Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
75 
10 
17 
13 
24 
11 
500 or more 
18 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
11 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
5,695 
54 
541 
948 
1,700 
1,464 
988 
number 
90,226 
486 
7,339 
14,370 
25,281 
24,804 
17,946 
Beef cows 
farms 
5,555 
54 
534 
899 
1,672 
1,425 
971 
number 
87,636 
486 
7,312 
13,709 
24,374 
24,216 
17,539 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,750 
39 
291 
466 
861 
664 
429 
10 to 49 
2,511 
15 
212 
389 
726 
693 
476 
50 to 99 
239 
- 
29 
37 
76 
45 
52 
100 to 199 
43 
- 
2 
5 
8 
15 
13 
200 to 499 
11 
- 
- 
2 
1 
7 
1 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
214 
- 
13 
66 
47 
56 
32 
number 
2,590 
- 
27 
661 
907 
588 
407 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
165 
13 
54 
33 
45 
20 
10 to 49 
32 
- 
- 
8 
5 
8 
11 
50 to 99 
15 
- 
- 
4 
7 
3 
1 
100 to 199 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
5,491 
64 
561 
946 
1,700 
1,379 
841 
number 
101,657 
1,103 
10,315 
15,888 
27,992 
22,930 
23,429 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
5,583 
67 
571 
908 
1,687 
1,442 
908 
number 
123,502 
1,575 
11,162 
20,979 
35,265 
25,331 
29,190 
$1,000 
123,817 
1,171 
10,227 
20,101 
35,981 
22,498 
33,837 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
2,274 
19 
194 
371 
669 
610 
411 
number 
29,090 
1,115 
3,140 
5,074 
7,337 
7,437 
4,987 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
4,699 
53 
496 
760 
1,424 
1,232 
734 
number 
94,412 
460 
8,022 
15,905 
27,928 
17,894 
24,203 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
353 
5 
60 
53 
83 
91 
61 
number 
38,308 
279 
2,884 
2,407 
13,734 
3,746 
15,258 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
631 
8 
64 
180 
174 
151 
54 
number 
433,398 
932 
12,740 
85,132 
71,673 
128,740 
134,181 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
432 
50 
147 
113 
89 
33 
25 to 49 
59 
4 
8 
12 
16 
16 
3 
50 to 99 
31 
2 
2 
2 
12 
11 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
12 
- 
1 
2 
5 
1 
3 
200 to 499 
32 
2 
- 
5 
11 
10 
4 
500 or more 
65 
- 
3 
12 
17 
24 
9 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
339 
6 
29 
87 
90 
91 
36 
number 
58,676 
108 
244 
20,489 
17,649 
9,103 
1 1 ,083 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
539 
8 
53 
143 
159 
132 
44 
number 
374,722 
824 
12,496 
64,643 
54,024 
119,637 
123,098 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
625 
12 
58 
174 
170 
149 
62 
number 
1 ,371 ,299 
1,278 
42,587 
241,773 
470,925 
372,755 
241,981 
$1,000 
115,425 
194 
4,699 
21,661 
25,133 
27,554 
36,185 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
941 
17 
73 
153 
280 
271 
147 
number 
21,847 
238 
1,347 
3,702 
5,523 
8,091 
2,946 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
797 
15 
60 
132 
230 
244 
116 
number 
14,574 
159 
862 
2,573 
3,636 
5,570 
1,774 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
652 
9 
50 
106 
208 
176 
103 
number 
14,239 
71 
775 
2,937 
3,514 
4,909 
2,033 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
4,954 
21 
299 
693 
1,424 
1,484 
1,033 
number 
32,005 
108 
1,383 
3,768 
8,851 
10,116 
7,779 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
4,805 
17 
296 
682 
1,373 
1,445 
992 
number 
27,001 
90 
1,253 
3,307 
7,210 
8,719 
6,422 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,108 
9 
75 
158 
305 
356 
205 
number 
3,603 
22 
190 
479 
934 
1,062 
916 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,377 
9 
109 
360 
396 
356 
147 
number 
17,834 
49 
1,414 
5,199 
4,824 
4,304 
2,044 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
721 
7 
75 
201 
216 
162 
60 
number 
7,846 
19 
1,131 
2,262 
2,025 
1,936 
473 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,307 
11 
198 
491 
813 
534 
260 
number 
(D) 
453 
(D) 
(D) 
40,316 
(D) 
20,888 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,297 
11 
194 
490 
811 
532 
259 
400 to 3,199 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
255 
- 
26 
52 
95 
56 
26 
number 
(D) 
- 
406 
(D) 
16,827 
1,289 
699 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
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