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 
788 
670 
101 
17 
283 
505 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
6,017,226 
(D) 
(D) 
486 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
78 
67 
10 
1 
25 
53 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
2,217,092 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
895,301 
1,321,791 
sold 
farms 
388 
320 
67 
1 
126 
262 
Farms with- 
number 
58,644,898 
43,331,475 
(D) 
(D) 
20,378,238 
38,266,660 
1 to 1,999 
278 
239 
38 
1 
88 
190 
2,000 to 59,999 
8 
8 
- 
- 
1 
7 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
100 
73 
27 
- 
37 
63 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
617 
543 
68 
6 
206 
411 
number 
5,567 
4,841 
684 
42 
2,397 
3,170 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
126 
113 
9 
4 
46 
80 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
2,410 
2,306 
78 
26 
1,327 
1,083 
Corn for grain 
farms 
606 
316 
264 
26 
354 
252 
acres 
39,330 
10,883 
26,480 
1,967 
18,001 
21,329 
bushels 
4,781,859 
1,248,716 
3,270,986 
262,157 
2,055,202 
2,726,657 
Irrigated 
farms 
201 
97 
90 
14 
83 
118 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
19,042 
5,163 
12,615 
1,264 
6,170 
12,872 
1 to 24 acres 
348 
236 
102 
10 
215 
133 
25 to 99 acres 
155 
57 
90 
8 
91 
64 
1 00 to 249 acres 
65 
15 
44 
6 
33 
32 
250 to 499 acres 
23 
6 
15 
2 
9 
14 
500 acres or more 
15 
2 
13 
" 
6 
9 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
99 
36 
61 
2 
48 
51 
acres 
27,715 
4,306 
(D) 
(D) 
11,588 
16,127 
tons 
500,959 
69,777 
(D) 
(D) 
190,256 
310,703 
Irrigated 
farms 
66 
17 
47 
2 
33 
33 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
20,577 
(D) 
18,107 
(D) 
9,336 
11,241 
1 to 24 acres 
29 
16 
13 
- 
15 
14 
25 to 99 acres 
17 
6 
11 
- 
9 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
26 
6 
19 
1 
12 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
13 
6 
6 
1 
5 
8 
500 acres or more 
14 
2 
12 
- 
7 
7 
Cotton, all 
farms 
339 
53 
250 
36 
209 
130 
acres 
105,420 
12,404 
84,601 
8,415 
55,556 
49,864 
bales 
202,008 
22,255 
165,372 
14,381 
110,031 
91,977 
Irrigated 
farms 
53 
8 
43 
2 
28 
25 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
15,321 
(D) 
13,033 
(D) 
7,490 
7,831 
1 to 24 acres 
28 
6 
20 
2 
23 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
82 
25 
51 
6 
58 
24 
1 00 to 249 acres 
102 
10 
76 
16 
58 
44 
250 to 499 acres 
68 
5 
55 
8 
40 
28 
500 acres or more 
59 
7 
48 
4 
30 
29 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
9 
6 
2 
1 
5 
4 
acres 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
24 
4 
cwt 
900 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
770 
130 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
3 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
6 
2 
1 
5 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
62 
17 
40 
5 
37 
25 
acres 
4,631 
590 
2,431 
1,610 
3,657 
974 
bushels 
165,515 
24,463 
123,277 
17,775 
111,266 
54,249 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
2 
7 
- 
6 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
192 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
11 
5 
- 
7 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
34 
4 
28 
2 
19 
15 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
2 
7 
- 
8 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
3 
3 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
698 
175 
458 
65 
413 
285 
acres 
196,320 
25,865 
159,435 
11,020 
88,513 
107,807 
pounds 
751,180,406 
95,318,256 
618,819,635 
37,042,515 
342,480,443 
408,699,963 
Irrigated 
farms 
171 
50 
107 
14 
78 
93 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
43,155 
6,295 
32,691 
4,169 
15,660 
27,495 
1 to 24 acres 
104 
61 
24 
19 
81 
23 
25 to 99 acres 
213 
75 
117 
21 
134 
79 
100 to 249 acres 
181 
20 
146 
15 
107 
74 
250 to 499 acres 
94 
10 
79 
5 
47 
47 
500 acres or more 
106 
9 
92 
5 
44 
62 
Rice 
farms 
15 
12 
3 
- 
9 
6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
228 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
