Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
POULTRY - Con. 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold farms 
2 
33 
57 
4 
37 
1,701 
36 
52 
number 
(D) 
2,221,869 
28,321 
- 
29,300 
10,654,115 
779,068,601 
2,507 
8,256,253 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
26 
49 
1 
10 
72 
36 
38 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
8 
- 
3 
1 
34 
- 
7 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
34 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
24 
1,561 
- 
7 
Turkeys inventory (see text) farms 
- 
42 
78 
- 
4 
54 
451 
63 
84 
number 
- 
236,299 
321 
- 
216 
1,159,671 
15,547,996 
400 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) farms 
- 
15 
20 
- 
2 
51 
421 
26 
38 
number 
- 
714,314 
787 
- 
(D) 
3,881,949 
48,791,130 
209 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain farms 
13 
24 
38 
2 
31 
2 
acres 
- 
155 
411 
- 
3,660 
(D) 
1,446 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
7,384 
18,060 
- 
240,151 
(D) 
90,397 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
20 
5 
13 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
2 
4 
- 
17 
2 
13 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
5 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
113 
476 
312 
2 
69 
233 
441 
6 
50 
acres 
12,226 
70,157 
6,332 
(D) 
7,704 
41,151 
61,507 
(D) 
11,498 
bushels 
1,216,200 
8,095,725 
572,106 
(D) 
806,096 
4,383,457 
7,192,378 
(D) 
1,303,202 
Irrigated farms 
5 
69 
15 
7 
54 
21 
3 
acres 
616 
5,347 
145 
- 
368 
2,628 
879 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
205 
270 
16 
51 
120 
6 
28 
25 to 99 acres 
48 
79 
31 
- 
28 
85 
163 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
28 
93 
3 
2 
17 
55 
95 
- 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
14 
65 
6 
- 
5 
18 
36 
- 
5 
500 acres or more 
1 
34 
2 
- 
3 
24 
27 
- 
7 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
2 
57 
159 
2 
137 
6 
32 
2 
16 
acres 
(D) 
2,028 
3,021 
(D) 
27,840 
335 
4,418 
(D) 
1,025 
tons 
(D) 
24,352 
47,611 
(D) 
439,296 
4,516 
84,006 
(D) 
8,187 
Irrigated farms 
3 
5 
11 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
220 
82 
- 
456 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
40 
122 
8 
1 
13 
2 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
12 
34 
- 
34 
3 
13 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
4 
3 
2 
63 
2 
4 
- 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
13 
1 
- 
- 
Cotton, all farms 
528 
332 
3 
_ 
1 
35 
64 
_ 
4 
acres 
216,795 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
14,724 
16,656 
- 
2,080 
bales 
426,698 
343,249 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
26,300 
32,679 
- 
3,871 
Irrigated farms 
23 
39 
- 
5 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
3,680 
6,721 
- 
- 
- 
518 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
51 
16 
3 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
121 
32 
- 
- 
- 
4 
22 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
108 
73 
- 
- 
1 
7 
6 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
93 
68 
- 
- 
- 
10 
17 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
155 
143 
- 
- 
- 
14 
13 
- 
2 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
cwt 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
3 
39 
63 
_ 
9 
20 
16 
1 
11 
acres 
142 
1,603 
816 
- 
415 
418 
436 
(D) 
223 
bushels 
6,839 
103,008 
45,897 
- 
29,764 
29,289 
32,162 
(D) 
19,440 
Irrigated farms 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
28 
57 
. 
3 
15 
9 
1 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
9 
6 
- 
4 
5 
7 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
1 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Peanuts for nuts farms 
98 
317 
1 
- 
_ 
11 
24 
_ 
3 
acres 
12,064 
59,378 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,263 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
48,006,884 
240,041,408 
(D) 
- 
- 
10,688,502 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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