dollars 
8,749 
7,898 
7,707 
6,061 
6,389 
4,862 
4,753 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
56 
35 
13 
23 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
80 
77 
29 
79 
9 
1 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
45 
27 
37 
77 
28 
6 
_ 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
39 
34 
16 
61 
26 
8 
3 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
13 
15 
12 
28 
10 
7 
1 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
1 
1 
1 
7 
3 
3 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
241 
197 
108 
269 
81 
25 
7 
$1,000 
22,898 
23,970 
14,293 
40,503 
26,675 
11,806 
1,378 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
22 
1 
4 
2 
2 
1 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8 
2 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
32 
33 
3 
27 
1 
- 
1 
$20,000 to $49,999 
55 
27 
35 
58 
7 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
47 
48 
17 
52 
12 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
44 
53 
25 
49 
14 
4 
5 
$200,000 to $499,999 
26 
27 
18 
57 
25 
12 
- 
$500,000 or more 
7 
6 
6 
20 
20 
8 
1 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
207 
183 
98 
218 
74 
24 
7 
number 
511 
497 
262 
789 
337 
187 
71 
Tractors, all 
farms 
214 
186 
101 
254 
77 
25 
7 
number 
668 
770 
351 
997 
414 
147 
35 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
123 
140 
56 
137 
42 
9 
1 
number 
227 
327 
104 
268 
99 
26 
(D) 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
162 
157 
91 
212 
72 
20 
6 
number 
356 
396 
213 
547 
208 
73 
19 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
52 
29 
21 
103 
49 
17 
5 
number 
85 
47 
34 
182 
107 
48 
(D) 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
1 
1 
2 
8 
9 
2 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
11 
(D) 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
8 
11 
2 
21 
13 
4 
- 
number 
8 
19 
(D) 
22 
14 
5 
- 
Hay balers 
farms 
111 
95 
56 
143 
58 
15 
5 
number 
142 
128 
77 
204 
84 
24 
7 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
95 
115 
69 
151 
63 
19 
4 
acres treated 
4,432 
6,991 
5,214 
16,563 
15,095 
(D) 
(D) 
Manure used 
farms 
52 
48 
19 
82 
27 
7 
2 
acres treated 
1,395 
1,439 
(D) 
6,468 
3,406 
2,526 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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