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 
353 
11 
42 
89 
108 
68 
35 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,002,188 
429 
(D) 
(D) 
3,411 
(D) 
667 
sold 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
5 
11 
2 
1 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
187,072 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
241 
5 
30 
56 
83 
48 
19 
Farms with- 
number 
115,277 
59 
33,640 
41,865 
32,285 
6,213 
1,215 
1 to 1 ,999 
231 
5 
26 
52 
82 
47 
19 
2,000 to 59,999 
10 
- 
4 
4 
1 
1 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
246 
- 
9 
68 
77 
62 
30 
number 
53,395 
- 
(D) 
2,443 
676 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
89 
- 
10 
25 
25 
26 
3 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
2,117 
442 
1,109 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
23 
- 
2 
4 
7 
7 
3 
acres 
535 
- 
(D) 
108 
283 
62 
(D) 
bushels 
24,745 
- 
(D) 
5,260 
8,680 
2,832 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
" 
" 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
18 
- 
2 
2 
5 
7 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1 1 ,223 
79 
1,174 
1,642 
2,955 
3,136 
2,237 
acres 
1 ,265,432 
4,260 
125,421 
191,381 
345,441 
337,993 
260,936 
bushels 
120,655,359 
361,300 
11,841,261 
17,858,945 
33,716,298 
32,355,848 
24,521,707 
Irrigated 
farms 
193 
2 
25 
31 
39 
56 
40 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
25,565 
(D) 
(D) 
5,261 
3,739 
6,990 
7,320 
1 to 24 acres 
2,946 
20 
255 
439 
744 
833 
655 
25 to 99 acres 
4,491 
51 
523 
629 
1,110 
1,239 
939 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,644 
8 
294 
379 
764 
745 
454 
250 to 499 acres 
805 
- 
74 
136 
240 
244 
111 
500 acres or more 
337 
- 
28 
59 
97 
75 
78 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
503 
7 
51 
58 
159 
139 
89 
acres 
15,112 
204 
1,187 
1,378 
5,068 
4,389 
2,886 
tons 
145,267 
2,790 
7,982 
15,511 
48,546 
39,585 
30,853 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
316 
5 
35 
42 
100 
81 
53 
25 to 99 acres 
160 
2 
15 
15 
46 
51 
31 
1 00 to 249 acres 
23 
- 
1 
1 
11 
6 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
179 
8 
4 
27 
50 
56 
34 
acres 
2,124 
56 
18 
170 
761 
565 
554 
bushels 
153,267 
4,164 
920 
10,552 
56,269 
47,025 
34,337 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
162 
8 
4 
26 
42 
54 
28 
25 to 99 acres 
17 
- 
- 
1 
8 
2 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
69 
- 
7 
8 
20 
21 
13 
acres 
3,359 
- 
124 
390 
1,069 
1,265 
511 
bushels 
201,220 
- 
9,291 
24,939 
68,111 
69,464 
29,415 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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