Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Utah 
Beaver 
Box Elder 
Cache 
Carbon 
Daggett 
Davis 
Farms 
number 
18,027 
277 
1,235 
1,217 
319 
51 
493 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,974,396 
189,995 
1,170,736 
268,511 
240,652 
(D) 
55,017 
Average size of farm 
acres 
609 
686 
948 
221 
754 
(D) 
112 
Median size of farm 
acres 
30 
76 
70 
46 
25 
120 
10 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
888,886 
1,370,005 
1,140,029 
778,555 
918,619 
824,250 
723,596 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,460 
1,997 
1,203 
3,529 
1,218 
2,136 
6,484 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
1,523,780 
38,919 
160,048 
117,585 
19,011 
4,686 
32,919 
Average per farm 
dollars 
84,537 
140,501 
129,594 
96,618 
59,597 
91,882 
66,773 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
5,205 
52 
305 
278 
84 
6 
243 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,239 
68 
258 
349 
118 
13 
151 
50 to 179 acres 
3,499 
57 
258 
313 
53 
14 
56 
180 to 499 acres 
1,864 
42 
147 
150 
20 
7 
31 
500 to 999 acres 
892 
24 
82 
85 
10 
4 
9 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,328 
34 
185 
42 
34 
7 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
12,064 
179 
917 
993 
223 
40 
305 
acres 
1,645,898 
37,111 
328,644 
137,212 
20,919 
6,917 
12,960 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
10,729 
169 
792 
874 
193 
38 
292 
acres 
1,054,369 
32,291 
151,884 
106,090 
8,776 
5,256 
11,965 
Irrigated land 
farms 
12,296 
220 
817 
778 
232 
37 
349 
acres 
1,104,257 
37,615 
102,925 
76,289 
11,128 
7,294 
13,809 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
1,816,147 
288,501 
169,546 
142,884 
9,011 
2,322 
36,760 
Average per farm 
dollars 
100,746 
1,041,519 
137,284 
117,406 
28,249 
45,538 
74,564 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
574,099 
21,581 
76,316 
37,542 
2,433 
778 
31,559 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
1,242,049 
266,919 
93,230 
105,342 
6,578 
1,545 
5,201 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
7,200 
68 
411 
442 
135 
10 
224 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,055 
24 
107 
119 
28 
6 
54 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,068 
25 
132 
122 
56 
12 
68 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,180 
23 
132 
143 
36 
5 
60 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,424 
18 
109 
114 
34 
6 
16 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,117 
26 
85 
96 
13 
5 
30 
$100,000 or more 
1,983 
93 
259 
181 
17 
7 
41 
Government payments 
farms 
2,784 
87 
500 
410 
18 
4 
36 
$1,000 
23,898 
419 
7,453 
2,456 
239 
44 
178 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,537 
62 
395 
395 
65 
9 
138 
$1,000 
47,355 
653 
5,252 
2,770 
954 
91 
1,026 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
1,588,996 
235,145 
132,982 
117,293 
9,758 
1,660 
32,123 
Average per farm 
dollars 
88,145 
848,897 
107,677 
96,379 
30,589 
32,549 
65,158 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
18,027 
277 
1,235 
1,217 
319 
51 
493 
$1,000 
298,404 
54,428 
49,269 
30,816 
447 
798 
5,840 
Average per farm 
dollars 
16,553 
196,489 
39,894 
25,321 
1,401 
15,650 
11,846 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
6,939 
183 
506 
486 
149 
16 
162 
Other 
number 
11,088 
94 
729 
731 
170 
35 
331 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
12,286 
153 
801 
804 
207 
35 
338 
200 days or more 
number 
8,544 
97 
566 
537 
141 
21 
249 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,625 
154 
543 
534 
160 
25 
174 
number 
776,833 
21,164 
85,635 
52,367 
10,585 
2,638 
3,206 
Beef cows 
farms 
6,827 
129 
411 
344 
132 
25 
122 
number 
369,670 
12,870 
37,644 
10,441 
7,561 
1,709 
1,963 
Milk cows 
farms 
477 
7 
27 
104 
5 
- 
7 
number 
90,449 
736 
9,238 
15,646 
5 
- 
9 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
6,458 
130 
420 
492 
114 
26 
110 
number 
437,708 
12,259 
45,970 
23,897 
5,612 
1,766 
2,067 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
669 
11 
38 
35 
4 
2 
5 
number 
731,666 
(D) 
367 
6,445 
26 
(D) 
54 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
581 
17 
38 
26 
6 
2 
5 
number 
2,630,230 
(D) 
466 
24,357 
26 
(□) 
78 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
1,755 
24 
68 
61 
37 
3 
31 
number 
287,883 
(D) 
37,720 
1,398 
17,958 
100 
606 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,398 
25 
127 
134 
40 
- 
76 
number 
3,814,859 
373 
1,762 
(D) 
667 
- 
3,000 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
73 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
number 
4,310 
- 
30 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
373 
23 
78 
16 
1 
- 
11 
acres 
33,879 
1,878 
8,488 
1,900 
(D) 
- 
974 
bushels 
5,379,627 
284,404 
1,533,252 
311,616 
(D) 
- 
172,717 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
546 
22 
73 
81 
2 
- 
11 
acres 
52,481 
1,379 
6,338 
7,052 
(D) 
- 
505 
tons 
1,200,480 
35,213 
171,865 
163,379 
(D) 
- 
12,270 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
724 
12 
234 
149 
3 
- 
26 
acres 
138,100 
1,003 
56,201 
22,287 
49 
- 
1,175 
bushels 
6,034,525 
53,666 
2,798,821 
1,107,613 
3,814 
- 
116,559 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
632 
11 
221 
129 
2 
- 
19 
acres 
124,785 
643 
53,180 
17,637 
(D) 
- 
892 
bushels 
5,498,779 
34,366 
2,712,050 
972,187 
(D) 
- 
86,432 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
151 
4 
34 
34 
1 
- 
10 
acres 
13,315 
360 
3,021 
4,650 
(D) 
- 
283 
bushels 
535,746 
19,300 
86,771 
135,426 
(D) 
- 
30,127 
-continued 
224 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
