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 
330 
2 
25 
61 
113 
101 
28 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
14,976,989 
(D) 
530 
(D) 
(D) 
12,069,283 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
52 
- 
8 
3 
13 
20 
8 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
9,591,210 
319 
54 
6,443 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
405 
- 
50 
108 
131 
77 
39 
Farms with- 
number 
1,098,383 
16,518 
20,317 
10,646 
1,041,408 
9,494 
1 to 1,999 
394 
- 
48 
106 
131 
71 
38 
2,000 to 59,999 
9 
- 
2 
2 
- 
4 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
175 
5 
14 
34 
59 
44 
19 
number 
266,443 
11 
63 
231 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
73 
2 
1 
14 
29 
19 
8 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
562,366 
(D) 
(D) 
449 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
19 
- 
3 
2 
7 
5 
2 
acres 
269 
- 
49 
(D) 
111 
44 
(D) 
bushels 
9,838 
- 
2,072 
(D) 
3,163 
1,445 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
‘ 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
- 
2 
1 
7 
5 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12,386 
117 
1,181 
1,810 
3,399 
3,600 
2,279 
acres 
1,384,875 
9,729 
1 1 1 ,436 
210,370 
400,952 
398,165 
254,223 
bushels 
181,251,135 
1,168,351 
14,573,404 
27,703,745 
51,837,285 
52,534,930 
33,433,420 
Irrigated 
farms 
79 
- 
9 
11 
24 
24 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,654 
413 
977 
2,273 
2,322 
1,669 
1 to 24 acres 
2,851 
24 
238 
444 
797 
837 
511 
25 to 99 acres 
5,332 
65 
580 
732 
1,393 
1,565 
997 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,890 
18 
270 
402 
805 
849 
546 
250 to 499 acres 
963 
8 
78 
187 
296 
245 
149 
500 acres or more 
350 
2 
15 
45 
108 
104 
76 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,016 
9 
69 
181 
294 
298 
165 
acres 
35,347 
84 
1,854 
6,113 
10,581 
9,203 
7,512 
tons 
470,309 
885 
18,162 
73,973 
165,462 
122,561 
89,266 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
653 
8 
42 
117 
190 
199 
97 
25 to 99 acres 
279 
1 
25 
43 
86 
76 
48 
1 00 to 249 acres 
72 
- 
2 
21 
14 
22 
13 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
6 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
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 
444 
5 
13 
53 
144 
143 
86 
acres 
7,976 
52 
174 
624 
3,687 
2,267 
1,172 
bushels 
474,183 
5,440 
11,602 
42,493 
200,243 
153,042 
61,363 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
202 
" 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
44 
1 to 24 acres 
373 
5 
12 
50 
110 
124 
72 
25 to 99 acres 
57 
- 
1 
3 
22 
17 
14 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
12 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
1 
acres 
70 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
4,453 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,078 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10,574 
77 
869 
1,535 
2,805 
3,223 
2,065 
acres 
993,519 
5,406 
67,373 
145,027 
277,423 
302,833 
195,457 
bushels 
43,016,565 
200,779 
2,873,696 
6,253,416 
12,069,155 
13,164,039 
8,455,480 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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