Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
256 
213 
209 
43 
43 
115 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,606 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
529 
433 
423 
96 
94 
191 
acres 
33,242 
18,561 
12,372 
14,681 
(D) 
9,205 
Irrigated land 
farms 
340 
282 
276 
58 
56 
89 
acres 
10,775 
7,701 
7,192 
3,074 
(D) 
1,042 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
320 
262 
256 
58 
56 
89 
acres 
(D) 
7,552 
7,043 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
24 
22 
22 
2 
2 
1 
acres 
(D) 
149 
149 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
148 
133 
127 
15 
13 
21 
acres 
11,913 
9,266 
8,781 
2,647 
(D) 
1,015 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
25 
18 
17 
7 
7 
7 
$1,000 
11,652 
11,361 
(D) 
292 
292 
162 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
719 
578 
568 
141 
139 
285 
$1,000 
1,038,904 
795,301 
719,169 
243,603 
(D) 
279,401 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,444,929 
1,375,954 
1,266,143 
1,727,678 
(D) 
980,353 
Average per acre 
dollars 
9,820 
9,634 
10,436 
10,478 
(D) 
10,438 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
34 
14 
14 
20 
20 
25 
$50,000 to $99,999 
34 
23 
23 
11 
11 
6 
$100,000 to $199,999 
35 
27 
26 
8 
8 
34 
$200,000 to $499,999 
197 
163 
162 
34 
34 
76 
$500,000 to $999,999 
168 
135 
134 
33 
33 
69 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
117 
102 
101 
15 
15 
47 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
91 
82 
78 
9 
8 
21 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
36 
27 
27 
9 
9 
5 
$10,000,000 or more 
7 
5 
3 
2 
1 
2 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
719 
578 
568 
141 
139 
285 
$1,000 
82,162 
72,288 
70,437 
9,874 
(D) 
19,361 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
37 
16 
16 
21 
21 
64 
$5,000 to $9,999 
39 
32 
32 
7 
7 
18 
$10,000 to $19,999 
77 
52 
52 
25 
25 
24 
$20,000 to $49,999 
164 
131 
130 
33 
33 
77 
$50,000 to $99,999 
140 
117 
115 
23 
23 
35 
$100,000 to $199,999 
131 
111 
107 
20 
20 
43 
$200,000 to $499,999 
105 
96 
94 
9 
8 
17 
$500,000 or more 
26 
23 
22 
3 
2 
7 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
589 
496 
487 
93 
91 
184 
number 
1,728 
1,450 
1,414 
278 
(D) 
409 
Tractors, all 
farms 
556 
477 
468 
79 
77 
212 
number 
1,648 
1,421 
1,388 
227 
(D) 
473 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
345 
305 
300 
40 
40 
143 
number 
689 
595 
587 
94 
94 
217 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
354 
297 
291 
57 
55 
130 
number 
748 
628 
615 
120 
(D) 
220 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
121 
110 
106 
11 
11 
30 
number 
211 
198 
186 
13 
13 
36 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
3 
number 
5 
5 
5 
- 
5 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
14 
number 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
Hay balers 
farms 
85 
79 
75 
6 
6 
47 
number 
108 
99 
95 
9 
9 
62 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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