Table 39. Commodities Raised and Deiivered Under Production Contracts: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Number 
BROILERS AND OTHER MEAT-TYPE CHICKENS 
EGGS, CHICKEN (DOZENS) - Con. 
State Total 
Counties - Con. 
Arkansas 
1,985 
975,715,223 
Newton 
3 
922,000 
Perry 
1 
(D) 
Counties 
Pike 
21 
8,923,204 
Polk 
15 
5,027,941 
Benton 
186 
121,900,052 
Pope 
11 
2,833,621 
Boone 
34 
12,925,000 
Scott 
26 
7,453,684 
Bradley 
11 
5,222,800 
Sebastian 
3 
1,008,000 
Carroll 
125 
47,035,574 
Sevier 
4 
1,507,800 
Clark 
2 
(D) 
Sharp 
13 
4,890,586 
Cleburne 
29 
10,042,364 
Stone 
1 
(D) 
Cleveland 
57 
30,723,438 
Columbia 
22 
9,573,649 
Union 
1 
(D) 
Conway 
91 
39,399,775 
Washington 
48 
16,668,473 
Crawford 
12 
3,719,329 
White 
2 
(D) 
Yell 
26 
10,203,600 
Drew 
8 
4,026,400 
Franklin 
45 
23,371,423 
LAYERS 
Grant 
3 
2,802,000 
Hempstead 
91 
41,187,604 
State Total 
Howard 
114 
37,161,741 
Independence 
26 
14,846,534 
Arkansas 
451 
8,759,304 
Izard 
12 
9,551,465 
Jackson 
1 
(D) 
Counties 
Jefferson 
6 
5,498,600 
Johnson 
41 
20,373,787 
Benton 
53 
898,847 
Boone 
9 
154,925 
Lafayette 
46 
21,575,049 
Bradley 
10 
292,100 
Lawrence 
15 
5,517,769 
Calhoun 
4 
106,050 
Lincoln 
41 
26,968,650 
Carroll 
13 
150,594 
Little River 
32 
15,595,008 
Clark 
6 
148,600 
Logan 
88 
41,714,221 
Clay 
1 
(D) 
Lonoke 
3 
1 ,886,533 
Cleburne 
3 
39,400 
Madison 
72 
36,086,133 
Cleveland 
10 
245,980 
Marion 
2 
(D) 
Columbia 
5 
123,807 
Miller 
12 
3,486,989 
Montgomery 
20 
7,449,972 
Conway 
4 
101,600 
Crawford 
8 
130,233 
Nevada 
26 
10,976,080 
Drew 
11 
222,900 
Newton 
1 
(D) 
Franklin 
7 
128,795 
Ouachita 
7 
5,261,200 
Garland 
7 
155,000 
Perry 
22 
7,370,042 
Hempstead 
7 
221,000 
Pike 
29 
8,784,100 
Hot Spring 
15 
416,161 
Polk 
66 
30,642,298 
Howard 
15 
358,500 
Pope 
58 
30,525,783 
Independence 
4 
94,780 
Pulaski 
4 
2,912,000 
Jefferson 
2 
(D) 
Randolph 
9 
2,895,668 
Scott 
55 
31,667,121 
Johnson 
7 
122,550 
Lafayette 
6 
124,227 
Sebastian 
43 
22,971,165 
Lawrence 
1 
(D) 
Sevier 
88 
41,385,544 
Lincoln 
5 
98,413 
Sharp 
28 
15,592,000 
Little River 
3 
38,000 
Stone 
29 
10,308,606 
Logan 
8 
143,633 
Union 
13 
8,430,000 
Madison 
28 
431,260 
Van Buren 
4 
2,400,000 
Marion 
1 
(D) 
Washington 
150 
89,420,168 
Miller 
5 
78,000 
White 
8 
4,688,970 
Montgomery 
10 
158,363 
Yell 
98 
47,270,619 
Nevada 
8 
194,444 
EGGS, CHICKEN (DOZENS) 
Newton 
3 
49,400 
Perry 
1 
(D) 
State Total 
Pike 
21 
484,540 
Polk 
15 
288,671 
Arkansas 
456 
165,571,013 
Pope 
11 
145,126 
Scott 
26 
390,997 
Counties 
Sebastian 
3 
50,400 
Sevier 
4 
86,100 
Benton 
56 
20,954,532 
Sharp 
13 
247,600 
Boone 
9 
2,901,436 
Bradley 
10 
5,617,416 
Stone 
1 
(D) 
Calhoun 
4 
1 ,944,000 
Union 
1 
(D) 
Carroll 
13 
2,638,631 
Washington 
48 
874,778 
Clark 
6 
2,680,560 
White 
2 
(D) 
Clay 
1 
(D) 
Yell 
26 
539,400 
Cleburne 
3 
709,200 
Cleveland 
10 
4,253,000 
PULLETS FOR LAYING FLOCK REPLACEMENT 
Columbia 
5 
2,589,520 
State Total 
Conway 
4 
1,893,818 
Crawford 
8 
2,388,059 
Arkansas 
181 
11,295,697 
Drew 
11 
4,084,100 
Franklin 
7 
2,299,599 
Counties 
Garland 
7 
2,878,000 
Hempstead 
7 
3,648,700 
Benton 
25 
987,494 
Hot Spring 
15 
7,525,375 
Boone 
1 
(D) 
Howard 
15 
6,106,932 
Bradley 
8 
502,800 
Independence 
4 
1,531,191 
Calhoun 
1 
(D) 
Jefferson 
2 
(D) 
Carroll 
3 
244,800 
Cleburne 
3 
142,500 
Johnson 
7 
2,300,700 
Cleveland 
9 
780,760 
Lafayette 
6 
2,154,654 
Hempstead 
8 
495,000 
Lawrence 
1 
(D) 
Howard 
20 
1 ,404,360 
Lincoln 
6 
2,218,700 
Independence 
6 
641,800 
Little River 
3 
766,008 
Logan 
8 
2,619,806 
Johnson 
2 
(D) 
Madison 
29 
7,949,861 
Lincoln 
1 
(D) 
Marion 
1 
(D) 
Madison 
7 
419,359 
Miller 
5 
1,280,350 
Montgomery 
12 
579,000 
Montgomery 
10 
3,092,916 
Nevada 
7 
348,500 
Nevada 
8 
3,312,000 
Pike 
10 
565,000 
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2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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