Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
453 
9 
39 
92 
174 
107 
32 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,523,423 
130 
66,427 
439,478 
544,836 
352,330 
120,222 
sold 
farms 
92 
- 
7 
27 
34 
20 
4 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
2,831,639 
430,100 
753,426 
694,503 
408,610 
545,000 
sold 
farms 
431 
- 
39 
60 
106 
159 
67 
Farms with- 
number 
136,389,716 
- 
7,282,598 
20,321,867 
33,651,306 
49,375,958 
25,757,987 
1 to 1 ,999 
100 
- 
12 
13 
31 
34 
10 
2,000 to 59,999 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
16 
- 
- 
5 
1 
4 
6 
100,000 or more 
312 
- 
27 
41 
74 
119 
51 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
208 
- 
17 
30 
83 
63 
15 
number 
3,046 
- 
147 
148 
483 
2,210 
58 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
46 
- 
10 
11 
12 
10 
3 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
1,762 
88 
149 
118 
1,400 
7 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
679 
4 
52 
79 
178 
195 
171 
acres 
29,139 
212 
4,172 
3,258 
6,941 
8,502 
6,054 
bushels 
2,115,293 
8,000 
242,079 
194,307 
565,454 
632,222 
473,231 
Irrigated 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
2 
9 
10 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
427 
" 
" 
(D) 
83 
178 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
431 
- 
23 
45 
123 
127 
113 
25 to 99 acres 
174 
4 
18 
23 
36 
50 
43 
1 00 to 249 acres 
52 
- 
8 
8 
18 
8 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
- 
3 
3 
- 
8 
3 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
41 
- 
3 
3 
16 
15 
4 
acres 
692 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
411 
216 
17 
tons 
7,310 
- 
180 
(D) 
4,163 
2,685 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
" 
" 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
- 
3 
2 
15 
13 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
161 
_ 
18 
22 
35 
61 
25 
acres 
28,508 
- 
3,740 
1,755 
5,380 
9,629 
8,004 
bales 
49,410 
- 
6,681 
2,365 
9,186 
17,729 
13,449 
Irrigated 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
721 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
71 
1 to 24 acres 
40 
- 
- 
6 
11 
18 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
58 
- 
3 
11 
12 
22 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
33 
- 
9 
2 
6 
11 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
18 
- 
6 
3 
4 
3 
2 
500 acres or more 
12 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
3 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
51 
5 
10 
9 
12 
5 
10 
acres 
1,241 
135 
300 
77 
307 
162 
260 
bushels 
55,639 
4,050 
13,560 
3,343 
15,960 
4,901 
13,825 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
30 
- 
- 
9 
9 
3 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
19 
5 
10 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
126 
_ 
14 
27 
15 
46 
24 
acres 
16,031 
- 
3,577 
2,150 
1,984 
4,441 
3,879 
pounds 
59,736,050 
- 
15,489,666 
7,829,612 
5,886,578 
16,462,836 
14,067,358 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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