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 
31,089 
23,549 
6,078 
1,462 
11,105 
19,984 
number 
204,941,679 
155,457,885 
43,844,643 
5,639,151 
84,599,692 
120,341,987 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
4,634 
3,372 
1,055 
207 
1,801 
2,833 
number 
176,802,415 
122,136,787 
51,272,153 
3,393,475 
80,617,782 
96,184,633 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
32,935 
23,185 
8,520 
1,230 
13,493 
19,442 
number 
8,463,194,794 
5,780,643,819 
2,517,564,581 
164,986,394 
3,910,973,398 
4,552,221,396 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
16,514 
1 1 ,874 
3,710 
930 
5,447 
1 1 ,067 
2,000 to 59,999 
714 
444 
203 
67 
304 
410 
60,000 to 99,999 
373 
277 
87 
9 
193 
180 
100,000 or more 
15,334 
10,590 
4,520 
224 
7,549 
7,785 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
19,956 
15,010 
3,944 
1,002 
7,238 
12,718 
number 
100,792,198 
59,579,819 
38,198,019 
3,014,360 
49,766,734 
51,025,464 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
9,677 
6,681 
2,461 
535 
3,502 
6,175 
number 
286,030,261 
167,112,744 
111,209,167 
7,708,350 
140,236,107 
145,794,154 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
farms 
18,667 
5,083 
1 1 ,468 
2,116 
9,576 
9,091 
acres 
3,283,905 
552,098 
2,273,525 
458,282 
1,517,550 
1 ,766,355 
bushels 
215,059,358 
36,110,831 
146,691,657 
32,256,870 
95,899,149 
119,160,209 
Irrigated 
farms 
4,657 
1,511 
2,574 
572 
2,298 
2,359 
acres 
851,693 
179,551 
529,141 
143,001 
344,830 
506,863 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5,982 
2,345 
3,073 
564 
3,109 
2,873 
25 to 99 acres 
5,303 
1,428 
3,282 
593 
2,737 
2,566 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,614 
711 
2,443 
460 
1,882 
1,732 
250 to 499 acres 
2,174 
353 
1,525 
296 
1,148 
1,026 
500 acres or more 
1,594 
246 
1,145 
203 
700 
894 
Corn for grain 
farms 
348,530 
112,609 
196,762 
39,159 
208,753 
139,777 
acres 
87,413,045 
11,326,049 
65,690,886 
10,396,110 
44,381,917 
43,031,128 
bushels 
10,333,410,157 
1 ,297,254,779 
7,722,674,579 
1,313,480,799 
5,132,985,231 
5,200,424,926 
Irrigated 
farms 
41,251 
9,526 
25,185 
6,540 
22,227 
19,024 
acres 
12,819,069 
1,955,801 
8,570,840 
2,292,428 
5,761,446 
7,057,623 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
72,836 
44,351 
22,848 
5,637 
44,047 
28,789 
25 to 99 acres 
101,838 
42,886 
46,590 
12,362 
63,914 
37,924 
1 00 to 249 acres 
75,245 
16,457 
49,059 
9,729 
47,100 
28,145 
250 to 499 acres 
48,492 
5,051 
37,643 
5,798 
29,169 
19,323 
500 acres or more 
50,119 
3,864 
40,622 
5,633 
24,523 
25,596 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
86,365 
24,872 
54,530 
6,963 
41,641 
44,724 
acres 
7,196,628 
1,379,851 
5,239,073 
577,704 
2,872,196 
4,324,432 
tons 
113,153,064 
23,365,483 
80,151,472 
9,636,109 
43,228,244 
69,924,820 
Irrigated 
farms 
9,807 
3,146 
5,524 
1,137 
4,497 
5,310 
acres 
1 ,643,756 
513,398 
927,982 
202,376 
647,460 
996,296 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
32,575 
13,367 
16,537 
2,671 
17,415 
15,160 
25 to 99 acres 
35,586 
8,550 
24,078 
2,958 
16,931 
18,655 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,369 
1,991 
9,479 
899 
5,220 
7,149 
250 to 499 acres 
3,667 
591 
2,808 
268 
1,373 
2,294 
500 acres or more 
2,168 
373 
1,628 
167 
702 
1,466 
Cotton, all 
farms 
18,155 
3,703 
10,582 
3,870 
1 1 ,295 
6,860 
acres 
9,384,080 
1,133,709 
6,225,821 
2,024,550 
4,683,126 
4,700,954 
bales 
16,534,302 
1 ,967,679 
10,842,470 
3,724,153 
7,891,832 
8,642,470 
Irrigated 
farms 
9,130 
1,765 
5,106 
2,259 
5,300 
3,830 
acres 
3,813,454 
531,547 
2,277,612 
1,004,295 
1,733,100 
2,080,354 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
833 
491 
238 
104 
593 
240 
25 to 99 acres 
2,902 
1,144 
1,223 
535 
2,045 
857 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4,273 
992 
2,340 
941 
2,915 
1,358 
250 to 499 acres 
4,058 
541 
2,595 
922 
2,622 
1,436 
500 acres or more 
6,089 
535 
4,186 
1,368 
3,120 
2,969 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
6,896 
1,406 
4,339 
1,151 
3,737 
3,159 
acres 
1,642,797 
215,104 
1,207,680 
220,013 
760,151 
882,646 
cwt 
31,424,290 
4,164,465 
22,880,195 
4,379,630 
14,272,045 
17,152,245 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,984 
692 
1,678 
614 
1,519 
1,465 
acres 
473,506 
87,744 
305,871 
79,891 
200,997 
272,509 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
949 
421 
299 
229 
489 
460 
25 to 99 acres 
1,902 
472 
1,102 
328 
1,163 
739 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,962 
286 
1,351 
325 
1,094 
868 
250 to 499 acres 
1,165 
123 
881 
161 
618 
547 
500 acres or more 
918 
104 
706 
108 
373 
545 
Oats for grain 
farms 
35,038 
13,585 
19,284 
2,169 
18,869 
16,169 
acres 
1,078,698 
295,965 
705,615 
77,118 
572,218 
506,480 
bushels 
65,646,178 
17,669,581 
43,210,205 
4,766,392 
34,098,917 
31,547,261 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,261 
523 
609 
129 
584 
677 
acres 
59,132 
20,109 
31,083 
7,940 
25,718 
33,414 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
23,991 
10,792 
11,705 
1,494 
13,059 
10,932 
25 to 99 acres 
8,949 
2,350 
6,085 
514 
4,654 
4,295 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,658 
348 
1,198 
112 
929 
729 
250 to 499 acres 
322 
70 
213 
39 
178 
144 
500 acres or more 
118 
25 
83 
10 
49 
69 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
6,561 
1,277 
4,359 
925 
4,388 
2,173 
acres 
1,621,631 
195,010 
1,237,886 
188,735 
913,935 
707,696 
pounds 
6,660,492,899 
776,811,310 
5,100,344,994 
783,336,595 
3,714,060,721 
2,946,432,178 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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