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 
305 
220 
63 
22 
96 
209 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,086,075 
(D) 
(D) 
1,416 
921,355 
164,720 
sold 
farms 
31 
22 
9 
- 
10 
21 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
391,042 
390,831 
211 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
854 
565 
258 
31 
378 
476 
Farms with- 
number 
304,729,435 
213,232,501 
80,862,386 
10,634,548 
126,003,183 
178,726,252 
1 to 1,999 
158 
98 
44 
16 
48 
110 
2,000 to 59,999 
16 
8 
6 
2 
8 
8 
60,000 to 99,999 
25 
19 
6 
- 
14 
11 
100,000 or more 
655 
440 
202 
13 
308 
347 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
134 
84 
46 
4 
46 
88 
number 
77,375 
(D) 
64,529 
(D) 
17,597 
59,778 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
117 
71 
34 
12 
33 
84 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
154,404 
(D) 
(D) 
1,164 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
732 
165 
419 
148 
361 
371 
acres 
40,133 
7,527 
26,138 
6,468 
17,518 
22,615 
bushels 
3,300,857 
627,082 
2,153,340 
520,435 
1,370,630 
1,930,227 
Irrigated 
farms 
49 
6 
40 
3 
17 
32 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,637 
211 
2,102 
324 
527 
2,110 
1 to 24 acres 
267 
87 
120 
60 
129 
138 
25 to 99 acres 
355 
57 
224 
74 
181 
174 
1 00 to 249 acres 
83 
11 
61 
11 
46 
37 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
10 
12 
2 
5 
19 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
2 
1 
3 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,888 
972 
1,490 
426 
1,613 
1,275 
acres 
435,646 
64,134 
305,818 
65,694 
207,390 
228,256 
bushels 
50,114,967 
7,396,451 
34,898,710 
7,819,806 
22,837,394 
27,277,573 
Irrigated 
farms 
351 
106 
211 
34 
180 
171 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
49,991 
9,662 
34,700 
5,629 
19,370 
30,621 
1 to 24 acres 
878 
458 
302 
118 
503 
375 
25 to 99 acres 
1,010 
377 
478 
155 
586 
424 
1 00 to 249 acres 
521 
93 
348 
80 
293 
228 
250 to 499 acres 
270 
26 
209 
35 
148 
122 
500 acres or more 
209 
18 
153 
38 
83 
126 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
653 
157 
400 
96 
272 
381 
acres 
42,816 
6,348 
31,501 
4,967 
11,675 
31,141 
tons 
758,065 
117,659 
561,711 
78,695 
192,639 
565,426 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
9 
14 
4 
12 
15 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,141 
(D) 
1,357 
(D) 
310 
1,831 
1 to 24 acres 
268 
96 
146 
26 
141 
127 
25 to 99 acres 
266 
50 
157 
59 
105 
161 
1 00 to 249 acres 
98 
7 
81 
10 
23 
75 
250 to 499 acres 
13 
2 
10 
1 
2 
11 
500 acres or more 
8 
2 
6 
- 
1 
7 
Oats for grain 
farms 
176 
69 
96 
11 
105 
71 
acres 
1,936 
451 
1,379 
106 
941 
995 
bushels 
126,423 
27,629 
91,917 
6,877 
59,303 
67,120 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5 
5 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
159 
67 
82 
10 
96 
63 
25 to 99 acres 
17 
2 
14 
1 
9 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
153 
36 
94 
23 
87 
66 
acres 
14,772 
1,697 
12,245 
830 
6,864 
7,908 
bushels 
840,293 
110,374 
673,753 
56,166 
445,481 
394,812 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
1 
11 
- 
2 
10 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
393 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
44 
17 
16 
11 
26 
18 
25 to 99 acres 
59 
14 
34 
11 
36 
23 
1 00 to 249 acres 
33 
4 
28 
1 
19 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
14 
1 
13 
- 
4 
10 
500 acres or more 
3 
3 
- 
2 
1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2,511 
861 
1,277 
373 
1,438 
1,073 
acres 
475,615 
77,497 
325,505 
72,613 
236,189 
239,426 
bushels 
21,593,477 
3,577,283 
14,698,606 
3,317,588 
10,536,669 
11,056,808 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
