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 
38,261 
3,282,570 
27,908 
2,902,732 
Llamas 
15,296 
76,086 
26,060 
122,680 
Bison 
2,564 
162,110 
4,499 
198,234 
Mink, live 
267 
953,321 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
4,042 
231,431 
5,654 
269,537 
Rabbits, live 
13,420 
400,049 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
1,199 
38,061 
1,917 
68,251 
Other livestock (see text) 
1,956 
(X) 
12,781 
(X) 
Alpacas 
9,353 
140,601 
8,708 
121,904 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Item 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Floney collected (pounds) (see 
text)' 
22,827 
143,016,889 
263,951 
16,905 
152,057,812 
Milk from sheep and goats 
5,102 
(NA) 
92,153 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
1,187 
57,335 
94,826 
1,821 
62,890 
Deer in captivity 
1,877 
36,218 
43,810 
2,300 
44,210 
Elk in captivity 
588 
6,913 
12,289 
888 
13,049 
Alpacas 
2,322 
14,978 
32,551 
2,461 
13,164 
Llamas 
1,721 
5,514 
4,516 
3,411 
12,704 
Mink, live (see text) 
12 
6,651 
1,190 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
5,026 
852,837 
15,251 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
940 
(X) 
130,558 
5,047 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
18,088 
(X) 
629,374 
5,904 
(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) 
3,892 
692,023 
100.7 
765 
159,670 
211,532 
58.1 
14,010 
2,220,680 
55.8 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
20,040 
6,202,712 
171.1 
21,211 
6,616,357 
6,947,141 
129.4 
307,279 
67,646,835 
111.1 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
7,808 
1 ,466,068 
23.8 
1,999 
177,688 
258,336 
15.8 
76,558 
5,294,536 
13.5 
Cotton, all (bales) 
4,962 
2,157,946 
2.3 
4,168 
1,655,508 
1,816,414 
1.6 
9,025 
3,754,212 
1.6 
Upland cotton (bales) 
4,690 
1,918,760 
2.2 
4,167 
1,654,552 
1,816,347 
1.6 
9,026 
3,754,279 
1.6 
Pima cotton (bales) 
439 
240,142 
3.1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
2,758 
429,218 
22.8 
226 
44,288 
50,983 
18.5 
3,912 
1,118,308 
17.8 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
905 
51,076 
87.1 
356 
8,056 
15,311 
66.2 
33,777 
1,004,255 
59.4 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
1,239 
304,922 
4,362.0 
1,262 
216,751 
265,710 
4,347.7 
4,060 
834,248 
3,875.1 
Rice (cwt) 
5,591 
2,693,759 
74.3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1,848 
377,681 
80.7 
1,617 
248,725 
499,499 
56.3 
16,572 
4,016,194 
47.7 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
8,124 
2,978,353 
49.4 
16,246 
4,179,061 
4,691,518 
41.0 
278,593 
64,255,848 
37.6 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
1,436 
394,588 
32.8 
50 
7,209 
24,771 
28.2 
2,427 
822,913 
26.2 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
195 
(D) 
35.7 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
35.1 
450 
401,816 
34.7 
Tobacco (pounds) 
961 
30,929 
2,616.1 
764 
27,592 
35,199 
2,372.1 
8,289 
249,21 1 
2,153.8 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
8,520 
2,064,900 
81.8 
6,766 
1,303,265 
3,549,686 
43.0 
132,346 
42,122,375 
42.9 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
6,279 
1,382,395 
76.8 
6,024 
1,113,172 
3,040,088 
42.7 
113,782 
29,187,706 
44.3 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
666 
247,959 
96.0 
50 
9,552 
39,366 
36.6 
2,799 
1 ,842,273 
32.9 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
2,437 
490,505 
89.1 
653 
124,582 
268,962 
43.0 
22,704 
1 1 ,293,666 
40.8 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
62,423 
7,339,092 
(X) 
20,030 
1,986,411 
2,240,225 
(X) 
731,130 
44,209,434 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
45,673 
5,086,058 
4.6 
7,762 
695,201 
690,840 
3.1 
201,925 
10,153,733 
2.2 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
7,687 
674,931 
3.3 
1,785 
91,803 
114,974 
2.3 
56,043 
2,884,757 
1.8 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
15,832 
1,169,628 
2.6 
6,414 
319,279 
484,682 
2.1 
413,806 
21,779,010 
1.8 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
3,930 
693,788 
1.2 
1,855 
105,530 
153,462 
1.1 
129,845 
6,441,908 
1.3 
Flaylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
2,332 
361,889 
7.5 
805 
49,509 
89,283 
7.3 
33,473 
2,587,626 
6.4 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
2,996 
372,354 
10.7 
844 
53,283 
63,630 
7.6 
36,617 
1,947,119 
4.1 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
28,361 
2,712,516 
(X) 
8,539 
282,307 
262,670 
(X) 
35,145 
923,397 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
54,424 
4,078,372 
(X) 
5,916 
178,661 
125,397 
(X) 
46,148 
817,299 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
13,350 
186,188 
(X) 
1,887 
33,144 
20,001 
(X) 
15,301 
50,580 
(X) 
26 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
