Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
_ 
14,333 
7,151 
776 
10,106 
223 
922 
779 
2,523 
acres 
- 
764,560 
560,438 
148,376 
3,273,412 
22,441 
55,536 
21,982 
78,766 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
7,627 
6,308 
756 
10,011 
176 
569 
587 
1,926 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
413,516 
480,884 
140,516 
3,170,502 
20,554 
42,370 
16,026 
59,389 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
5,746 
4,064 
173 
722 
123 
441 
500 
1,709 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
949 
1,119 
171 
1,286 
10 
39 
55 
119 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
552 
599 
195 
3,036 
11 
37 
28 
62 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
276 
381 
158 
3,471 
21 
31 
4 
22 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
75 
117 
49 
1,012 
8 
12 
- 
11 
1,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
24 
20 
8 
350 
2 
9 
- 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
5 
8 
2 
134 
1 
1 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,037 
1,427 
76 
1,902 
32 
163 
195 
446 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
“ 
22,985 
37,066 
3,583 
56,724 
169 
2,021 
2,654 
8,132 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
733 
287 
26 
306 
8 
54 
27 
64 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
16,634 
6,136 
872 
9,685 
97 
806 
286 
767 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
7,878 
1,102 
70 
915 
40 
332 
144 
450 
acres 
- 
308,721 
34,732 
3,276 
35,154 
1,578 
10,227 
2,905 
10,349 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
- 
260 
166 
16 
124 
4 
16 
19 
18 
acres 
- 
2,704 
1,620 
129 
1,347 
43 
112 
111 
129 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
10,533 
6,131 
474 
6,714 
198 
892 
785 
2,385 
acres 
- 
685,513 
320,672 
31,089 
460,216 
8,281 
44,221 
26,097 
107,886 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
1,813 
3,152 
167 
2,457 
54 
199 
318 
742 
acres 
- 
73,940 
115,596 
10,050 
123,468 
1,609 
5,607 
6,688 
21,612 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
9,592 
4,311 
378 
5,505 
166 
777 
599 
1,965 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
611,573 
205,076 
21,039 
336,748 
6,672 
38,614 
19,409 
86,274 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
4,994 
7,419 
521 
6,406 
212 
787 
1,187 
3,444 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buiidings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads. 
acres 
149,533 
252,354 
33,703 
272,746 
4,536 
12,051 
18,437 
69,235 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
11,619 
8,238 
718 
8,659 
414 
1,392 
1,302 
3,993 
acres 
- 
215,558 
91,855 
18,130 
227,392 
4,274 
23,432 
8,360 
48,403 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
. 
159 
80 
21 
349 
8 
39 
18 
56 
acres 
- 
(D) 
4,573 
3,866 
37,523 
(D) 
1,062 
95 
741 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
158 
71 
20 
339 
7 
24 
15 
35 
acres 
- 
(D) 
4,479 
(D) 
36,950 
(D) 
1,039 
63 
531 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
7 
11 
2 
21 
1 
15 
4 
21 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
118 
94 
(D) 
573 
(D) 
23 
32 
210 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
6,983 
724 
41 
488 
26 
208 
75 
306 
acres 
- 
240,333 
20,606 
1,665 
10,028 
848 
5,873 
1,900 
7,150 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
567 
823 
274 
4,267 
41 
73 
31 
89 
acres 
- 
88,045 
165,467 
62,175 
1,546,200 
15,119 
20,079 
2,166 
15,896 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
107 
69 
3 
466 
3 
57 
14 
27 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
3,037 
2,025 
185 
84,710 
(D) 
7,012 
(D) 
2,117 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
15,662 
10,241 
892 
10,401 
475 
1,591 
1,555 
4,814 
$1,000 
- 
5,897,439 
4,437,947 
915,580 
16,560,705 
234,522 
615,998 
368,206 
1,683,781 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
376,544 
433,351 
1,026,435 
1 ,592,222 
493,731 
387,176 
236,789 
349,768 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
3,249 
3,622 
3,958 
3,912 
5,932 
4,555 
4,918 
5,533 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
1,190 
785 
41 
140 
105 
191 
157 
388 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
1,609 
963 
37 
166 
35 
152 
182 
461 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
3,701 
2,648 
103 
553 
111 
437 
430 
1,289 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
6,295 
3,882 
231 
2,022 
151 
565 
666 
1,961 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
1,996 
1,181 
207 
2,778 
30 
129 
102 
493 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
612 
474 
160 
2,527 
19 
68 
17 
155 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
199 
238 
90 
1,665 
18 
38 
1 
45 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
44 
53 
17 
394 
3 
11 
- 
14 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
16 
17 
6 
156 
3 
- 
- 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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