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 
699 
177 
480 
42 
421 
278 
500 or more 
238 
45 
182 
11 
129 
109 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
15,413 
9,909 
4,832 
672 
9,598 
5,815 
number 
549,434 
229,380 
298,340 
21,714 
317,599 
231,835 
Beef cows 
farms 
15,175 
9,815 
4,715 
645 
9,485 
5,690 
number 
469,942 
206,070 
245,300 
18,572 
289,257 
180,685 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,865 
3,956 
704 
205 
2,963 
1,902 
10 to 49 
7,891 
5,047 
2,516 
328 
5,024 
2,867 
50 to 99 
1,586 
613 
889 
84 
1,006 
580 
100 to 199 
540 
140 
381 
19 
318 
222 
200 to 499 
256 
49 
198 
9 
153 
103 
500 or more 
37 
10 
27 
- 
21 
16 
Milk cows 
farms 
348 
152 
162 
34 
170 
178 
number 
79,492 
23,310 
53,040 
3,142 
28,342 
51,150 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
98 
66 
27 
5 
52 
46 
10 to 49 
35 
16 
11 
8 
11 
24 
50 to 99 
36 
16 
18 
2 
18 
18 
100 to 199 
104 
33 
55 
16 
55 
49 
200 to 499 
43 
11 
29 
3 
24 
19 
500 or more 
32 
10 
22 
- 
10 
22 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,963 
8,699 
4,593 
671 
8,546 
5,417 
number 
484,283 
166,484 
290,974 
26,825 
281,215 
203,068 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
13,982 
8,569 
4,763 
650 
8,675 
5,307 
number 
537,089 
198,141 
311,481 
27,467 
329,501 
207,588 
$1,000 
403,172 
144,390 
235,680 
23,102 
251,071 
152,101 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,651 
5,887 
3,342 
422 
5,933 
3,718 
number 
185,321 
78,640 
100,529 
6,152 
108,282 
77,039 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
11,302 
6,709 
4,064 
529 
6,909 
4,393 
number 
351,768 
119,501 
210,952 
21,315 
221,219 
130,549 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
866 
626 
188 
52 
458 
408 
number 
153,733 
116,756 
35,527 
1,450 
37,201 
116,532 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
704 
525 
137 
42 
354 
350 
25 to 49 
65 
41 
23 
1 
41 
24 
50 to 99 
38 
26 
5 
7 
30 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 
19 
7 
11 
1 
16 
3 
200 to 499 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
500 or more 
35 
22 
12 
1 
15 
20 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
522 
383 
106 
33 
270 
252 
number 
21,114 
18,807 
1,971 
336 
6,728 
14,386 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
686 
481 
163 
42 
359 
327 
number 
132,619 
97,949 
33,556 
1,114 
30,473 
102,146 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
600 
400 
163 
37 
317 
283 
number 
696,608 
565,313 
129,657 
1,638 
182,272 
514,336 
$1,000 
56,386 
36,251 
19,914 
220 
15,402 
40,984 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
688 
540 
125 
23 
341 
347 
number 
21,798 
14,125 
7,150 
523 
13,159 
8,639 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
500 
400 
84 
16 
250 
250 
number 
10,492 
7,112 
3,056 
324 
5,425 
5,067 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
417 
316 
82 
19 
207 
210 
number 
8,591 
6,358 
(D) 
(D) 
4,733 
3,858 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,502 
7,570 
1,609 
323 
4,711 
4,791 
number 
69,861 
54,840 
12,203 
2,818 
38,120 
31,741 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,051 
7,187 
1,555 
309 
4,466 
4,585 
number 
51,033 
38,450 
10,446 
2,137 
24,320 
26,713 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,160 
872 
236 
52 
496 
664 
number 
3,056 
2,140 
757 
159 
1,362 
1,694 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
3,329 
2,767 
435 
127 
1,601 
1,728 
number 
71,709 
54,495 
8,327 
8,887 
42,088 
29,621 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,933 
1,577 
256 
100 
940 
993 
number 
30,172 
24,059 
3,416 
2,697 
17,774 
12,398 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,483 
2,885 
479 
119 
1,432 
2,051 
number 
17,445,067 
14,307,455 
2,882,905 
254,707 
8,061,828 
9,383,239 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,044 
2,533 
399 
112 
1,228 
1,816 
400 to 3,199 
24 
23 
1 
- 
5 
19 
3,200 to 9,999 
37 
34 
2 
1 
23 
14 
10,000 to 19,999 
112 
89 
20 
3 
60 
52 
20,000 to 49,999 
229 
181 
46 
2 
99 
130 
50,000 to 99,999 
14 
9 
5 
- 
8 
6 
100,000 or more 
23 
16 
6 
1 
9 
14 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
613 
504 
91 
18 
200 
413 
number 
7,718,153 
5,731,614 
1,875,696 
110,843 
3,316,079 
4,402,074 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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