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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
812 
206 
550 
56 
470 
342 
500 or more 
242 
39 
181 
22 
119 
123 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,771 
1 1 ,770 
6,883 
1,118 
12,169 
7,602 
number 
731 ,903 
284,31 1 
404,648 
42,944 
440,414 
291,489 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,685 
11,728 
6,842 
1,115 
12,119 
7,566 
number 
722,787 
281,289 
398,671 
42,827 
435,959 
286,828 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,130 
3,978 
830 
322 
3,034 
2,096 
10 to 49 
10,835 
6,496 
3,737 
602 
6,804 
4,031 
50 to 99 
2,232 
882 
1,254 
96 
1,413 
819 
100 to 199 
1,038 
283 
697 
58 
625 
413 
200 to 499 
364 
80 
255 
29 
198 
166 
500 or more 
86 
9 
69 
8 
45 
41 
Milk cows 
farms 
219 
119 
78 
22 
137 
82 
number 
9,116 
3,022 
5,977 
117 
4,455 
4,661 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
140 
83 
35 
22 
94 
46 
10 to 49 
30 
23 
7 
- 
15 
15 
50 to 99 
27 
6 
21 
- 
17 
10 
100 to 199 
8 
3 
5 
- 
5 
3 
200 to 499 
11 
3 
8 
- 
5 
6 
500 or more 
3 
1 
2 
- 
1 
2 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
16,904 
9,750 
6,199 
955 
10,207 
6,697 
number 
504,564 
169,562 
301,527 
33,475 
284,242 
220,322 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
17,620 
10,066 
6,530 
1,024 
10,844 
6,776 
number 
612,863 
209,579 
363,249 
40,035 
342,526 
270,337 
$1,000 
429,349 
140,547 
257,945 
30,857 
237,252 
192,097 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
12,774 
7,264 
4,799 
711 
7,867 
4,907 
number 
230,706 
86,054 
133,096 
1 1 ,556 
127,858 
102,848 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
14,294 
7,936 
5,576 
782 
8,671 
5,623 
number 
382,157 
123,525 
230,153 
28,479 
214,668 
167,489 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
689 
461 
183 
45 
335 
354 
number 
142,555 
93,641 
48,400 
514 
117,796 
24,759 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
585 
413 
134 
38 
267 
318 
25 to 49 
41 
19 
15 
7 
22 
19 
50 to 99 
25 
15 
10 
- 
23 
2 
100 to 199 
11 
1 
10 
- 
5 
6 
200 to 499 
5 
4 
1 
- 
5 
- 
500 or more 
22 
9 
13 
- 
13 
9 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
407 
271 
108 
28 
225 
182 
number 
15,312 
11,580 
3,586 
146 
13,792 
1,520 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
554 
357 
161 
36 
260 
294 
number 
127,243 
82,061 
44,814 
368 
104,004 
23,239 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
379 
239 
119 
21 
211 
168 
number 
446,448 
(D) 
222,726 
(D) 
309,530 
136,918 
$1,000 
33,424 
(D) 
21,075 
(D) 
25,067 
8,357 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
712 
579 
119 
14 
325 
387 
number 
21,114 
16,044 
4,845 
225 
11,481 
9,633 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
510 
416 
85 
9 
234 
276 
number 
11,913 
8,777 
3,042 
94 
6,570 
5,343 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
422 
331 
85 
6 
198 
224 
number 
18,879 
15,861 
2,679 
339 
14,205 
4,674 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,932 
7,061 
2,431 
440 
4,846 
5,086 
number 
63,707 
42,976 
16,944 
3,787 
30,328 
33,379 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,542 
6,741 
2,375 
426 
4,642 
4,900 
number 
58,319 
39,274 
15,672 
3,373 
27,684 
30,635 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,954 
1,380 
447 
127 
836 
1,118 
number 
7,257 
4,781 
2,138 
338 
3,390 
3,867 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,832 
2,300 
450 
82 
1,331 
1,501 
number 
52,749 
42,659 
8,562 
1,528 
25,485 
27,264 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,807 
1,455 
288 
64 
841 
966 
number 
23,855 
18,698 
4,105 
1,052 
1 1 ,509 
12,346 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,469 
2,710 
680 
79 
1,374 
2,095 
number 
9,435,605 
6,455,300 
(D) 
(D) 
3,635,598 
5,800,007 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,084 
2,430 
577 
77 
1,210 
1,874 
400 to 3,199 
31 
25 
6 
- 
16 
15 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
19 
6 
- 
14 
11 
10,000 to 19,999 
175 
140 
34 
1 
67 
108 
20,000 to 49,999 
138 
87 
51 
- 
60 
78 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
2 
5 
- 
4 
3 
100,000 or more 
9 
7 
1 
1 
3 
6 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
732 
531 
186 
15 
297 
435 
number 
5,457,121 
2,958,289 
2,418,695 
80,137 
2,768,676 
2,688,445 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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