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 
222 
119,002 
170 
110,389 
Llamas 
361 
4,930 
639 
3,460 
Bison 
80 
14,671 
133 
14,565 
Mink, live 
4 
4,975 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
1 
(D) 
3 
104 
Rabbits, live 
91 
1,049 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
16 
686 
39 
1,830 
Other livestock (see text) 
30 
(X) 
20 
(X) 
Alpacas 
97 
1,591 
74 
711 
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)' 
147 
7,906,649 
13,377 
138 
9,313,462 
Milk from sheep and goats 
53 
(NA) 
435 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
66 
3,524 
7,493 
71 
5,270 
Deer in captivity 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Elk in captivity 
11 
194 
145 
19 
310 
Alpacas 
31 
189 
266 
16 
75 
Llamas 
24 
103 
90 
40 
140 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
22 
398 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
13 
(X) 
(D) 
10 
(X) 
Other livestock products 1 
358 
(X) 
3,618 
97 
(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) 
662 
141,374 
85.0 
215 
52,453 
97,804 
43.0 
1,359 
486,890 
39.2 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
262 
30,488 
138.8 
14 
3,870 
1,257 
132.8 
94 
25,078 
28.7 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
299 
35,578 
21.9 
11 
1,215 
746 
15.1 
41 
4,669 
13.4 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
142 
28,503 
14.1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3,076 
14.8 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
82 
3,816 
77.3 
9 
324 
463 
61.6 
189 
12,481 
34.1 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
26 
3,331 
35.4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
3,652 
12.4 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
197 
45,807 
27.6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
509 
91,722 
61.4 
473 
110,604 
413,525 
36.4 
4,626 
5,011,612 
31.0 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
109 
19,616 
56.2 
158 
21,746 
122,661 
38.2 
2,701 
2,003,998 
36.2 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
32 
4,868 
53.3 
18 
3,275 
13,391 
33.2 
628 
527,998 
28.3 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
505 
83,201 
63.2 
315 
69,620 
178,864 
34.6 
3,313 
2,578,225 
27.7 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
4,767 
631,156 
(X) 
1,514 
276,285 
286,442 
(X) 
5,447 
1,073,315 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
3,719 
470,475 
3.0 
878 
131,290 
149,975 
2.1 
3,687 
733,258 
1.1 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
556 
36,608 
2.5 
139 
8,026 
15,130 
2.1 
933 
123,614 
1.3 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
1,179 
94,314 
1.8 
208 
24,652 
21,815 
1.5 
1,265 
170,946 
1.3 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
580 
115,895 
1.6 
160 
19,579 
13,234 
1.3 
1,286 
123,016 
1.0 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
113 
11,278 
4.8 
20 
1,892 
1,634 
5.5 
78 
5,023 
2.4 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
119 
4,789 
4.8 
17 
797 
854 
1.7 
92 
11,037 
2.8 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
325 
9,300 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
(X) 
- 
- 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
196 
732 
(X) 
23 
85 
58 
(X) 
105 
292 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
31 
21 
(X) 
4 
1 
1 
(X) 
46 
20 
(X) 
26 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
