Table 17. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
100 
22,179 
100 
12,456 
100 
8,972 
91 
9,723 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
10 
446 
10 
305 
10 
(D) 
7 
141 
10to 19 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
20 to 49 
26 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
26 
896 
24 
(D) 
50 to 99 
31 
4,502 
31 
2,596 
31 
1,982 
28 
1,906 
1 00 to 1 99 
21 
8,636 
21 
4,898 
21 
2,835 
20 
3,738 
200 to 499 
10 
6,337 
10 
3,387 
10 
3,174 
10 
2,950 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
25,766 
23,342 
809,766 
(X) 
(X) 
22,028 
783,829 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
91 
6,533 
4,233 
79 
3,879 
65 
2,654 
93 
26,594 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
lOto 19 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
20 to 49 
22 
613 
398 
18 
244 
17 
369 
26 
2,905 
50 to 99 
28 
1,297 
760 
24 
689 
21 
608 
31 
5,674 
100 to 199 
19 
2,062 
1,507 
18 
1,540 
13 
522 
21 
8,124 
200 to 499 
10 
2,258 
1,341 
9 
1,206 
8 
1,052 
10 
9,736 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
22,025 
947,900 
762,242 
18,810 
687,924 
14,888 
259,976 
30 
1,632 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
22,116 
954,433 
766,476 
18,889 
691,803 
4 
168 
14,953 
262,630 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
7,227 
35,113 
24,418 
5,476 
20,099 
4,119 
15,014 
10 to 19 
4,997 
68,727 
47,793 
4,249 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,664 
(D) 
20 to 49 
5,773 
176,547 
124,081 
5,252 
102,585 
1 
(D) 
4,401 
73,962 
50 to 99 
2,431 
163,127 
118,681 
2,289 
103,061 
2 
(D) 
1,786 
60,066 
100 to 199 
1,029 
133,923 
100,492 
985 
91,638 
1 
(D) 
724 
42,285 
200 to 499 
404 
120,576 
98,227 
390 
96,615 
- 
209 
23,961 
500 to 999 
176 
112,669 
102,069 
173 
104,412 
- 
- 
34 
8,257 
1,000 to 2,499 
68 
86,838 
90,334 
64 
79,884 
- 
- 
13 
6,954 
2,500 or more 
11 
56,913 
60,381 
11 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
752 
109,316 
1,142 
289,342 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
632 
3,674 
901 
4,728 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
33 
1,076 
58 
1,965 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
7 
478 
36 
2,324 
100 to 199 
4 
523 
10 
1,230 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
9 
3,138 
7 
2,509 
200 to 499 
28 
10,585 
51 
18,932 
500 to 999 
30 
(D) 
42 
31,829 
500 or more 
37 
45,318 
53 
62,236 
1,000 to 1,999 
27 
32,651 
47 
62,444 
2,000 to 4,999 
7 
(D) 
35 
103,963 
Other hogs and pigs 
603 
51,500 
925 
205,298 
5,000 or more 
3 
22,700 
6 
78,350 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
510 
2,637 
718 
3,615 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
23 
758 
54 
1,894 
used for breeding 
468 
57,816 
638 
84,044 
50 to 99 
5 
384 
21 
1,392 
Farms with- 
100 to 199 
3 
460 
5 
575 
1 to 24 
398 
1,638 
517 
2,140 
200 to 499 
29 
10,353 
38 
14,005 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
9 
278 
500 to 999 
20 
10,558 
35 
22,848 
50 to 99 
4 
(D) 
8 
458 
1 ,000 or more 
13 
26,350 
54 
160,969 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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