Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows farms 
219 
3 
4 
2 
_ 
6 
_ 
number 
9,116 
24 
10 
(D) 
- 
30 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
140 
3 
4 
2 
- 
5 
- 
1 0 to 49 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
too to 199 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
16,904 
245 
97 
65 
20 
1,124 
_ 
number 
504,564 
16,628 
909 
1,254 
289 
33,813 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
17,620 
226 
74 
57 
22 
1,097 
_ 
number 
612,863 
16,236 
953 
1,518 
318 
43,829 
- 
$1,000 
429,349 
11,241 
594 
908 
243 
29,626 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
12,774 
128 
51 
38 
15 
748 
- 
number 
230,706 
3,896 
361 
570 
173 
16,135 
- 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
14,294 
181 
48 
44 
16 
875 
- 
number 
382,157 
12,340 
592 
948 
145 
27,694 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
689 
39 
31 
6 
3 
43 
- 
number 
142,555 
1,308 
274 
18 
3 
971 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
585 
25 
31 
6 
3 
41 
- 
25 to 49 
41 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
25 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
407 
27 
20 
4 
_ 
24 
_ 
number 
15,312 
198 
80 
12 
- 
385 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
554 
34 
25 
3 
3 
33 
- 
number 
127,243 
1,110 
194 
6 
3 
586 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
379 
24 
15 
1 
- 
16 
- 
number 
446,448 
2,004 
134 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
$1,000 
33,424 
184 
11 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
712 
3 
15 
8 
5 
39 
- 
number 
21,114 
(D) 
111 
94 
110 
877 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
510 
3 
6 
4 
4 
28 
- 
number 
11,913 
(D) 
35 
29 
50 
479 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
422 
2 
2 
4 
17 
- 
number 
18,879 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
578 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
9,932 
168 
144 
125 
25 
1,057 
- 
number 
63,707 
772 
618 
628 
154 
5,289 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
9,542 
156 
140 
116 
24 
973 
- 
number 
58,319 
679 
604 
587 
145 
4,807 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,954 
24 
16 
11 
- 
71 
- 
number 
7,257 
56 
34 
27 
- 
128 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,832 
34 
57 
29 
17 
184 
_ 
number 
52,749 
511 
710 
287 
366 
4,258 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,807 
16 
19 
16 
8 
97 
- 
number 
23,855 
163 
196 
106 
97 
1,329 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
3,469 
60 
122 
70 
26 
214 
- 
number 
9,435,605 
970 
2,986 
1,556 
373 
3,748 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,084 
60 
122 
70 
26 
214 
- 
400 to 3,199 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
175 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
138 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
732 
7 
24 
7 
2 
32 
- 
number 
5,457,121 
(D) 
1,037 
150 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
986 
4 
22 
16 
2 
33 
- 
number 
7,948,547 
8 
3,395 
525 
(D) 
718 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
284 
2 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
number 
10,871,077 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
178 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
