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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
780 
140 
619 
21 
255 
525 
500 or more 
473 
33 
432 
8 
103 
370 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
11,275 
5,228 
5,585 
462 
5,361 
5,914 
number 
696,742 
122,352 
552,201 
22,189 
209,745 
486,997 
Beef cows 
farms 
6,579 
3,745 
2,655 
179 
3,321 
3,258 
number 
86,030 
36,676 
47,067 
2,287 
45,401 
40,629 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,840 
2,505 
1,226 
109 
1,831 
2,009 
10 to 49 
2,483 
1,170 
1,249 
64 
1,353 
1,130 
50 to 99 
200 
59 
137 
4 
108 
92 
100 to 199 
47 
10 
36 
1 
25 
22 
200 to 499 
8 
1 
6 
1 
4 
4 
500 or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
5,427 
1,696 
3,405 
326 
2,314 
3,113 
number 
610,712 
85,676 
505,134 
19,902 
164,344 
446,368 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
676 
394 
242 
40 
294 
382 
10 to 49 
1,913 
751 
1,011 
151 
978 
935 
50 to 99 
1,676 
432 
1,149 
95 
730 
946 
100 to 199 
659 
81 
548 
30 
204 
455 
200 to 499 
257 
21 
231 
5 
67 
190 
500 or more 
246 
17 
224 
5 
41 
205 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
11,490 
5,212 
5,784 
494 
5,482 
6,008 
number 
722,623 
137,572 
564,701 
20,350 
244,076 
478,547 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,555 
4,586 
5,549 
420 
5,001 
5,554 
number 
618,558 
139,690 
459,458 
19,410 
208,292 
410,266 
$1,000 
449,497 
110,036 
329,009 
10,452 
161,420 
288,078 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
5,853 
2,117 
3,453 
283 
2,561 
3,292 
number 
279,286 
62,873 
205,559 
10,854 
84,426 
194,860 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
9,670 
4,101 
5,184 
385 
4,584 
5,086 
number 
339,272 
76,817 
253,899 
8,556 
123,866 
215,406 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
376 
136 
233 
7 
184 
192 
number 
36,729 
10,392 
26,154 
183 
13,014 
23,715 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,912 
1,176 
660 
76 
789 
1,123 
number 
74,671 
40,533 
31,011 
3,127 
30,757 
43,914 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,655 
1,042 
549 
64 
674 
981 
25 to 49 
112 
58 
52 
2 
47 
65 
50 to 99 
70 
35 
28 
7 
34 
36 
1 00 to 1 99 
29 
14 
13 
2 
13 
16 
200 to 499 
27 
16 
11 
- 
14 
13 
500 or more 
19 
11 
7 
1 
7 
12 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
970 
584 
350 
36 
392 
578 
number 
10,923 
6,495 
4,147 
281 
4,217 
6,706 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,573 
960 
552 
61 
657 
916 
number 
63,748 
34,038 
26,864 
2,846 
26,540 
37,208 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,629 
966 
609 
54 
641 
988 
number 
337,333 
172,803 
145,315 
19,215 
151,421 
185,912 
$1,000 
38,999 
13,754 
21,860 
3,385 
17,575 
21,424 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,017 
1,465 
487 
65 
859 
1,158 
number 
86,286 
40,953 
40,044 
5,289 
38,661 
47,625 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,587 
1,148 
387 
52 
672 
915 
number 
50,267 
24,868 
22,868 
2,531 
22,641 
27,626 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,281 
884 
357 
40 
560 
721 
number 
64,803 
28,373 
33,865 
2,565 
28,122 
36,681 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,207 
7,509 
2,381 
317 
4,220 
5,987 
number 
90,157 
64,587 
22,017 
3,553 
35,502 
54,655 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,888 
7,320 
2,262 
306 
4,062 
5,826 
number 
67,987 
48,604 
17,189 
2,194 
27,732 
40,255 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,414 
1,719 
600 
95 
975 
1,439 
number 
9,225 
5,710 
3,228 
287 
3,704 
5,521 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,449 
1,787 
588 
74 
917 
1,532 
number 
36,441 
25,354 
9,926 
1,161 
13,227 
23,214 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,115 
786 
283 
46 
414 
701 
number 
21,327 
15,206 
5,530 
591 
5,526 
15,801 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,686 
3,996 
1,497 
193 
2,235 
3,451 
number 
5,208,831 
759,063 
2,463,242 
1,986,526 
220,275 
4,988,556 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
5,585 
3,945 
1,456 
184 
2,200 
3,385 
400 to 3,199 
74 
40 
31 
3 
27 
47 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
3 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
4 
4 
- 
5 
3 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
12 
3 
5 
4 
- 
12 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
772 
579 
166 
27 
320 
452 
number 
1,195,776 
(D) 
911,205 
(D) 
87,723 
1,108,053 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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