Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
158 
- 
20 
29 
51 
33 
25 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
16,891 
1,040 
(D) 
991 
(D) 
970 
sold 
farms 
16 
- 
5 
- 
9 
2 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
50 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
205 
3 
14 
44 
66 
47 
31 
Farms with- 
number 
42,197,620 
2,100 
(D) 
7,831,165 
15,243,636 
13,741,958 
(D) 
1 to 1,999 
88 
3 
13 
21 
31 
13 
7 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
12 
- 
- 
4 
1 
2 
5 
100,000 or more 
103 
- 
1 
19 
33 
31 
19 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
65 
- 
4 
9 
27 
18 
7 
number 
(D) 
- 
12 
35 
(D) 
316 
62 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
60 
- 
10 
12 
26 
8 
4 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
(D) 
48 
195 
(D) 
361 
43 
Barley for grain 
farms 
163 
6 
11 
28 
49 
52 
17 
acres 
6,407 
150 
202 
956 
1,754 
2,766 
579 
bushels 
492,012 
15,888 
16,702 
74,898 
101,290 
238,483 
44,751 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
449 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
225 
1 to 24 acres 
64 
- 
4 
13 
16 
24 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
90 
6 
7 
14 
32 
21 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
803 
3 
41 
93 
239 
232 
195 
acres 
45,839 
45 
1,454 
4,510 
14,251 
14,729 
10,850 
bushels 
5,167,592 
3,375 
164,417 
527,760 
1,598,496 
1,768,808 
1,104,736 
Irrigated 
farms 
52 
- 
1 
14 
8 
22 
7 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,744 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
804 
1,718 
715 
1 to 24 acres 
377 
3 
20 
38 
121 
101 
94 
25 to 99 acres 
324 
- 
20 
42 
79 
101 
82 
1 00 to 249 acres 
73 
- 
1 
13 
29 
20 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
19 
- 
- 
- 
7 
7 
5 
500 acres or more 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
105 
- 
8 
11 
27 
28 
31 
acres 
2,828 
- 
240 
247 
582 
891 
868 
tons 
44,319 
- 
2,820 
4,425 
9,215 
11,116 
16,743 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
“ 
4 
" 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
84 
- 
6 
9 
21 
23 
25 
25 to 99 acres 
13 
- 
1 
1 
4 
4 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
44 
- 
- 
6 
5 
18 
15 
acres 
492 
- 
- 
32 
79 
204 
177 
bushels 
35,079 
- 
- 
2,100 
5,690 
13,439 
13,850 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
* 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
41 
- 
- 
6 
4 
16 
15 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
38 
- 
- 
4 
10 
10 
14 
acres 
2,444 
- 
- 
189 
198 
837 
1,220 
bushels 
172,765 
- 
- 
14,312 
12,384 
67,014 
79,055 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
290 
" 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
- 
- 
1 
8 
4 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
- 
- 
3 
2 
3 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
729 
1 
36 
90 
204 
224 
174 
acres 
55,054 
(D) 
(D) 
5,329 
15,976 
18,268 
13,427 
bushels 
2,444,364 
(D) 
(D) 
224,762 
695,928 
833,434 
595,437 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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