Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
102 
2 
6 
16 
30 
34 
14 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,052 
(D) 
(D) 
208 
229 
402 
147 
sold 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
45 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
4 
15 
14 
4 
Farms with- 
number 
1,355 
420 
396 
339 
200 
1 to 1,999 
37 
- 
- 
4 
15 
14 
4 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
110 
- 
3 
30 
23 
38 
16 
number 
728 
- 
9 
108 
238 
275 
98 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
25 
- 
2 
4 
9 
7 
3 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
227 
(D) 
(D) 
75 
74 
52 
Barley for grain 
farms 
257 
- 
15 
46 
78 
61 
57 
acres 
42,808 
- 
4,288 
10,608 
13,040 
7,508 
7,364 
bushels 
1,789,132 
- 
157,874 
438,328 
564,513 
350,732 
277,685 
Irrigated 
farms 
98 
- 
5 
20 
35 
24 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
10,787 
" 
1,545 
1,981 
3,659 
2,501 
1,101 
1 to 24 acres 
52 
- 
- 
10 
11 
13 
18 
25 to 99 acres 
99 
- 
9 
7 
43 
19 
21 
1 00 to 249 acres 
70 
- 
4 
20 
12 
24 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
19 
- 
- 
5 
8 
3 
3 
500 acres or more 
17 
2 
4 
4 
2 
5 
Corn for grain 
farms 
34 
- 
2 
6 
7 
7 
12 
acres 
6,887 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
662 
5,226 
bushels 
582,415 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
43,242 
105,943 
342,660 
Irrigated 
farms 
23 
- 
2 
6 
3 
5 
7 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,360 
“ 
(D) 
246 
(D) 
(D) 
2,064 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
10 
- 
- 
2 
4 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
- 
2 
1 
1 
4 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
23 
- 
3 
6 
3 
6 
5 
acres 
1,822 
- 
159 
200 
45 
588 
830 
tons 
42,793 
- 
3,112 
3,440 
925 
14,495 
20,821 
Irrigated 
farms 
21 
- 
3 
6 
2 
6 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
159 
200 
(D) 
588 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
13 
- 
- 
6 
1 
3 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
13 
- 
1 
2 
2 
8 
- 
acres 
3,053 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
773 
- 
cwt 
34,687 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
- 
1 
2 
2 
8 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
3,053 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
773 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
35 
_ 
6 
4 
9 
11 
5 
acres 
1,014 
- 
235 
112 
336 
226 
105 
bushels 
61,646 
- 
12,020 
9,100 
16,600 
18,279 
5,647 
Irrigated 
farms 
17 
- 
3 
3 
4 
6 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
435 
“ 
130 
(D) 
82 
134 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
- 
1 
3 
3 
7 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
17 
- 
5 
1 
5 
4 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
" 
(D) 
" 
" 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
3 
acres 
1,190 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
tons 
32,838 
- 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Montana 207 
