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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
18 
28 
34 
29 
83 
191 
$1,000 
(D) 
261 
165 
65 
121 
78 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
18 
28 
33 
28 
79 
185 
$1,000 
(D) 
261 
(D) 
(D) 
116 
74 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 
6 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
141 
238 
264 
222 
292 
409 
$1,000 
2,562 
2,470 
1,167 
635 
366 
218 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
29 
44 
46 
34 
50 
31 
$1,000 
389 
320 
153 
82 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
57 
100 
187 
161 
110 
44 
$1,000 
987 
652 
661 
373 
148 
26 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
45 
60 
83 
59 
61 
34 
$1,000 
226 
282 
139 
88 
70 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
30 
91 
101 
126 
142 
163 
$1,000 
240 
321 
282 
240 
149 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
78 
100 
113 
128 
27 
37 
$1,000 
1,860 
1,399 
623 
370 
35 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
68 
164 
169 
184 
225 
330 
$1,000 
269 
328 
211 
145 
161 
119 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
19 
22 
18 
11 
22 
39 
$1,000 
667 
316 
116 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
39 
91 
60 
43 
Ill 
87 
$1,000 
520 
400 
83 
55 
130 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
85 
96 
54 
23 
24 
155 
$1,000 
1,584 
548 
240 
97 
45 
1,197 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
14 
6 
26 
9 
5 
6 
$1,000 
28 
11 
15 
4 
2 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
175 
361 
365 
229 
291 
313 
$1,000 
2,376 
2,395 
970 
399 
276 
104 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,755 
$1,000 
31,353 
25,204 
22,102 
14,135 
12,267 
75,678 
Average per farm 
dollars 
64,512 
29,273 
26,694 
19,443 
13,510 
27,469 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
307 
561 
429 
301 
338 
585 
$1,000 
749 
840 
412 
294 
210 
762 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
275 
522 
414 
295 
336 
546 
$5,000 to $24,999 
30 
38 
15 
5 
2 
37 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
273 
422 
278 
176 
170 
360 
$1,000 
613 
421 
111 
61 
53 
313 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
245 
409 
277 
175 
170 
343 
$5,000 to $24,999 
26 
13 
1 
1 
- 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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