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 
550 
23,259 
611 
31,865 
Llamas 
138 
525 
284 
835 
Bison 
34 
333 
65 
754 
Mink, live 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
52 
565 
89 
458 
Rabbits, live 
208 
10,580 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
7 
302 
13 
93 
Other livestock (see text) 
14 
(X) 
144 
(X) 
Alpacas 
36 
416 
30 
190 
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)' 
242 
1 ,488,986 
2,470 
314 
2,381,301 
Milk from sheep and goats 
91 
(NA) 
549 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
7 
34 
27 
36 
214 
Deer in captivity 
4 
39 
39 
8 
32 
Elk in captivity 
3 
20 
36 
2 
(D) 
Alpacas 
3 
8 
12 
4 
10 
Llamas 
15 
29 
17 
35 
157 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
84 
84,982 
624 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
7 
(X) 
163 
56 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
212 
(X) 
782 
80 
(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) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
1,267 
532,348 
183.8 
169 
58,809 
31,929 
164.9 
276 
71,917 
165.2 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton, all (bales) 
426 
329,669 
2.2 
209 
169,191 
63,777 
2.0 
66 
23,714 
2.0 
Upland cotton (bales) 
426 
329,669 
2.2 
209 
169,191 
63,777 
2.0 
66 
23,714 
2.0 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
34 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
2,345 
1,285,381 
75.3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
163 
36,560 
88.8 
97 
20,902 
14,514 
84.7 
265 
61,684 
84.0 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
1,933 
1,434,025 
46.6 
1,249 
865,193 
510,033 
41.2 
972 
344,810 
37.4 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
149 
41,013 
59.0 
85 
16,344 
16,168 
57.6 
1,397 
374,710 
55.9 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
149 
41,013 
59.0 
85 
16,344 
16,168 
57.6 
1,397 
374,710 
55.9 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
97 
4,608 
(X) 
275 
9,482 
19,481 
(X) 
19,786 
1,253,117 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
139 
(D) 
(D) 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
11 
724 
1.1 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
1.3 
711 
30,587 
1.3 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
83 
3,836 
2.0 
225 
8,401 
16,324 
1.5 
15,710 
1,058,954 
1.3 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
14 
474 
1.7 
42 
195 
939 
1.1 
4,154 
158,941 
1.1 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
11 
139 
0.8 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
2,161 
3.7 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
234 
4,353 
(X) 
70 
1,138 
390 
(X) 
321 
5,080 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
127 
1,553 
(X) 
41 
273 
402 
(X) 
368 
1 1 ,453 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
118 
383 
(X) 
17 
346 
29 
(X) 
105 
135 
(X) 
26 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
