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 
725 
300 
371 
54 
354 
371 
500 or more 
639 
278 
301 
60 
288 
351 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
18,655 
13,612 
4,319 
724 
10,047 
8,608 
number 
1,106,010 
554,146 
473,352 
78,512 
498,468 
607,542 
Beef cows 
farms 
18,433 
13,453 
4,269 
711 
9,959 
8,474 
number 
982,790 
500,735 
408,486 
73,569 
466,134 
516,656 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,702 
7,421 
1,100 
181 
4,663 
4,039 
10 to 49 
6,906 
4,739 
1,850 
317 
3,851 
3,055 
50 to 99 
1,221 
621 
528 
72 
637 
584 
100 to 199 
645 
270 
310 
65 
344 
301 
200 to 499 
600 
248 
323 
29 
300 
300 
500 or more 
359 
154 
158 
47 
164 
195 
Milk cows 
farms 
425 
322 
84 
19 
185 
240 
number 
123,220 
53,411 
64,866 
4,943 
32,334 
90,886 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
295 
258 
30 
7 
141 
154 
10 to 49 
15 
9 
3 
3 
9 
6 
50 to 99 
8 
3 
3 
2 
2 
6 
100 to 199 
15 
7 
8 
- 
6 
9 
200 to 499 
28 
15 
9 
4 
10 
18 
500 or more 
64 
30 
31 
3 
17 
47 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,296 
10,864 
3,778 
654 
7,849 
7,447 
number 
569,313 
263,341 
262,052 
43,920 
260,885 
308,428 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
13,971 
9,524 
3,792 
655 
7,351 
6,620 
number 
860,429 
383,874 
379,716 
96,839 
366,883 
493,546 
$1,000 
531,869 
246,187 
238,799 
46,883 
229,522 
302,347 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
10,697 
7,067 
3,117 
513 
5,669 
5,028 
number 
448,031 
193,360 
190,175 
64,496 
187,699 
260,332 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
9,906 
6,522 
2,898 
486 
5,098 
4,808 
number 
412,398 
190,514 
189,541 
32,343 
179,184 
233,214 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
number 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
" 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,642 
1,416 
187 
39 
723 
919 
number 
14,915 
11,928 
2,324 
663 
7,344 
7,571 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,530 
1,325 
172 
33 
668 
862 
25 to 49 
68 
57 
10 
1 
31 
37 
50 to 99 
28 
23 
3 
2 
20 
8 
1 00 to 1 99 
7 
3 
1 
3 
1 
6 
200 to 499 
6 
6 
- 
- 
1 
5 
500 or more 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
748 
636 
100 
12 
317 
431 
number 
3,509 
2,840 
573 
96 
1,682 
1,827 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,249 
1,088 
124 
37 
566 
683 
number 
11,406 
9,088 
1,751 
567 
5,662 
5,744 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,104 
937 
143 
24 
483 
621 
number 
19,006 
13,745 
4,683 
578 
9,256 
9,750 
$1,000 
2,158 
1,489 
606 
62 
1,063 
1,095 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,161 
1,035 
119 
7 
511 
650 
number 
18,232 
15,756 
2,431 
45 
8,194 
10,038 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
700 
614 
80 
6 
308 
392 
number 
7,365 
6,073 
1,269 
23 
3,147 
4,218 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
529 
444 
77 
8 
237 
292 
number 
11,790 
10,566 
1,195 
29 
3,907 
7,883 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
13,755 
11,264 
2,092 
399 
5,969 
7,786 
number 
121,034 
96,640 
18,540 
5,854 
50,198 
70,836 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
13,215 
10,803 
2,027 
385 
5,683 
7,532 
number 
96,944 
78,476 
14,550 
3,918 
40,244 
56,700 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,442 
2,837 
473 
132 
1,414 
2,028 
number 
15,119 
11,401 
2,626 
1,092 
6,072 
9,047 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
3,746 
3,304 
377 
65 
1,703 
2,043 
number 
52,052 
45,406 
5,800 
846 
23,931 
28,121 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,745 
1,526 
196 
23 
768 
977 
number 
21,272 
19,032 
2,001 
239 
11,625 
9,647 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,328 
4,628 
622 
78 
2,021 
3,307 
number 
9,386,611 
(D) 
(D) 
2,166 
879,689 
8,506,922 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
5,266 
4,579 
609 
78 
1,995 
3,271 
400 to 3,199 
35 
28 
7 
- 
16 
19 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
2 
4 
- 
4 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
9 
8 
1 
- 
3 
6 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
6 
5 
1 
- 
1 
5 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
632 
525 
91 
16 
168 
464 
number 
1,644,472 
1,288,612 
355,467 
393 
491,792 
1,152,680 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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