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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
2,445 
1,988 
406 
51 
890 
1,555 
number 
14,433,677 
10,081,340 
4,300,687 
51,650 
6,112,041 
8,321,636 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
376 
285 
80 
11 
135 
241 
number 
7,314,981 
5,277,927 
2,036,229 
825 
2,611,966 
4,703,015 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
1,566 
1,171 
363 
32 
636 
930 
number 
600,353,797 
412,570,112 
185,158,991 
2,624,694 
267,110,996 
333,242,801 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
782 
614 
145 
23 
255 
527 
2,000 to 59,999 
26 
19 
3 
4 
15 
11 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
6 
3 
- 
5 
4 
100,000 or more 
749 
532 
212 
5 
361 
388 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,353 
1,122 
208 
23 
508 
845 
number 
1 ,747,526 
1,257,040 
490,280 
206 
997,537 
749,989 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
379 
311 
57 
11 
116 
263 
number 
6,721,048 
5,038,346 
1,682,638 
64 
3,358,268 
3,362,780 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
farms 
58 
17 
35 
6 
43 
15 
acres 
6,952 
538 
5,647 
767 
5,691 
1,261 
bushels 
230,996 
15,522 
1 74,479 
40,995 
185,141 
45,855 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
372 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
372 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
12 
4 
1 
14 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
19 
4 
13 
2 
12 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
1 
11 
2 
10 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
7 
- 
6 
1 
6 
1 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,045 
1,124 
2,122 
799 
2,417 
1,628 
acres 
1,620,460 
308,366 
949,360 
362,734 
814,426 
806,034 
bushels 
204,454,091 
43,212,718 
112,942,816 
48,298,557 
94,460,967 
109,993,124 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,796 
471 
898 
427 
950 
846 
acres 
713,740 
185,584 
350,008 
178,148 
286,528 
427,212 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
380 
250 
109 
21 
218 
162 
25 to 99 acres 
884 
349 
410 
125 
555 
329 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,049 
257 
546 
246 
692 
357 
250 to 499 acres 
809 
133 
470 
206 
489 
320 
500 acres or more 
923 
135 
587 
201 
463 
460 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
622 
206 
323 
93 
349 
273 
acres 
186,995 
61,542 
94,690 
30,763 
93,871 
93,124 
tons 
3,454,188 
1,216,699 
1,618,227 
619,262 
1,784,517 
1,669,671 
Irrigated 
farms 
396 
126 
201 
69 
216 
180 
acres 
124,703 
48,122 
53,864 
22,717 
57,422 
67,281 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
47 
21 
21 
5 
23 
24 
25 to 99 acres 
150 
48 
74 
28 
96 
54 
1 00 to 249 acres 
199 
57 
111 
31 
115 
84 
250 to 499 acres 
118 
44 
63 
11 
65 
53 
500 acres or more 
108 
36 
54 
18 
50 
58 
Cotton, all 
farms 
7,029 
1,694 
3,678 
1,657 
4,460 
2,569 
acres 
3,844,464 
543,414 
2,477,871 
823,179 
1,963,531 
1,880,933 
bales 
4,760,737 
646,036 
3,035,216 
1,079,485 
2,347,249 
2,413,488 
Irrigated 
farms 
4,317 
984 
2,266 
1,067 
2,641 
1,676 
acres 
1,649,305 
239,753 
1,019,801 
389,751 
836,448 
812,857 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
215 
134 
65 
16 
147 
68 
25 to 99 acres 
1,059 
475 
362 
222 
755 
304 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,772 
564 
790 
418 
1,213 
559 
250 to 499 acres 
1,577 
274 
879 
424 
1,060 
517 
500 acres or more 
2,406 
247 
1,582 
577 
1,285 
1,121 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
51 
28 
19 
4 
27 
24 
acres 
2,918 
509 
2,146 
263 
1,753 
1,165 
cwt 
34,620 
5,658 
25,108 
3,854 
25,743 
8,877 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
8 
4 
- 
3 
9 
acres 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
- 
3 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
31 
22 
9 
. 
14 
17 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
6 
2 
3 
8 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
5 
1 
3 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
809 
292 
461 
56 
488 
321 
acres 
74,446 
16,755 
50,265 
7,426 
43,282 
31,164 
bushels 
3,805,187 
885,761 
2,497,620 
421,806 
2,131,308 
1 ,673,879 
Irrigated 
farms 
52 
31 
12 
9 
26 
26 
acres 
3,636 
959 
973 
1,704 
979 
2,657 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
240 
129 
106 
5 
142 
98 
25 to 99 acres 
360 
135 
195 
30 
224 
136 
1 00 to 249 acres 
136 
16 
108 
12 
84 
52 
250 to 499 acres 
49 
8 
36 
5 
24 
25 
500 acres or more 
24 
4 
16 
4 
14 
10 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
552 
156 
293 
103 
319 
233 
acres 
148,795 
34,505 
91,711 
22,579 
61,485 
87,310 
pounds 
547,106,308 
124,984,028 
334,279,720 
87,842,560 
209,798,986 
337,307,322 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
230 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
