Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
368 
13,298 
266 
10,926 
Llamas 
82 
329 
154 
747 
Bison 
7 
199 
7 
176 
Mink, live 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
15 
376 
25 
669 
Rabbits, live 
109 
1,635 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
3 
(D) 
4 
(□) 
Other livestock (see text) 
22 
(X) 
13 
(X) 
Alpacas 
142 
1,754 
142 
2,231 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
236 
579,738 
1,128 
190 
474,013 
Milk from sheep and goats 
24 
(NA) 
404 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
4 
50 
135 
2 
(D) 
Deer in captivity 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
112 
Elk in captivity 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Alpacas 
35 
148 
386 
48 
280 
Llamas 
16 
34 
30 
27 
109 
Mink, live (see text) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
47 
2,248 
27 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
6 
(X) 
1 
5 
(X) 
Other livestock products 1 
238 
(X) 
5,719 
84 
(X) 
Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
3 
382 
79.7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
37 
1,364 
58.1 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
56 
2,811 
(D) 
73 
6,569 
9,081 
(D) 
786 
66,545 
109.5 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
7 
15 
13.0 
4 
256 
470 
14.1 
186 
7,830 
15.5 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
52 
1,003 
61.3 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
42 
4,550 
42.3 
65 
4,576 
11,889 
43.5 
670 
72,818 
39.0 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
17 
2,767 
51.6 
25 
1,154 
1,527 
55.2 
318 
21,097 
52.8 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
17 
2,767 
51.6 
25 
1,154 
1,527 
55.2 
318 
21,097 
52.8 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
30 
378 
(X) 
69 
456 
3,538 
(X) 
2,926 
98,252 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
12 
147 
2.5 
16 
125 
923 
3.5 
584 
12,392 
2.9 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
194 
(D) 
(D) 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
24 
209 
1.7 
43 
209 
1,509 
2.2 
2,072 
74,863 
1.8 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
164 
942 
1.5 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
64 
1,944 
6.1 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
165 
3,728 
3.8 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
374 
24,518 
(X) 
181 
6,452 
5,050 
(X) 
572 
9,509 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
94 
3,431 
(X) 
55 
1,692 
599 
(X) 
420 
3,068 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
182 
7,229 
(X) 
47 
3,726 
905 
(X) 
302 
2,012 
(X) 
26 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
