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 
24 
3 
19 
2 
10 
14 
500 or more 
3 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
955 
622 
262 
71 
503 
452 
number 
16,692 
5,403 
9,107 
2,182 
8,019 
8,673 
Beef cows 
farms 
871 
603 
217 
51 
463 
408 
number 
9,500 
4,568 
4,215 
717 
5,331 
4,169 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
590 
466 
99 
25 
298 
292 
10 to 49 
254 
128 
103 
23 
149 
105 
50 to 99 
23 
8 
12 
3 
13 
10 
100 to 199 
4 
1 
3 
- 
3 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
127 
34 
60 
33 
61 
66 
number 
7,192 
835 
4,892 
1,465 
2,688 
4,504 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
38 
18 
11 
9 
22 
16 
10 to 49 
31 
11 
10 
10 
12 
19 
50 to 99 
37 
3 
25 
9 
19 
18 
100 to 199 
18 
2 
11 
5 
8 
10 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
500 or more 
1 
- 
1 
" 
" 
1 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
760 
452 
248 
60 
379 
381 
number 
14,757 
3,433 
9,775 
1,549 
5,570 
9,187 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
960 
639 
256 
65 
476 
484 
number 
11,691 
3,390 
7,088 
1,213 
4,538 
7,153 
$1,000 
8,829 
2,595 
5,361 
873 
3,556 
5,274 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
334 
195 
109 
30 
154 
180 
number 
3,676 
933 
2,244 
499 
1,433 
2,243 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
838 
548 
228 
62 
413 
425 
number 
8,015 
2,457 
4,844 
714 
3,105 
4,910 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
20 
6 
10 
4 
13 
7 
number 
493 
140 
228 
125 
315 
178 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
298 
215 
66 
17 
121 
177 
number 
7,901 
6,218 
1,219 
464 
5,032 
2,869 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
256 
192 
52 
12 
100 
156 
25 to 49 
15 
9 
6 
- 
9 
6 
50 to 99 
18 
6 
7 
5 
8 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
5 
4 
1 
- 
3 
2 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
101 
75 
19 
7 
44 
57 
number 
685 
511 
159 
15 
362 
323 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
262 
189 
60 
13 
102 
160 
number 
7,216 
5,707 
1,060 
449 
4,670 
2,546 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
256 
183 
60 
13 
106 
150 
number 
12,548 
10,310 
1,728 
510 
8,415 
4,133 
$1,000 
1,682 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,055 
627 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
819 
727 
67 
25 
364 
455 
number 
14,924 
12,281 
1,666 
977 
6,612 
8,312 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
594 
525 
49 
20 
259 
335 
number 
7,630 
6,063 
934 
633 
2,849 
4,781 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
619 
545 
53 
21 
269 
350 
number 
9,623 
7,604 
1,244 
775 
3,845 
5,778 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
3,068 
2,600 
338 
130 
1,355 
1,713 
number 
27,658 
21,407 
4,452 
1,799 
11,726 
15,932 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
2,817 
2,373 
322 
122 
1,236 
1,581 
number 
16,746 
13,692 
2,249 
805 
7,390 
9,356 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
740 
636 
69 
35 
326 
414 
number 
1,998 
1,617 
216 
165 
964 
1,034 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
766 
674 
74 
18 
332 
434 
number 
8,258 
7,008 
1,131 
119 
3,995 
4,263 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
398 
357 
34 
7 
181 
217 
number 
4,251 
3,776 
427 
48 
1,877 
2,374 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,366 
1,192 
137 
37 
582 
784 
number 
1,543,699 
1,443,482 
99,062 
1,155 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,347 
1,178 
132 
37 
574 
773 
400 to 3,199 
13 
11 
2 
- 
4 
9 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
209 
181 
22 
6 
71 
138 
number 
6,926 
4,802 
1,858 
266 
2,347 
4,579 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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