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 
194 
25 
136 
33 
62 
132 
500 or more 
34 
3 
30 
1 
1 
33 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,863 
1,507 
1,060 
296 
1,474 
1,389 
number 
90,111 
22,763 
56,568 
10,780 
33,577 
56,534 
Beef cows 
farms 
2,403 
1,377 
819 
207 
1,306 
1,097 
number 
39,188 
15,141 
20,525 
3,522 
20,583 
18,605 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,243 
842 
301 
100 
643 
600 
10 to 49 
1,015 
504 
423 
88 
594 
421 
50 to 99 
108 
30 
63 
15 
56 
52 
100 to 199 
31 
1 
26 
4 
12 
19 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
5 
- 
1 
4 
500 or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
573 
176 
293 
104 
214 
359 
number 
50,923 
7,622 
36,043 
7,258 
12,994 
37,929 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
136 
83 
35 
18 
66 
70 
10 to 49 
118 
53 
46 
19 
52 
66 
50 to 99 
138 
20 
79 
39 
48 
90 
100 to 199 
134 
14 
94 
26 
38 
96 
200 to 499 
38 
5 
31 
2 
9 
29 
500 or more 
9 
1 
8 
- 
1 
8 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
2,856 
1,492 
1,070 
294 
1,415 
1,441 
number 
104,413 
29,632 
60,332 
14,449 
34,874 
69,539 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
2,663 
1,334 
1,042 
287 
1,327 
1,336 
number 
89,755 
25,898 
50,053 
13,804 
31,467 
58,288 
$1,000 
69,917 
23,749 
36,631 
9,537 
22,964 
46,953 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
1,287 
581 
532 
174 
612 
675 
number 
32,065 
6,628 
18,361 
7,076 
12,660 
19,405 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
2,341 
1,141 
947 
253 
1,143 
1,198 
number 
57,690 
19,270 
31,692 
6,728 
18,807 
38,883 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
125 
35 
73 
17 
55 
70 
number 
10,328 
4,254 
4,414 
1,660 
2,179 
8,149 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
333 
205 
105 
23 
130 
203 
number 
19,869 
4,285 
15,008 
576 
9,998 
9,871 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
281 
186 
79 
16 
100 
181 
25 to 49 
20 
9 
8 
3 
11 
9 
50 to 99 
14 
4 
7 
3 
10 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 
4 
1 
2 
1 
3 
1 
200 to 499 
7 
3 
4 
- 
2 
5 
500 or more 
7 
2 
5 
- 
4 
3 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
164 
103 
47 
14 
67 
97 
number 
2,632 
1,159 
1,343 
130 
1,289 
1,343 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
267 
152 
93 
22 
110 
157 
number 
17,237 
3,126 
13,665 
446 
8,709 
8,528 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
340 
198 
107 
35 
127 
213 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
50,161 
886 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
133 
(D) 
5,581 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
663 
514 
97 
52 
290 
373 
number 
19,265 
12,879 
4,430 
1,956 
9,952 
9,313 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
532 
414 
75 
43 
230 
302 
number 
11,005 
7,076 
2,621 
1,308 
5,582 
5,423 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
431 
318 
80 
33 
180 
251 
number 
14,086 
9,643 
3,146 
1,297 
8,709 
5,377 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
3,257 
2,600 
490 
167 
1,349 
1,908 
number 
28,662 
22,114 
4,434 
2,114 
10,677 
17,985 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
3,087 
2,472 
455 
160 
1,274 
1,813 
number 
21,072 
16,697 
2,949 
1,426 
8,101 
12,971 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
638 
522 
87 
29 
264 
374 
number 
2,244 
1,788 
272 
184 
715 
1,529 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
903 
713 
137 
53 
322 
581 
number 
10,745 
8,371 
1,939 
435 
4,361 
6,384 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
400 
287 
86 
27 
122 
278 
number 
5,134 
3,760 
1,162 
212 
2,246 
2,888 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,544 
1,166 
290 
88 
554 
990 
number 
2,364,942 
2,290,812 
67,868 
6,262 
2,223,164 
141,778 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,506 
1,134 
285 
87 
540 
966 
400 to 3,199 
25 
22 
2 
1 
7 
18 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
5 
2 
3 
- 
2 
3 
20,000 to 49,999 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
190 
127 
52 
11 
57 
133 
number 
707,617 
704,409 
2,325 
883 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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