Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,755 
percent 
6.3 
11.1 
10.7 
9.4 
11.7 
35.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,531 
49,680 
50,550 
36,844 
33,307 
118,370 
Average size of farm 
acres 
81 
58 
61 
51 
37 
43 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,755 
$1,000 
18,244 
14,287 
6,051 
2,695 
1,536 
1,866 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,539 
16,594 
7,308 
3,707 
1,692 
677 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2,629 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
890 
43 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
715 
16 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
797 
3 
2 
33 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
834 
30 
9 
- 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
455 
26 
1 
- 
- 
11 
$50,000 to $99,999 
23 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,755 
$1,000 
16,660 
13,739 
5,811 
2,598 
1,491 
669 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
18 
16 
14 
5 
3 
12 
$1,000 
191 
(D) 
29 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
16 
10 
13 
3 
3 
6 
$1,000 
173 
67 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1 
4 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
121 
269 
275 
133 
Ill 
101 
$1,000 
2,025 
2,557 
1,225 
332 
151 
42 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
176 
275 
134 
52 
45 
50 
$1,000 
3,750 
2,351 
531 
147 
63 
27 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
59 
60 
44 
18 
20 
7 
$1,000 
942 
518 
179 
(D) 
32 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
144 
238 
109 
40 
27 
50 
$1,000 
2,809 
1,833 
352 
(D) 
32 
26 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
129 
242 
149 
57 
44 
20 
$1,000 
3,111 
2,295 
579 
97 
69 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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