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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,033 
834 
151 
48 
399 
634 
number 
14,372,977 
11,530,150 
2,592,046 
250,781 
6,298,653 
8,074,324 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
257 
194 
54 
9 
100 
157 
number 
13,371,144 
9,623,473 
3,596,491 
151,180 
6,118,397 
7,252,747 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
2,743 
1,949 
758 
36 
1,476 
1,267 
number 
1,369,162,943 
946,177,494 
402,737,083 
20,248,366 
722,006,115 
647,156,828 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
145 
116 
25 
4 
48 
97 
2,000 to 59,999 
27 
23 
4 
- 
12 
15 
60,000 to 99,999 
62 
57 
5 
- 
44 
18 
100,000 or more 
2,509 
1,753 
724 
32 
1,372 
1,137 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
326 
266 
40 
20 
104 
222 
number 
2,661 
2,277 
293 
91 
930 
1,731 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
77 
58 
11 
8 
31 
46 
number 
3,110 
2,612 
466 
32 
683 
2,427 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
farms 
22 
6 
14 
2 
16 
6 
acres 
646 
(D) 
574 
(D) 
325 
321 
bushels 
32,210 
(D) 
22,530 
(D) 
12,672 
19,538 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
3 
10 
10 
3 
acres 
271 
5 
266 
- 
266 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
6 
2 
2 
6 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
11 
- 
10 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,619 
903 
1,412 
304 
1,861 
758 
acres 
311,125 
52,424 
222,669 
36,032 
200,521 
110,604 
bushels 
52,451,141 
8,908,837 
37,956,085 
5,586,219 
33,359,004 
19,092,137 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,207 
287 
753 
167 
838 
369 
acres 
179,983 
29,538 
129,338 
21,107 
108,498 
71,485 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
947 
551 
306 
90 
675 
272 
25 to 99 acres 
718 
211 
404 
103 
527 
191 
1 00 to 249 acres 
610 
90 
447 
73 
461 
149 
250 to 499 acres 
230 
31 
170 
29 
137 
93 
500 acres or more 
114 
20 
85 
9 
61 
53 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
238 
80 
137 
21 
118 
120 
acres 
31,216 
8,736 
20,988 
1,492 
12,544 
18,672 
tons 
653,545 
174,870 
447,370 
31,305 
236,423 
417,122 
Irrigated 
farms 
103 
29 
58 
16 
50 
53 
acres 
17,467 
4,931 
11,315 
1,221 
5,680 
11,787 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
73 
36 
28 
9 
43 
30 
25 to 99 acres 
64 
14 
42 
8 
35 
29 
1 00 to 249 acres 
68 
22 
44 
2 
29 
39 
250 to 499 acres 
19 
4 
13 
2 
6 
13 
500 acres or more 
14 
4 
10 
5 
9 
Cotton, all 
farms 
2,616 
448 
1,824 
344 
1,893 
723 
acres 
1,279,400 
117,057 
1,024,869 
137,474 
821,571 
457,829 
bales 
2,719,600 
256,674 
2,157,207 
305,719 
1,701,080 
1,018,520 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,330 
196 
982 
152 
928 
402 
acres 
402,259 
42,326 
314,721 
45,212 
244,278 
157,981 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
114 
68 
29 
17 
87 
27 
25 to 99 acres 
396 
143 
196 
57 
313 
83 
1 00 to 249 acres 
478 
111 
287 
80 
373 
105 
250 to 499 acres 
683 
66 
516 
101 
517 
166 
500 acres or more 
945 
60 
796 
89 
603 
342 
Oats for grain 
farms 
316 
100 
187 
29 
205 
111 
acres 
20,087 
5,188 
12,417 
2,482 
14,511 
5,576 
bushels 
992,230 
243,687 
625,442 
123,101 
705,755 
286,475 
Irrigated 
farms 
54 
18 
33 
3 
33 
21 
acres 
2,893 
941 
1,842 
110 
2,033 
860 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
116 
47 
54 
15 
62 
54 
25 to 99 acres 
145 
38 
96 
11 
101 
44 
1 00 to 249 acres 
48 
11 
35 
2 
37 
11 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
3 
2 
- 
3 
2 
500 acres or more 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
2,833 
479 
1,948 
406 
2,081 
752 
acres 
731,946 
77,021 
580,222 
74,703 
477,096 
254,850 
pounds 
3,236,937,533 
344,042,351 
2,559,620,139 
333,275,043 
2,074,291,013 
1,162,646,520 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,388 
197 
1,018 
173 
986 
402 
acres 
270,783 
33,782 
211,798 
25,203 
161,331 
109,452 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
219 
121 
62 
36 
167 
52 
25 to 99 acres 
582 
163 
314 
105 
457 
125 
1 00 to 249 acres 
953 
114 
668 
171 
736 
217 
250 to 499 acres 
768 
56 
638 
74 
545 
223 
500 acres or more 
311 
25 
266 
20 
176 
135 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
371 
88 
239 
44 
260 
111 
acres 
39,082 
5,877 
31,194 
2,011 
28,510 
10,572 
bushels 
1,924,241 
298,515 
1,511,541 
114,185 
1,422,132 
502,109 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Georgia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
