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 
468 
149 
305 
14 
175 
293 
500 or more 
181 
63 
102 
16 
73 
108 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,344 
7,971 
4,757 
616 
7,217 
6,127 
number 
356,768 
146,040 
173,735 
36,993 
176,542 
180,226 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,218 
6,786 
3,936 
496 
6,271 
4,947 
number 
182,627 
78,752 
95,421 
8,454 
97,926 
84,701 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,758 
4,153 
1,377 
228 
3,150 
2,608 
10 to 49 
4,786 
2,476 
2,075 
235 
2,785 
2,001 
50 to 99 
500 
117 
360 
23 
261 
239 
100 to 199 
130 
28 
94 
8 
58 
72 
200 to 499 
41 
10 
29 
2 
16 
25 
500 or more 
3 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Milk cows 
farms 
2,401 
1,345 
920 
136 
1,062 
1,339 
number 
174,141 
67,288 
78,314 
28,539 
78,616 
95,525 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
901 
742 
131 
28 
442 
459 
10 to 49 
927 
467 
406 
54 
408 
519 
50 to 99 
323 
94 
191 
38 
138 
185 
100 to 199 
142 
24 
112 
6 
42 
100 
200 to 499 
66 
6 
56 
4 
15 
51 
500 or more 
42 
12 
24 
6 
17 
25 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
14,412 
8,562 
5,230 
620 
7,556 
6,856 
number 
464,497 
194,621 
234,879 
34,997 
213,930 
250,567 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
14,106 
8,183 
5,270 
653 
7,511 
6,595 
number 
665,418 
333,355 
262,974 
69,089 
332,219 
333,199 
$1,000 
522,694 
237,757 
244,343 
40,595 
245,622 
277,072 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
6,386 
3,796 
2,282 
308 
3,318 
3,068 
number 
324,538 
207,574 
70,379 
46,585 
170,908 
153,630 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
11,829 
6,617 
4,640 
572 
6,224 
5,605 
number 
340,880 
125,781 
192,595 
22,504 
161,311 
179,569 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,133 
319 
748 
66 
533 
600 
number 
98,613 
28,179 
61,147 
9,287 
35,745 
62,868 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,757 
1,488 
1,115 
154 
1,264 
1,493 
number 
3,747,352 
1,510,791 
1 ,909,990 
326,571 
1 ,387,882 
2,359,470 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,344 
926 
348 
70 
586 
758 
25 to 49 
169 
88 
70 
11 
82 
87 
50 to 99 
137 
64 
60 
13 
85 
52 
100 to 199 
103 
53 
45 
5 
67 
36 
200 to 499 
194 
87 
92 
15 
87 
107 
500 or more 
810 
270 
500 
40 
357 
453 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,375 
740 
543 
92 
651 
724 
number 
280,559 
142,695 
101,761 
36,103 
106,105 
1 74,454 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,328 
1,203 
1,003 
122 
1,040 
1,288 
number 
3,466,793 
1,368,096 
1 ,808,229 
290,468 
1 ,281 ,777 
2,185,016 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,823 
1,517 
1,155 
151 
1,259 
1,564 
number 
10,551,241 
4,580,874 
4,888,747 
1,081,620 
4,746,966 
5,804,275 
$1,000 
1 ,273,099 
469,790 
698,818 
104,491 
542,891 
730,208 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,109 
1,571 
440 
98 
1,006 
1,103 
number 
52,169 
32,812 
16,435 
2,922 
25,294 
26,875 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,707 
1,241 
375 
91 
794 
913 
number 
32,765 
20,186 
10,676 
1,903 
15,505 
17,260 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,519 
1,092 
338 
89 
702 
817 
number 
33,975 
20,632 
1 1 ,586 
1,757 
15,956 
18,019 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
13,677 
11,162 
2,225 
290 
6,257 
7,420 
number 
97,383 
77,549 
17,538 
2,296 
43,724 
53,659 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
13,408 
10,968 
2,161 
279 
6,121 
7,287 
number 
88,331 
70,678 
15,875 
1,778 
39,863 
48,468 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,383 
2,790 
525 
68 
1,436 
1,947 
number 
11,110 
9,335 
1,590 
185 
4,037 
7,073 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,883 
2,310 
494 
79 
1,116 
1,767 
number 
38,632 
29,228 
7,949 
1,455 
12,287 
26,345 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,586 
1,221 
322 
43 
576 
1,010 
number 
18,665 
13,486 
4,360 
819 
6,256 
12,409 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,584 
4,442 
991 
151 
2,269 
3,315 
number 
25,587,222 
22,596,576 
2,918,617 
72,029 
10,039,023 
15,548,199 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
5,468 
4,378 
944 
146 
2,228 
3,240 
400 to 3,199 
25 
6 
15 
4 
11 
14 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
12 
6 
6 
- 
5 
7 
20,000 to 49,999 
41 
30 
11 
- 
12 
29 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
3 
3 
1 
5 
2 
100,000 or more 
29 
17 
12 
- 
7 
22 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
693 
530 
124 
39 
265 
428 
number 
7,566,860 
(D) 
3,941,701 
(D) 
2,991,890 
4,574,970 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Indiana 223 
