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 
28 
2 
26 
5 
23 
500 or more 
9 
1 
6 
2 
1 
8 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
858 
527 
305 
26 
339 
519 
number 
17,549 
3,721 
12,745 
1,083 
4,209 
13,340 
Beef cows 
farms 
683 
454 
208 
21 
271 
412 
number 
4,075 
2,041 
1,895 
139 
1,823 
2,252 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
565 
410 
139 
16 
219 
346 
10 to 49 
112 
42 
66 
4 
48 
64 
50 to 99 
6 
2 
3 
1 
4 
2 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
251 
108 
131 
12 
95 
156 
number 
13,474 
1,680 
10,850 
944 
2,386 
1 1 ,088 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
139 
89 
45 
5 
63 
76 
1 0 to 49 
35 
11 
20 
4 
15 
20 
50 to 99 
41 
4 
36 
1 
13 
28 
100 to 199 
19 
3 
16 
- 
2 
17 
200 to 499 
16 
1 
13 
2 
2 
14 
500 or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
795 
497 
278 
20 
331 
464 
number 
15,843 
3,262 
1 1 ,333 
1,248 
3,969 
1 1 ,874 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
606 
331 
258 
17 
240 
366 
number 
12,784 
2,496 
9,940 
348 
3,266 
9,518 
$1,000 
9,477 
2,371 
6,728 
378 
2,746 
6,731 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
280 
123 
150 
7 
119 
161 
number 
5,760 
(D) 
4,995 
(D) 
1,025 
4,735 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
519 
274 
228 
17 
195 
324 
number 
7,024 
(D) 
4,945 
(D) 
2,241 
4,783 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
5 
1 
4 
2 
3 
number 
200 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
359 
264 
79 
16 
108 
251 
number 
3,287 
2,117 
722 
448 
1,223 
2,064 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
334 
250 
75 
9 
97 
237 
25 to 49 
18 
10 
2 
6 
8 
10 
50 to 99 
5 
4 
1 
- 
2 
3 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
152 
114 
28 
10 
55 
97 
number 
720 
475 
109 
136 
364 
356 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
302 
220 
68 
14 
88 
214 
number 
2,567 
1,642 
613 
312 
859 
1,708 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
343 
255 
74 
14 
121 
222 
number 
6,990 
3,248 
2,769 
973 
2,665 
4,325 
$1,000 
846 
457 
324 
64 
272 
574 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
618 
516 
79 
23 
213 
405 
number 
8,079 
6,118 
1,557 
404 
2,435 
5,644 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
513 
421 
70 
22 
182 
331 
number 
5,090 
3,749 
1,105 
236 
1,551 
3,539 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
303 
242 
44 
17 
103 
200 
number 
3,854 
2,411 
1,307 
136 
1,099 
2,755 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
975 
816 
119 
40 
388 
587 
number 
9,097 
7,535 
742 
820 
3,503 
5,594 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
945 
799 
107 
39 
376 
569 
number 
5,981 
5,071 
569 
341 
2,386 
3,595 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
222 
195 
22 
5 
86 
136 
number 
603 
525 
73 
5 
241 
362 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
508 
444 
50 
14 
209 
299 
number 
4,875 
4,109 
572 
194 
2,103 
2,772 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
218 
189 
21 
8 
87 
131 
number 
2,530 
2,092 
344 
94 
1,116 
1,414 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,309 
1,092 
185 
32 
430 
879 
number 
221,446 
198,440 
21,155 
1,851 
1 1 ,858 
209,588 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,302 
1,089 
181 
32 
429 
873 
400 to 3,199 
5 
2 
3 
- 
1 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
199 
161 
31 
7 
56 
143 
number 
78,730 
76,491 
1,591 
648 
1,760 
76,970 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
220 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
