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 
10 
- 
- 
4 
5 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
(D) 
60 
271 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
134 
- 
12 
8 
34 
52 
28 
Farms with- 
number 
31,097,869 
- 
3,479,172 
3,203,000 
7,959,784 
9,408,503 
7,047,410 
1 to 1 ,999 
13 
- 
1 
- 
2 
10 
- 
2,000 to 59,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
110 
- 
11 
8 
30 
33 
28 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
11 
5 
3 
3 
number 
363 
- 
- 
328 
23 
3 
9 
Turkeys seld (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
3 
3 
6 
2 
acres 
659 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
216 
(D) 
bushels 
62,263 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
22,228 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
139 
_ 
8 
10 
32 
43 
46 
acres 
1 1 ,596 
- 
281 
1,124 
2,134 
4,405 
3,652 
bushels 
1 ,332,348 
- 
27,310 
131,383 
230,681 
568,610 
374,364 
Irrigated 
farms 
40 
- 
4 
3 
7 
15 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,395 
■ 
80 
220 
728 
1,789 
578 
1 to 24 acres 
45 
- 
7 
5 
10 
9 
14 
25 to 99 acres 
59 
- 
- 
2 
17 
24 
16 
1 00 to 249 acres 
27 
- 
1 
1 
4 
6 
15 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
acres 
190 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
tons 
2,481 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
“ 
" 
" 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
163 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
14,053 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
130 
1 
11 
7 
20 
55 
36 
acres 
13,480 
(D) 
(D) 
1,854 
1,619 
6,359 
3,246 
bushels 
547,971 
(D) 
(D) 
78,353 
59,544 
265,550 
130,418 
Irrigated 
farms 
24 
1 
2 
2 
15 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,259 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,705 
252 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
- 
4 
2 
5 
11 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
68 
1 
7 
2 
8 
33 
17 
1 00 to 249 acres 
16 
- 
- 
1 
5 
6 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
4 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 205 
