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) 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Peanuts for nuts - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
9 
37 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
2,774 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
54 
1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
47 
74 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
26 
117 
- 
- 
- 
4 
8 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
50 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
22 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Sorghum for grain farms 
20 
61 
8 
- 
6 
42 
63 
2 
5 
acres 
2,041 
4,992 
82 
- 
235 
4,236 
4,757 
(D) 
467 
bushels 
136,364 
326,748 
3,017 
- 
8,847 
289,594 
280,447 
(D) 
30,662 
Irrigated farms 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
17 
7 
- 
2 
7 
18 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
8 
25 
1 
- 
3 
23 
27 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
17 
- 
- 
1 
7 
13 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans farms 
263 
535 
126 
- 
57 
281 
524 
2 
37 
acres 
48,951 
178,104 
4,759 
- 
8,298 
63,273 
102,262 
(D) 
19,185 
bushels 
1,951,977 
7,107,774 
150,492 
- 
335,701 
2,278,021 
4,041,546 
(D) 
818,863 
Irrigated farms 
7 
42 
1 
- 
4 
51 
14 
3 
acres 
566 
2,628 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,726 
871 
- 
95 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
42 
95 
85 
- 
7 
43 
82 
2 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
91 
111 
32 
- 
21 
93 
178 
- 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
66 
116 
6 
- 
20 
69 
124 
- 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
43 
92 
1 
- 
7 
39 
77 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
21 
121 
2 
2 
37 
63 
- 
10 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
1 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
58 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
18,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Tobacco farms 
23 
261 
13 
- 
2 
42 
74 
- 
6 
acres 
845 
37,120 
33 
- 
(D) 
3,469 
6,059 
- 
1,111 
pounds 
1,919,957 
88,708,498 
60,123 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
13,744,052 
- 
2,333,520 
Irrigated farms 
1 
54 
3 
- 
1 
9 
9 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
317 
454 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
9 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
1 
8 
2 
- 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
9 
18 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
13 
219 
- 
2 
34 
63 
- 
6 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
117 
338 
64 
2 
37 
212 
331 
_ 
25 
acres 
16,145 
74,094 
1,567 
(D) 
3,135 
37,228 
57,002 
- 
5,875 
bushels 
984,483 
4,533,459 
73,041 
(D) 
184,870 
1,892,363 
3,210,602 
- 
366,017 
Irrigated farms 
2 
23 
1 
2 
39 
11 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
1,180 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,442 
380 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
54 
37 
2 
7 
31 
46 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
41 
82 
24 
- 
16 
76 
125 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
46 
105 
3 
- 
12 
62 
81 
- 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
13 
62 
- 
- 
2 
21 
48 
- 
7 
500 acres or more 
4 
35 
- 
- 
" 
22 
31 
" 
3 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
20 
6,410 
7,445 
5 
198 
598 
1,083 
322 
1,275 
acres 
1,552 
199,386 
229,447 
465 
23,400 
41,598 
43,129 
3,436 
22,829 
tons, dry 
2,203 
463,466 
458,943 
1,330 
86,280 
134,292 
130,174 
4,394 
39,769 
Irrigated farms 
- 
89 
66 
- 
12 
348 
58 
6 
20 
acres 
- 
1,910 
3,065 
- 
372 
16,193 
1,546 
32 
559 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
4,137 
4,513 
- 
32 
190 
565 
285 
1,017 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
1,948 
2,533 
4 
82 
306 
408 
37 
244 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
264 
345 
1 
66 
79 
104 
- 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
40 
49 
- 
11 
16 
3 
- 
3 
500 acres or more 
- 
21 
5 
- 
7 
7 
3 
" 
1 
Alfalfa hay farms 
_ 
244 
172 
_ 
22 
7 
23 
7 
40 
acres 
- 
4,230 
2,110 
- 
545 
407 
353 
48 
329 
tons, dry 
- 
18,716 
6,705 
- 
2,071 
1,532 
2,253 
(D) 
696 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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