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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
357 
617 
588 
551 
628 
2,050 
acres 
6,579 
5,532 
10,426 
4,615 
3,917 
16,521 
Irrigated land 
farms 
198 
343 
206 
101 
101 
64 
acres 
900 
805 
343 
221 
170 
175 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
197 
338 
200 
89 
93 
43 
acres 
(D) 
790 
313 
170 
137 
120 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
1 
6 
6 
14 
8 
21 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
(D) 
15 
30 
51 
33 
55 
Programs 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
11 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
329 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
70 
33 
13 
3 
11 
25 
acres 
984 
295 
24 
(D) 
(D) 
427 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
20 
43 
19 
12 
27 
12 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
304 
269 
45 
29 
40 
6 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,755 
$1,000 
384,044 
547,752 
511,864 
358,503 
365,353 
1,549,818 
Average per farm 
dollars 
790,213 
636,181 
618,193 
493,127 
402,371 
562,547 
Average per acre 
dollars 
9,715 
11,026 
10,126 
9,730 
10,969 
13,093 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
27 
80 
84 
43 
101 
225 
$50,000 to $99,999 
22 
52 
31 
50 
60 
106 
$100,000 to $199,999 
53 
84 
95 
79 
119 
311 
$200,000 to $499,999 
150 
305 
329 
296 
362 
1,133 
$500,000 to $999,999 
127 
213 
186 
178 
211 
664 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
60 
75 
70 
64 
42 
214 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
38 
38 
22 
17 
13 
79 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
9 
13 
8 
- 
- 
23 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1 
3 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
486 
861 
828 
727 
908 
2,751 
$1,000 
35,223 
36,943 
34,329 
20,817 
21,630 
87,532 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
34 
96 
146 
140 
261 
518 
$5,000 to $9,999 
36 
92 
89 
77 
119 
299 
$10,000 to $19,999 
54 
160 
123 
149 
205 
531 
$20,000 to $49,999 
136 
251 
272 
241 
182 
810 
$50,000 to $99,999 
104 
148 
95 
80 
105 
394 
$100,000 to $199,999 
65 
91 
76 
30 
27 
171 
$200,000 to $499,999 
55 
23 
27 
10 
9 
28 
$500,000 or more 
2 
- 
" 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
405 
645 
615 
533 
528 
1,695 
number 
811 
1,039 
980 
748 
697 
2,418 
Tractors, all 
farms 
412 
662 
652 
546 
603 
1,928 
number 
1,067 
1,476 
1,303 
1,064 
1,028 
3,407 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
265 
454 
452 
366 
459 
1,409 
number 
458 
730 
674 
566 
666 
2,056 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
270 
396 
352 
311 
244 
886 
number 
502 
677 
532 
459 
337 
1,227 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
75 
60 
62 
37 
24 
99 
number 
107 
69 
97 
39 
25 
124 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
6 
11 
number 
6 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
6 
11 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
9 
18 
13 
3 
6 
16 
number 
11 
23 
17 
4 
7 
18 
Hay balers 
farms 
118 
209 
229 
161 
177 
368 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
171 
274 
264 
195 
192 
415 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
285 
459 
322 
208 
214 
355 
acres treated 
5,514 
6,082 
3,226 
2,362 
1,641 
3,815 
Manure used 
farms 
97 
182 
167 
147 
113 
220 
acres treated 
2,350 
1,966 
1,267 
1,440 
610 
1,614 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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