Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
2,290 
2,665 
4,957 
7,471 
6,453 
percent 
100.0 
3.3 
3.8 
7.1 
10.7 
9.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
14,568,926 
3,545,704 
1 ,890,705 
2,092,070 
2,001,474 
1,191,438 
Average size of farm 
acres 
209 
1,548 
709 
422 
268 
185 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
69,754 
2,290 
2,665 
4,957 
7,471 
6,453 
$1,000 
11,981,780 
6,208,127 
1,884,647 
1,757,725 
1,243,579 
466,686 
Average per farm 
dollars 
171,772 
2,710,973 
707,185 
354,594 
166,454 
72,321 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,453 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,471 
- 
- 
- 
7,471 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,957 
- 
- 
4,957 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,665 
_ 
2,665 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,290 
2,290 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,620 
1,620 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
446 
446 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
224 
224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
69,754 
2,290 
2,665 
4,957 
7,471 
6,453 
$1,000 
1 1 ,744,476 
6,142,749 
1 ,842,847 
1,715,881 
1 ,209,933 
452,242 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
33,244 
1,821 
2,270 
4,286 
6,159 
5,244 
$1,000 
3,382,513 
1,270,711 
669,373 
565,417 
453,048 
251,820 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12,447 
1,617 
1,883 
2,826 
3,313 
2,808 
$1,000 
3,049,116 
1,265,269 
659,415 
531,175 
401,078 
192,179 
Corn 
farms 
28,802 
1,697 
2,180 
4,085 
5,742 
4,848 
$1,000 
2,345,697 
917,460 
466,460 
382,528 
300,691 
167,377 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9,158 
1,458 
1,676 
2,329 
2,553 
1,142 
$1,000 
2,018,541 
910,637 
453,252 
343,132 
239,424 
72,097 
Wheat 
farms 
5,127 
671 
697 
974 
1,063 
708 
$1,000 
124,468 
45,319 
23,486 
22,233 
18,163 
8,603 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
579 
284 
141 
99 
39 
16 
$1,000 
58,241 
35,977 
11,514 
7,383 
2,388 
980 
Soybeans 
farms 
17,106 
1,211 
1,589 
2,728 
3,565 
3,103 
$1,000 
879,153 
299,187 
175,224 
1 54,792 
128,098 
71,723 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,249 
967 
1,057 
1,204 
859 
162 
$1,000 
646,541 
292,324 
161,052 
119,682 
63,396 
10,087 
Sorghum 
farms 
162 
20 
15 
14 
25 
27 
$1,000 
1,490 
285 
366 
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 
49 
165 
245 
93 
$1,000 
3,390 
515 
420 
829 
679 
513 
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 
228 
414 
1,021 
1,617 
1,050 
$1,000 
28,315 
7,945 
3,418 
4,983 
5,189 
3,240 
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 
11 
12 
18 
44 
15 
$1,000 
3,315 
(D) 
(D) 
367 
977 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
6 
2 
1 
4 
$1,000 
1,254 
(D) 
(D) 
(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 
239 
239 
273 
417 
361 
$1,000 
555,432 
443,320 
42,624 
26,377 
20,302 
10,188 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
699 
202 
151 
132 
138 
76 
$1,000 
525,517 
442,406 
40,420 
23,369 
14,316 
5,006 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,475 
72 
54 
77 
134 
189 
$1,000 
219,271 
147,160 
30,174 
17,096 
10,313 
7,074 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
316 
68 
41 
52 
73 
82 
$1,000 
209,449 
147,097 
30,078 
16,834 
9,962 
5,479 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
713 
7 
9 
19 
61 
82 
$1,000 
20,981 
5,155 
(D) 
1,869 
4,431 
3,559 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
86 
4 
2 
6 
33 
41 
$1,000 
15,219 
5,136 
(D) 
(D) 
4,321 
2,725 
Berries 
farms 
903 
66 
47 
61 
96 
126 
$1,000 
198,290 
142,006 
(D) 
15,228 
5,882 
3,515 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
226 
64 
39 
47 
40 
36 
$1,000 
193,654 
(D) 
28,827 
15,000 
5,453 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,521 
48 
52 
92 
246 
248 
$1,000 
201,140 
110,639 
26,856 
18,647 
22,477 
12,566 
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 
108 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
