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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
185 
7 
5 
61 
53 
59 
500 or more 
163 
- 
2 
10 
36 
37 
78 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
5,426 
28 
202 
527 
1,435 
1,677 
1,557 
number 
237,854 
317 
4,576 
13,128 
69,950 
47,154 
102,729 
Beef cows 
farms 
5,206 
22 
192 
495 
1,363 
1,624 
1,510 
number 
131,854 
311 
(D) 
(D) 
26,893 
32,838 
58,952 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,462 
11 
127 
369 
938 
1,083 
934 
10 to 49 
1,232 
10 
49 
91 
303 
392 
387 
50 to 99 
264 
- 
8 
21 
64 
87 
84 
100 to 199 
132 
1 
6 
7 
37 
35 
46 
200 to 499 
82 
- 
2 
3 
16 
23 
38 
500 or more 
34 
- 
- 
4 
5 
4 
21 
Milk cows 
farms 
316 
6 
16 
41 
105 
77 
71 
number 
106,000 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
43,057 
14,316 
43,777 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
217 
6 
14 
37 
70 
56 
34 
10 to 49 
11 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
1 
50 to 99 
9 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
2 
100 to 199 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
200 to 499 
18 
- 
1 
2 
4 
4 
7 
500 or more 
56 
- 
1 
2 
21 
8 
24 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
5,833 
26 
228 
553 
1,530 
1,819 
1,677 
number 
351,178 
208 
5,350 
11,915 
72,636 
100,480 
160,589 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
5,194 
24 
201 
513 
1,322 
1,589 
1,545 
number 
407,340 
320 
64,699 
23,827 
69,145 
103,499 
145,850 
$1,000 
359,276 
304 
5,219 
25,294 
64,149 
122,921 
141,388 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
1,988 
7 
102 
179 
477 
614 
609 
number 
125,532 
62 
61,316 
1,701 
20,174 
13,480 
28,799 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
4,535 
24 
149 
452 
1,173 
1,368 
1,369 
number 
281,808 
258 
3,383 
22,126 
48,971 
90,019 
117,051 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
77 
- 
5 
1 
17 
27 
27 
number 
66,427 
- 
93 
(D) 
(D) 
31,127 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
740 
10 
42 
134 
267 
185 
102 
number 
9,676 
284 
220 
1,743 
2,509 
2,588 
2,332 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
657 
8 
42 
127 
240 
159 
81 
25 to 49 
41 
- 
- 
2 
16 
9 
14 
50 to 99 
26 
- 
- 
- 
8 
15 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 
14 
2 
- 
4 
3 
2 
3 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
352 
4 
27 
68 
Ill 
84 
58 
number 
2,510 
92 
121 
513 
621 
677 
486 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
618 
10 
28 
106 
230 
164 
80 
number 
7,166 
192 
99 
1,230 
1,888 
1,911 
1,846 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
622 
4 
33 
126 
251 
135 
73 
number 
18,115 
720 
447 
1,513 
4,645 
4,346 
6,444 
$1,000 
2,114 
60 
39 
186 
710 
667 
452 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,126 
22 
99 
257 
572 
675 
501 
number 
79,358 
529 
4,727 
12,086 
13,785 
31,078 
17,153 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,599 
18 
79 
193 
408 
507 
394 
number 
34,783 
309 
2,324 
5,726 
6,855 
11,067 
8,502 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,236 
15 
61 
157 
342 
382 
279 
number 
50,429 
360 
1,104 
5,434 
6,571 
21,697 
15,263 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
7,610 
21 
234 
694 
2,040 
2,434 
2,187 
number 
61,189 
70 
1,308 
4,341 
15,969 
18,315 
21,186 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
7,324 
21 
224 
685 
1,982 
2,357 
2,055 
number 
49,214 
70 
1,037 
3,600 
13,378 
14,252 
16,877 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,406 
4 
36 
139 
390 
462 
375 
number 
4,522 
4 
58 
369 
1,293 
1,310 
1,488 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,420 
9 
135 
345 
812 
644 
475 
number 
53,909 
117 
3,675 
5,618 
14,850 
19,102 
10,547 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,084 
3 
84 
152 
371 
269 
205 
number 
27,407 
24 
1,930 
2,777 
4,863 
11,133 
6,680 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,597 
6 
165 
485 
1,167 
1,048 
726 
number 
3,728,310 
(D) 
4,904 
9,085 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,583 
6 
164 
485 
1,161 
1,043 
724 
400 to 3,199 
8 
- 
1 
- 
4 
2 
1 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
376 
4 
16 
39 
116 
114 
87 
number 
897,472 
(D) 
356 
605 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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