Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
191 
154 
13 
8 
number 
73,208 
6,367 
644 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
18 
15 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
870 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
95 
61 
4 
4 
number 
166,380 
2,536 
164 
164 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
73 
61 
4 
4 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
204 
165 
9 
5 
number 
20,206 
1,054 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
68 
37 
3 
number 
28,348 
355 
(D) 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
farms 
2,236 
1,338 
270 
227 
acres 
778,521 
348,355 
108,603 
93,952 
bushels 
37,541,212 
17,579,968 
5,753,354 
4,866,220 
Irrigated 
farms 
877 
550 
124 
106 
acres 
193,827 
113,489 
28,132 
23,033 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
153 
111 
9 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
570 
416 
59 
49 
1 00 to 249 acres 
642 
370 
94 
82 
250 to 499 acres 
456 
264 
47 
36 
500 acres or more 
415 
177 
61 
53 
Corn for grain 
farms 
370 
212 
42 
34 
acres 
60,693 
(D) 
10,148 
4,745 
bushels 
5,633,512 
(D) 
1,035,605 
555,741 
Irrigated 
farms 
276 
153 
34 
29 
acres 
34,358 
(D) 
6,564 
4,027 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
44 
29 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
144 
95 
13 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
119 
61 
18 
15 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
12 
5 
2 
500 acres or more 
24 
15 
4 
2 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
351 
172 
54 
46 
acres 
42,208 
16,799 
9,276 
7,587 
tons 
871,062 
362,714 
190,192 
150,483 
Irrigated 
farms 
310 
149 
50 
44 
acres 
36,793 
15,011 
8,200 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
43 
29 
25 to 99 acres 
152 
83 
22 
20 
1 00 to 249 acres 
119 
49 
20 
17 
250 to 499 acres 
29 
9 
9 
7 
500 acres or more 
8 
2 
3 
2 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
148 
77 
14 
11 
acres 
31,579 
15,181 
2,335 
(D) 
cwt 
448,341 
236,804 
38,548 
28,286 
Irrigated 
farms 
142 
77 
13 
11 
acres 
28,503 
15,181 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
47 
25 
6 
4 
100 to 249 acres 
54 
30 
5 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
8 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
17 
9 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
280 
190 
32 
24 
acres 
17,084 
9,666 
1,898 
1,488 
bushels 
768,893 
436,850 
103,561 
82,561 
Irrigated 
farms 
91 
59 
13 
9 
acres 
4,140 
2,063 
(D) 
378 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
79 
65 
5 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
150 
92 
24 
18 
1 00 to 249 acres 
46 
33 
3 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
45 
26 
5 
5 
acres 
6,983 
(D) 
766 
766 
bushels 
163,125 
85,274 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
14 
3 
3 
acres 
3,331 
1,651 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
20 
13 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
8 
3 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
3 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
197 
106 
26 
20 
acres 
45,807 
17,460 
9,193 
7,084 
tons 
1,265,481 
456,429 
261,202 
202,505 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
152 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
