Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
194 
122 
45 
41 
500 or more 
34 
12 
4 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
2,863 
2,455 
226 
183 
number 
90,111 
58,321 
14,186 
12,516 
Beef cows farms 
2,403 
2,113 
157 
120 
number 
39,188 
30,391 
4,235 
3,524 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,243 
1,150 
46 
25 
1 0 to 49 
1,015 
866 
85 
72 
50 to 99 
108 
77 
19 
16 
100 to 199 
31 
17 
7 
7 
200 to 499 
5 
3 
- 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
573 
437 
77 
66 
number 
50,923 
27,930 
9,951 
8,992 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
136 
120 
11 
6 
1 0 to 49 
118 
96 
14 
14 
50 to 99 
138 
112 
15 
13 
100 to 199 
134 
95 
25 
23 
200 to 499 
38 
13 
10 
8 
500 or more 
9 
1 
2 
2 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
2,856 
2,432 
226 
176 
number 
104,413 
69,521 
18,735 
16,432 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
2,663 
2,242 
229 
186 
number 
89,755 
52,325 
20,997 
19,617 
$1,000 
69,917 
38,852 
18,292 
17,414 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
1,287 
1,069 
123 
108 
number 
32,065 
19,938 
5,438 
4,950 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
2,341 
1,952 
215 
173 
number 
57,690 
32,387 
15,559 
14,667 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
125 
90 
16 
14 
number 
10,328 
3,384 
4,410 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
333 
286 
22 
20 
number 
19,869 
(D) 
4,538 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
281 
248 
14 
12 
25 to 49 
20 
14 
2 
2 
50 to 99 
14 
10 
4 
4 
100 to 199 
4 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
7 
4 
1 
1 
500 or more 
7 
6 
1 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
164 
144 
12 
10 
number 
2,632 
(D) 
808 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
267 
225 
19 
19 
number 
17,237 
(D) 
3,730 
3,730 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
340 
301 
23 
18 
number 
(D) 
43,974 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
663 
578 
33 
27 
number 
19,265 
14,704 
860 
803 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
532 
474 
19 
14 
number 
11,005 
9,212 
351 
311 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
431 
385 
21 
20 
number 
14,086 
9,491 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
3,257 
2,740 
196 
155 
number 
28,662 
21,411 
2,241 
1,877 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
3,087 
2,601 
182 
144 
number 
21,072 
16,662 
1,281 
1,079 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
638 
515 
43 
39 
number 
2,244 
1,656 
142 
135 
Goats, all inventory farms 
903 
790 
33 
19 
number 
10,745 
9,401 
200 
102 
Goats, all sold farms 
400 
358 
10 
9 
number 
5,134 
3,944 
88 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
1,544 
1,347 
94 
75 
number 
2,364,942 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,506 
1,322 
90 
71 
400 to 3,199 
25 
18 
2 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
5 
5 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
3 
2 
1 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
190 
158 
14 
13 
number 
707,617 
(D) 
511 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
