Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
POULTRY - Con. 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
25 
9 
13 
62 
21 
20 
11 
Farms with- 
number 
4,822,707 
5,228,968 
3,915,000 
15,541,586 
8,581,800 
8,695,435 
5,394,545 
1 to 1 ,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
16 
9 
13 
58 
21 
20 
10 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
16 
5 
6 
25 
30 
43 
40 
acres 
223 
223 
331 
1,572 
3,415 
8,080 
18,529 
bushels 
10,614 
20,034 
35,269 
121,224 
274,976 
711,109 
1,547,501 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
1 
- 
7 
7 
12 
12 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
218 
314 
847 
2,529 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
1 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
4 
5 
16 
14 
8 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
1 
4 
13 
26 
11 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
11 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
17 
Corn for grain 
farms 
54 
43 
22 
158 
83 
83 
57 
acres 
3,733 
4,048 
2,060 
22,526 
24,996 
46,018 
65,919 
bushels 
307,397 
358,083 
193,909 
2,546,763 
3,271,604 
6,394,811 
9,833,994 
Irrigated 
farms 
16 
15 
5 
59 
50 
61 
44 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
527 
1,438 
338 
5,633 
9,516 
20,008 
28,821 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
3 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
31 
18 
10 
36 
6 
1 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12 
22 
11 
108 
27 
5 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
9 
37 
31 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
46 
54 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
9 
2 
1 
10 
8 
10 
4 
acres 
151 
(D) 
(D) 
948 
(D) 
2,197 
565 
tons 
2,322 
(D) 
(D) 
14,938 
12,293 
38,006 
11,901 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
120 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
551 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
1 
8 
3 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1 
1 
_ 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
309 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
18,316 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
57 
36 
27 
146 
82 
88 
58 
acres 
3,721 
2,852 
2,614 
22,023 
22,658 
44,104 
61,414 
bushels 
137,336 
110,562 
102,844 
876,525 
1,021,783 
1,931,758 
2,560,516 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
7 
8 
39 
35 
41 
37 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
380 
251 
392 
2,331 
4,495 
8,931 
14,792 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
4 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
41 
21 
11 
25 
2 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
11 
16 
103 
27 
14 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
12 
50 
28 
3 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
45 
55 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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