Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
619 
34,813 
388 
33,201 
Llamas 
834 
5,000 
1,102 
7,499 
Bison 
126 
10,731 
184 
15,474 
Mink, live 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
12 
188 
21 
190 
Rabbits, live 
259 
3,145 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
49 
2,314 
69 
5,507 
Other livestock (see text) 
86 
(X) 
145 
(X) 
Alpacas 
561 
11,200 
485 
7,980 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
357 
1,271,243 
2,627 
257 
1,538,894 
Milk from sheep and goats 
146 
(NA) 
2,289 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
65 
5,029 
9,894 
95 
5,456 
Deer in captivity 
4 
17 
23 
8 
83 
Elk in captivity 
22 
445 
871 
45 
2,170 
Alpacas 
188 
1,747 
4,312 
162 
921 
Llamas 
122 
457 
389 
154 
761 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
84 
2,535 
39 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
38 
(X) 
99 
88 
(X) 
Other livestock products 1 
606 
(X) 
3,123 
222 
(X) 
Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
207 
49,089 
123.4 
10 
1,471 
532 
107.3 
24 
3,736 
81.1 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
1,681 
471,167 
1 66.5 
374 
180,237 
163,120 
103.0 
507 
196,627 
36.6 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
787 
111,842 
19.8 
66 
9,489 
7,865 
13.3 
144 
28,089 
10.4 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
282 
31,015 
24.0 
14 
2,079 
1,469 
12.8 
50 
8,010 
6.0 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
73 
3,648 
98.6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
2,288 
18.8 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
38 
5,105 
47.3 
45 
5,332 
11,692 
37.1 
296 
125,826 
14.8 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
61 
(D) 
46.5 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
215 
30,553 
30.7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
549 
60,390 
62.4 
388 
65,619 
256,824 
37.4 
2,723 
1,799,134 
28.8 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
488 
53,105 
56.1 
372 
64,023 
253,719 
37.5 
2,707 
1,797,083 
28.8 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
8 
1,462 
122.5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
67 
7,159 
96.2 
4 
260 
36 
15.4 
41 
5,120 
24.4 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
9,088 
801,929 
(X) 
1,236 
167,120 
131,943 
(X) 
2,474 
195,625 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
6,444 
503,331 
3.0 
582 
57,537 
33,849 
2.7 
1,179 
59,567 
1.6 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
593 
42,868 
2.3 
60 
4,503 
3,232 
2.0 
292 
38,823 
0.9 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
2,574 
210,620 
1.3 
324 
38,780 
50,320 
1.0 
765 
82,965 
0.9 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
501 
75,700 
0.9 
89 
7,475 
8,483 
0.8 
563 
30,907 
0.8 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
226 
19,553 
5.2 
17 
1,275 
592 
2.4 
38 
1,169 
4.0 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
303 
18,628 
7.1 
30 
1,742 
957 
6.9 
110 
15,671 
1.5 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
763 
83,020 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
(X) 
- 
- 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
808 
6,338 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
(X) 
- 
- 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
70 
(D) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(X) 
52 
(D) 
(X) 
26 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
