Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,698 
22 
34 
157 
491 
572 
422 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
27,120 
304 
573 
2,942 
6,525 
8,405 
8,371 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
2,818 
18 
69 
225 
799 
1,000 
707 
acres 
32,305 
48 
1,389 
2,405 
6,901 
8,293 
13,269 
Irrigated land 
farms 
584 
- 
39 
66 
160 
201 
118 
acres 
4,181 
- 
73 
354 
1,067 
1,307 
1,380 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
548 
- 
33 
60 
155 
189 
111 
acres 
4,019 
- 
43 
317 
1,029 
1,283 
1,347 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
39 
- 
6 
7 
6 
12 
8 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
162 
30 
37 
38 
24 
33 
Programs 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
1 
3 
6 
2 
acres 
146 
- 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
94 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
130 
- 
6 
14 
30 
47 
33 
acres 
3,487 
- 
14 
255 
750 
1,421 
1,047 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
48 
- 
6 
3 
10 
23 
6 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
298 
(D) 
(D) 
26 
219 
28 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
3,877 
24 
107 
349 
1,090 
1,311 
996 
$1,000 
2,202,357 
7,176 
26,839 
198,664 
628,851 
688,813 
652,013 
Average per farm 
dollars 
568,057 
299,000 
250,830 
569,237 
576,928 
525,411 
654,632 
Average per acre 
dollars 
10,905 
7,634 
6,572 
13,981 
12,640 
10,936 
9,318 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
321 
- 
17 
56 
92 
91 
65 
$50,000 to $99,999 
207 
6 
10 
20 
62 
73 
36 
$100,000 to $199,999 
517 
- 
29 
64 
160 
159 
105 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,518 
12 
39 
116 
432 
525 
394 
$500,000 to $999,999 
865 
6 
9 
67 
212 
316 
255 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
291 
- 
3 
11 
78 
102 
97 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
127 
- 
- 
8 
40 
42 
37 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
27 
- 
- 
6 
13 
3 
5 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
4 
1 
1 
2 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
3,873 
24 
107 
349 
1,090 
1,307 
996 
$1,000 
141,200 
1,057 
2,994 
13,736 
40,559 
48,780 
34,075 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
695 
- 
30 
75 
184 
217 
189 
$5,000 to $9,999 
452 
- 
13 
34 
135 
152 
118 
$10,000 to $19,999 
736 
6 
16 
73 
178 
238 
225 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1,101 
6 
35 
105 
309 
396 
250 
$50,000 to $99,999 
537 
10 
4 
37 
178 
178 
130 
$100,000 to $199,999 
266 
2 
9 
7 
86 
97 
65 
$200,000 to $499,999 
82 
- 
- 
17 
19 
27 
19 
$500,000 or more 
4 
- 
" 
1 
1 
2 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
2,440 
24 
75 
240 
680 
829 
592 
number 
3,847 
38 
113 
351 
1,090 
1,280 
975 
Tractors, all 
farms 
2,767 
18 
75 
189 
785 
976 
724 
number 
5,368 
44 
117 
408 
1,454 
1,877 
1,468 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,956 
14 
47 
133 
520 
708 
534 
number 
2,900 
38 
58 
218 
742 
1,053 
791 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,454 
6 
33 
102 
454 
473 
386 
number 
2,176 
6 
39 
159 
635 
743 
594 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
219 
- 
12 
22 
70 
61 
54 
number 
292 
- 
20 
31 
77 
81 
83 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
10 
2 
6 
number 
20 
- 
" 
- 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
- 
2 
19 
4 
number 
29 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
Hay balers 
farms 
728 
12 
15 
49 
173 
246 
233 
number 
862 
12 
15 
61 
200 
294 
280 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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