Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows farms 
397 
18 
3 
_ 
3 
41 
_ 
number 
13,947 
827 
4 
- 
5 
1,113 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
315 
12 
3 
- 
3 
37 
- 
1 0 to 49 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
500 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
10,121 
1,264 
7 
5 
6 
959 
- 
number 
1,180,140 
111,995 
111 
31 
18 
83,231 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
10,629 
1,255 
5 
3 
2 
791 
_ 
number 
1,711,264 
121,802 
77 
46 
(D) 
75,967 
- 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
110,477 
41 
35 
(D) 
70,660 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
3,499 
346 
1 
- 
231 
- 
number 
222,365 
16,872 
(D) 
11,988 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
9,934 
1,189 
4 
3 
2 
742 
- 
number 
1,488,899 
104,930 
(D) 
46 
(D) 
63,979 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
316 
32 
- 
22 
- 
number 
80,413 
2,500 
1,940 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
406 
33 
8 
- 
4 
56 
- 
number 
173,953 
(D) 
60 
- 
(D) 
16,934 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
323 
23 
8 
- 
3 
48 
- 
25 to 49 
26 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
50 to 99 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
37 
4 
4 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
197 
20 
3 
- 
1 
29 
- 
number 
20,933 
(D) 
11 
- 
(D) 
1,597 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
395 
30 
8 
- 
4 
55 
- 
number 
153,020 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
15,337 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
412 
36 
10 
- 
4 
57 
- 
number 
511,483 
32,416 
76 
- 
(D) 
31,846 
- 
$1,000 
54,091 
4,776 
15 
- 
(D) 
2,533 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,338 
77 
8 
4 
9 
144 
- 
number 
236,646 
10,982 
55 
106 
73 
13,481 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,166 
59 
4 
4 
7 
127 
- 
number 
144,863 
6,310 
28 
46 
32 
8,433 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,098 
56 
4 
2 
2 
101 
- 
number 
181,100 
7,172 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
8,663 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
11,980 
716 
38 
27 
28 
1,917 
- 
number 
97,921 
4,059 
167 
85 
87 
11,526 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
11,582 
658 
36 
24 
26 
1,799 
- 
number 
87,628 
3,289 
150 
78 
79 
9,672 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
2,524 
82 
1 
- 
2 
149 
- 
number 
11,207 
247 
(D) 
(D) 
508 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
698 
26 
12 
3 
7 
65 
- 
number 
10,323 
365 
57 
7 
31 
729 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
241 
13 
2 
- 
- 
10 
- 
number 
6,631 
102 
(D) 
- 
- 
107 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,243 
132 
48 
17 
24 
335 
- 
number 
464,802 
126,248 
1,155 
217 
559 
28,538 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,202 
124 
48 
17 
24 
331 
- 
400 to 3,199 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
17 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
14 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
273 
9 
7 
3 
5 
35 
- 
number 
225,021 
58,545 
203 
17 
35 
20,725 
" 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
191 
13 
9 
1 
4 
19 
- 
number 
73,208 
(D) 
194 
(D) 
21 
1,192 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
18 
1 
1 
1 
- 
4 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
