Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,070 
343 
685 
42 
501 
569 
500 or more 
393 
119 
254 
20 
220 
173 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
14,752 
7,752 
938 
12,287 
11,155 
number 
822,222 
379,457 
410,383 
32,382 
427,265 
394,957 
Beef cows 
farms 
23,385 
14,727 
7,723 
935 
12,260 
11,125 
number 
813,250 
376,351 
405,141 
31,758 
423,935 
389,315 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,343 
4,986 
1,089 
268 
3,223 
3,120 
10 to 49 
12,663 
7,940 
4,208 
515 
6,864 
5,799 
50 to 99 
2,809 
1,299 
1,417 
93 
1,411 
1,398 
100 to 199 
1,122 
362 
723 
37 
533 
589 
200 to 499 
369 
121 
230 
18 
184 
185 
500 or more 
79 
19 
56 
4 
45 
34 
Milk cows 
farms 
100 
45 
50 
5 
41 
59 
number 
8,972 
3,106 
5,242 
624 
3,330 
5,642 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
7 
2 
1 
4 
6 
10 to 49 
28 
14 
12 
2 
7 
21 
50 to 99 
31 
16 
15 
- 
18 
13 
100 to 199 
21 
5 
15 
1 
9 
12 
200 to 499 
10 
3 
6 
1 
3 
7 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
22,119 
13,661 
7,557 
901 
11,316 
10,803 
number 
793,552 
331,333 
425,772 
36,447 
420,505 
373,047 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
22,116 
13,666 
7,531 
919 
11,530 
10,586 
number 
954,433 
413,566 
510,270 
30,597 
486,169 
468,264 
$1,000 
766,476 
323,888 
419,053 
23,535 
389,160 
377,315 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
14,953 
9,186 
5,145 
622 
7,674 
7,279 
number 
262,630 
131,725 
122,198 
8,707 
135,156 
127,474 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
18,889 
11,384 
6,718 
787 
9,704 
9,185 
number 
691,803 
281,841 
388,072 
21,890 
351,013 
340,790 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
3 
1 
number 
168 
168 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
752 
521 
210 
21 
317 
435 
number 
109,316 
68,184 
40,842 
290 
42,224 
67,092 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
632 
448 
166 
18 
261 
371 
25 to 49 
33 
18 
13 
2 
18 
15 
50 to 99 
7 
5 
1 
1 
3 
4 
100 to 199 
4 
3 
1 
- 
3 
1 
200 to 499 
9 
7 
2 
- 
3 
6 
500 or more 
67 
40 
27 
- 
29 
38 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
468 
330 
127 
11 
206 
262 
number 
57,816 
34,003 
23,702 
111 
22,387 
35,429 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
603 
406 
180 
17 
260 
343 
number 
51,500 
34,181 
17,140 
179 
19,837 
31,663 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
540 
341 
183 
16 
224 
316 
number 
1,144,573 
632,200 
512,070 
303 
477,912 
666,661 
$1,000 
47,178 
28,137 
19,009 
33 
19,865 
27,313 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
778 
584 
164 
30 
309 
469 
number 
18,808 
11,828 
6,099 
881 
7,832 
10,976 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
556 
418 
119 
19 
222 
334 
number 
10,237 
6,612 
3,150 
475 
4,039 
6,198 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
488 
354 
113 
21 
200 
288 
number 
9,374 
6,051 
2,931 
392 
4,240 
5,134 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,820 
7,750 
2,766 
304 
4,626 
6,194 
number 
61,090 
42,607 
16,255 
2,228 
26,191 
34,899 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
10,476 
7,492 
2,682 
302 
4,465 
6,011 
number 
56,317 
39,061 
15,176 
2,080 
24,364 
31,953 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,099 
1,450 
571 
78 
824 
1,275 
number 
6,500 
4,418 
1,858 
224 
2,844 
3,656 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,450 
1,915 
457 
78 
921 
1,529 
number 
41,610 
32,194 
8,222 
1,194 
16,729 
24,881 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,311 
1,011 
251 
49 
450 
861 
number 
19,128 
14,287 
3,932 
909 
7,174 
1 1 ,954 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,549 
2,727 
736 
86 
1,302 
2,247 
number 
12,545,952 
10,365,585 
1 ,957,454 
222,913 
5,475,065 
7,070,887 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,105 
2,380 
648 
77 
1,117 
1,988 
400 to 3,199 
6 
5 
1 
- 
4 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
54 
45 
9 
- 
14 
40 
10,000 to 19,999 
187 
146 
37 
4 
84 
103 
20,000 to 49,999 
180 
138 
37 
5 
74 
106 
50,000 to 99,999 
10 
6 
4 
- 
6 
4 
100,000 or more 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
4 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
623 
473 
127 
23 
232 
391 
number 
6,749,434 
5,003,840 
1,639,353 
106,241 
3,788,368 
2,961,066 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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