Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
64,098 
3,303 
669 
190 
210 
2,694 
55 
number 
9,252,272 
133,787 
7,225 
1,624 
511 
61,756 
994 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
16,463 
1,359 
628 
172 
202 
1,809 
31 
10 to 49 
17,869 
897 
27 
12 
8 
497 
20 
50 to 99 
15,351 
674 
7 
- 
- 
265 
3 
100 to 199 
7,359 
305 
4 
4 
- 
81 
1 
200 to 499 
3,712 
62 
1 
2 
- 
34 
- 
500 or more 
3,344 
6 
2 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
742,665 
85,941 
3,553 
4,078 
1,787 
63,332 
1,769 
number 
51 ,785,789 
5,884,724 
77,603 
100,567 
33,641 
1,775,459 
70,922 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
740,978 
83,615 
2,787 
3,321 
1,442 
51,377 
1,836 
number 
69,759,776 
5,073,219 
67,415 
121,018 
44,429 
1,667,789 
63,403 
$1,000 
76,380,153 
5,162,963 
52,218 
91,883 
32,171 
1,388,641 
44,807 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds ... 
farms 
380,865 
27,572 
1,307 
1,711 
696 
24,732 
998 
number 
12,927,750 
829,795 
22,579 
46,170 
16,091 
462,564 
18,790 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
639,747 
75,026 
2,148 
2,745 
1,203 
42,652 
1,562 
number 
56,832,026 
4,243,424 
44,836 
74,848 
28,338 
1,205,225 
44,613 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
33,880 
1 1 ,746 
55 
15 
13 
1,119 
39 
number 
25,468,575 
1 ,044,542 
7,461 
552 
307 
88,749 
1,477 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
63,246 
8,812 
1,634 
600 
408 
4,957 
71 
number 
66,026,785 
5,314,134 
30,334 
1 1 ,890 
3,736 
358,130 
4,499 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
41,688 
3,470 
1,529 
551 
374 
4,303 
48 
25 to 49 
3,435 
601 
58 
26 
25 
260 
6 
50 to 99 
2,161 
608 
31 
5 
3 
135 
6 
100 to 199 
1,469 
549 
8 
5 
3 
90 
7 
200 to 499 
2,115 
937 
3 
7 
3 
44 
3 
500 or more 
12,378 
2,647 
5 
6 
- 
125 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
27,984 
4,257 
665 
258 
137 
2,196 
43 
number 
5,709,339 
289,491 
3,876 
2,841 
667 
44,517 
700 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
55,006 
7,998 
1,354 
484 
347 
4,157 
62 
number 
60,317,446 
5,024,643 
26,458 
9,049 
3,069 
313,613 
3,799 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
55,882 
8,524 
1,268 
383 
363 
3,673 
41 
number 
199,115,305 
10,511,109 
69,925 
30,615 
9,125 
703,845 
5,059 
$1,000 
22,492,611 
1,367,677 
8,279 
4,576 
915 
98,025 
527 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
88,338 
6,018 
2,324 
1,512 
787 
8,723 
41 
number 
5,364,844 
338,724 
49,888 
74,234 
1 1 ,524 
404,093 
1,283 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
65,690 
4,970 
1,358 
1,068 
549 
6,604 
30 
number 
2,967,908 
210,090 
24,173 
36,987 
6,019 
229,061 
716 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
53,754 
4,327 
775 
683 
430 
4,301 
21 
number 
3,947,609 
257,082 
20,932 
39,621 
4,980 
211,239 
397 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
504,795 
28,375 
5,730 
6,618 
3,164 
66,157 
567 
number 
3,621,348 
152,647 
26,233 
32,532 
13,231 
327,418 
3,193 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
486,972 
26,814 
5,396 
5,998 
2,897 
61,977 
532 
number 
3,077,664 
134,003 
22,503 
25,055 
11,053 
272,029 
2,855 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
108,360 
3,628 
520 
526 
311 
4,453 
54 
number 
418,968 
1 1 ,297 
1,094 
1,227 
845 
1 1 ,435 
177 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
128,456 
4,623 
3,127 
2,093 
1,170 
12,549 
85 
number 
2,621,514 
82,793 
30,133 
27,323 
11,363 
167,868 
1,505 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
63,844 
2,191 
1,011 
680 
433 
4,240 
43 
number 
1,247,784 
34,798 
7,392 
9,251 
3,906 
55,826 
533 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
198,272 
10,689 
8,501 
5,498 
3,689 
24,137 
155 
number 
350,715,978 
1,148,762 
317,837 
274,491 
112,363 
1,104,987 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
193,553 
10,606 
8,439 
5,482 
3,665 
24,051 
152 
400 to 3,199 
1,103 
45 
61 
13 
24 
65 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
482 
10 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
1,199 
12 
1 
- 
- 
9 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1,292 
12 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
256 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
1 00,000 or more 
387 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Puilets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
26,749 
1,019 
1,308 
547 
429 
2,387 
23 
number 
110,297,133 
896,091 
72,270 
13,517 
149,974 
790,341 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
31,089 
1,247 
1,556 
822 
629 
2,697 
16 
number 
204,941,679 
1,177,243 
103,092 
120,761 
31,380 
326,787 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
4,634 
111 
141 
52 
55 
236 
4 
number 
176,802,415 
823,348 
8,778 
(D) 
(D) 
953,710 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
194 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
