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 
243 
48 
1 
_ 
_ 
36 
_ 
number 
17,876 
2,191 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,129 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
89 
21 
1 
- 
- 
10 
- 
1 0 to 49 
80 
14 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
50 to 99 
40 
6 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
too to 199 
15 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
10 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
8,638 
2,926 
5 
_ 
2 
1,039 
_ 
number 
910,055 
342,335 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
69,690 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
8,925 
2,927 
6 
_ 
_ 
970 
_ 
number 
964,746 
283,625 
(D) 
- 
- 
74,129 
- 
$1,000 
1,063,287 
301,497 
(D) 
- 
- 
73,323 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
3,094 
870 
1 
- 
- 
356 
- 
number 
132,901 
41,345 
(D) 
- 
- 
13,546 
- 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
8,364 
2,784 
6 
- 
- 
906 
- 
number 
831,845 
242,280 
(D) 
- 
- 
60,583 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
512 
209 
1 
- 
- 
44 
- 
number 
99,011 
20,941 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,301 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
218 
41 
7 
- 
- 
26 
- 
number 
133,653 
14,733 
17 
- 
- 
599 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
148 
19 
7 
- 
- 
20 
- 
25 to 49 
24 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
16 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
9 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
19 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
105 
20 
2 
_ 
_ 
13 
_ 
number 
35,147 
2,712 
(D) 
- 
- 
133 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
191 
38 
6 
- 
- 
20 
- 
number 
98,506 
12,021 
(D) 
- 
- 
466 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
193 
32 
1 
- 
- 
21 
- 
number 
831,123 
50,046 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,496 
- 
$1,000 
50,366 
3,391 
(D) 
- 
- 
162 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
661 
105 
1 
- 
- 
91 
- 
number 
64,607 
1 1 ,393 
(D) 
- 
- 
8,294 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
580 
91 
1 
- 
- 
79 
- 
number 
36,949 
8,086 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,976 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
533 
84 
- 
- 
61 
- 
number 
45,381 
6,904 
- 
- 
- 
4,186 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
5,379 
892 
17 
14 
3 
864 
- 
number 
45,271 
5,845 
139 
38 
11 
5,553 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
5,265 
856 
14 
12 
3 
834 
- 
number 
42,593 
5,453 
95 
34 
8 
5,109 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,400 
132 
1 
- 
1 
109 
- 
number 
7,831 
780 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
579 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
350 
39 
6 
2 
_ 
48 
_ 
number 
4,740 
366 
75 
(D) 
- 
517 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
147 
12 
3 
- 
16 
- 
number 
2,944 
110 
(D) 
- 
- 
206 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
840 
131 
16 
6 
1 
124 
- 
number 
92,754 
(D) 
535 
156 
(D) 
3,293 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
839 
131 
16 
6 
1 
124 
- 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
104 
21 
2 
- 
- 
13 
- 
number 
(D) 
467 
(D) 
- 
- 
274 
- 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
117 
14 
1 
2 
- 
9 
- 
number 
47,707 
2,026 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
78 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
178 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
