USDA: Number of farms in NY was unchanged in 2012
USDA: Number of farms in New York was unchanged in 2012, with 36,000 using 7 million acres
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal officials say the number of farms in New York remained unchanged last year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the state had about 36,000 farms last year with about 7 million acres in use.
Farms with sales of more than $500,000 grew by 100 to 1,900, those with sales between $250,000 and $499,999 remained at 1,300 and smaller farms with sales between $100,000 and $249,999 rose by 300 to 3,500.
There were 11,300 farms with sales under $100,000, up from 10,800 in 2011.
The agency says there were about 2.2 million farms in the U.S., down 11,630 last year.
