Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
69,754 
2,220 
2,610 
4,829 
7,487 
6,379 
percent 
100.0 
3.2 
3.7 
6.9 
10.7 
9.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
14,568,926 
3,475,616 
1,892,326 
2,065,775 
2,034,847 
1,186,944 
Average size of farm 
acres 
209 
1,566 
725 
428 
272 
186 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
69,754 
2,220 
2,610 
4,829 
7,487 
6,379 
$1,000 
11,981,780 
6,136,809 
1 ,892,338 
1,756,550 
1,283,520 
474,308 
Average per farm 
dollars 
171,772 
2,764,328 
725,034 
363,750 
171,433 
74,355 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1 1 ,324 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
7,665 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,579 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,826 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,779 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,745 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,453 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,146 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,471 
- 
- 
- 
7,234 
233 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,957 
- 
- 
4,704 
253 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,665 
_ 
2,540 
125 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,290 
2,220 
70 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,620 
1,550 
70 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
446 
446 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
224 
224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
69,754 
2,220 
2,610 
4,829 
7,487 
6,379 
$1,000 
11,744,476 
6,073,959 
1 ,850,278 
1,715,437 
1 ,249,305 
461,197 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
33,244 
1,755 
2,224 
4,167 
6,178 
5,214 
$1,000 
3,382,513 
1,243,313 
674,333 
566,677 
460,494 
257,393 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12,447 
1,557 
1,851 
2,790 
3,298 
2,951 
$1,000 
3,049,116 
1 ,238,086 
664,797 
534,180 
407,394 
204,658 
Corn 
farms 
28,802 
1,633 
2,134 
3,980 
5,765 
4,818 
$1,000 
2,345,697 
899,444 
468,650 
383,780 
306,580 
170,930 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9,158 
1,407 
1,647 
2,302 
2,567 
1,235 
$1,000 
2,018,541 
893,022 
455,915 
345,840 
245,402 
78,363 
Wheat 
farms 
5,127 
646 
689 
967 
1,064 
703 
$1,000 
124,468 
44,558 
23,338 
22,421 
18,385 
8,675 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
579 
279 
140 
102 
42 
16 
$1,000 
58,241 
35,657 
1 1 ,352 
7,662 
2,591 
980 
Soybeans 
farms 
17,106 
1,157 
1,569 
2,667 
3,555 
3,109 
$1,000 
879,153 
290,596 
178,376 
154,584 
129,357 
73,667 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,249 
932 
1,055 
1,195 
883 
184 
$1,000 
646,541 
284,378 
164,737 
120,243 
65,653 
1 1 ,530 
Sorghum 
farms 
162 
19 
16 
14 
25 
27 
$1,000 
1,490 
268 
382 
53 
228 
364 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
1 
6 
- 
2 
3 
$1,000 
643 
(D) 
300 
- 
(D) 
150 
Barley 
farms 
782 
44 
43 
161 
245 
100 
$1,000 
3,390 
515 
351 
836 
728 
523 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
298 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
6,366 
224 
385 
994 
1,639 
1,043 
$1,000 
28,315 
7,932 
3,236 
5,002 
5,215 
3,235 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
44 
24 
7 
5 
4 
4 
$1,000 
7,721 
5,906 
740 
595 
257 
223 
Tobacco 
farms 
181 
10 
12 
19 
43 
16 
$1,000 
3,315 
533 
(D) 
371 
972 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
5 
3 
1 
4 
$1,000 
1,254 
(D) 
466 
(D) 
244 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,880 
236 
236 
274 
419 
351 
$1,000 
555,432 
442,793 
42,937 
26,451 
20,380 
9,913 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
699 
201 
150 
133 
139 
76 
$1,000 
525,517 
441 ,929 
40,783 
23,410 
14,389 
5,006 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,475 
72 
54 
77 
132 
181 
$1,000 
219,271 
147,160 
30,174 
17,096 
10,121 
6,961 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
316 
68 
41 
52 
71 
84 
$1,000 
209,449 
147,097 
30,078 
16,834 
9,769 
5,671 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
713 
7 
9 
19 
60 
77 
$1,000 
20,981 
5,155 
(D) 
1,869 
4,336 
3,461 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
86 
4 
2 
6 
32 
42 
$1,000 
15,219 
5,136 
(D) 
(D) 
4,226 
2,820 
Berries 
farms 
903 
66 
47 
61 
94 
124 
$1,000 
198,290 
142,006 
(D) 
15,228 
5,784 
3,500 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
226 
64 
39 
47 
39 
37 
$1,000 
193,654 
(D) 
28,827 
15,000 
5,358 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,521 
48 
52 
92 
245 
246 
$1,000 
201,140 
110,639 
26,856 
18,647 
22,474 
12,520 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
478 
47 
49 
66 
155 
161 
$1,000 
187,470 
(D) 
26,758 
18,181 
20,895 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
82 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
