Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
35 
546 
20 
337 
Llamas 
6 
28 
16 
78 
Bison 
15 
1,597 
12 
1,228 
Mink, live 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Rabbits, live 
19 
242 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
11 
452 
11 
425 
Other livestock (see text) 
30 
(X) 
25 
(X) 
Alpacas 
10 
114 
20 
196 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
47 
32,623 
198 
23 
12,968 
Milk from sheep and goats 
2 
(NA) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
9 
157 
353 
10 
108 
Deer in captivity 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Elk in captivity 
8 
56 
110 
9 
35 
Alpacas 
5 
13 
33 
8 
21 
Llamas 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
7 
246 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
14 
(X) 
326 
13 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
9 
(X) 
26 
13 
(X) 
' Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
4,445 
47.7 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cetton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
903 
62.9 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets fer sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
182 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
182 
(D) 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(X) 
221 
22,632 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
70 
1.2 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
1,161 
1.4 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
189 
18,196 
1.2 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
378 
1.0 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
65 
718 
(X) 
13 
26 
36 
(X) 
86 
271 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
7 
6 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
(X) 
10 
15 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
16 
(D) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(X) 
36 
28 
(X) 
26 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
