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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
247 
173 
59 
15 
90 
157 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
337 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
22 
16 
4 
2 
6 
16 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
251,980 
8,650 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
193 
126 
39 
28 
67 
126 
Farms with- 
number 
265,099 
184,783 
(D) 
(D) 
139,835 
125,264 
1 to 1,999 
176 
110 
38 
28 
63 
113 
2,000 to 59,999 
16 
16 
- 
- 
3 
13 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
132 
104 
22 
6 
47 
85 
number 
9,421 
3,512 
(D) 
(D) 
7,820 
1,601 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
121 
85 
28 
8 
45 
76 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
19,851 
12,135 
(D) 
(D) 
12,337 
7,514 
Corn for grain 
farms 
92 
30 
55 
7 
45 
47 
acres 
6,548 
893 
5,251 
404 
1,679 
4,869 
bushels 
806,003 
100,007 
664,457 
41,539 
178,363 
627,640 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
147 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
46 
21 
21 
4 
25 
21 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
7 
19 
1 
16 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
2 
9 
2 
4 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
2 
" 
2 
- 
2 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
212 
59 
134 
19 
92 
120 
acres 
21,436 
2,544 
17,787 
1,105 
5,132 
16,304 
tons 
429,697 
54,024 
357,083 
18,590 
99,593 
330,104 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
1 
4 
- 
2 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
22 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
80 
41 
35 
4 
47 
33 
25 to 99 acres 
70 
13 
45 
12 
29 
41 
1 00 to 249 acres 
42 
3 
36 
3 
11 
31 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
1 
11 
- 
3 
9 
500 acres or more 
8 
1 
7 
- 
2 
6 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
8 
6 
1 
1 
8 
- 
acres 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
- 
cwt 
232 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
232 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
6 
1 
1 
8 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
141 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
141 
bushels 
6,361 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,361 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
8 
3 
5 
- 
4 
4 
acres 
320 
166 
154 
- 
130 
190 
bushels 
7,898 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
3 
1 
- 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
* 
- 
" 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
5 
- 
5 
- 
5 
- 
acres 
25 
- 
25 
- 
25 
- 
pounds 
31,250 
- 
31,250 
- 
31,250 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
5 
- 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
51 
20 
30 
1 
27 
24 
acres 
2,180 
(D) 
1,962 
(D) 
798 
1,383 
pounds 
3,841,978 
(D) 
3,495,242 
(D) 
1,293,674 
2,548,304 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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