Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
117 
52 
3 
11 
21 
10 
7 
number 
47,707 
(D) 
- 
39 
549 
2,424 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
6 
number 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
87 
30 
3 
10 
9 
8 
number 
60,366 
56,367 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
250 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
85 
28 
3 
10 
7 
8 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
74 
40 
- 
1 
6 
10 
11 
12 
number 
419,319 
419,101 
- 
(D) 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
72 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
32 
20 
- 
1 
8 
9 
2 
- 
number 
1,167,398 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
676,669 
(D) 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
farms 
3,148 
2,868 
28 
261 
370 
799 
883 
527 
acres 
1 ,006,554 
957,447 
4,563 
74,806 
134,910 
298,046 
305,265 
139,857 
bushels 
60,177,807 
57,380,569 
305,539 
4,327,115 
7,996,438 
18,166,715 
18,470,570 
8,114,192 
Irrigated 
farms 
71 
65 
- 
5 
8 
21 
13 
18 
acres 
10,660 
10,032 
- 
523 
1,579 
3,948 
1,584 
2,398 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
109 
67 
1 
5 
4 
15 
20 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
621 
539 
10 
52 
55 
140 
137 
145 
1 00 to 249 acres 
988 
892 
16 
82 
102 
248 
277 
167 
250 to 499 acres 
846 
808 
- 
90 
108 
231 
255 
124 
500 acres or more 
584 
562 
1 
32 
101 
165 
194 
69 
Corn for grain 
farms 
6,651 
6,045 
82 
708 
950 
1,685 
1,720 
900 
acres 
3,465,997 
3,345,931 
19,430 
292,751 
585,672 
1,096,469 
959,927 
391,682 
bushels 
406,059,209 
393,243,771 
2,412,038 
34,673,357 
65,638,035 
131,876,787 
114,298,916 
44,344,638 
Irrigated 
farms 
346 
318 
- 
20 
47 
89 
95 
67 
acres 
91,390 
88,777 
- 
4,777 
19,224 
28,104 
21,285 
15,387 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
246 
173 
13 
8 
27 
29 
48 
48 
25 to 99 acres 
1,069 
890 
17 
121 
110 
217 
243 
182 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,783 
1,564 
19 
217 
227 
377 
455 
269 
250 to 499 acres 
1,432 
1,352 
18 
194 
213 
371 
383 
173 
500 acres or more 
2,121 
2,066 
15 
168 
373 
691 
591 
228 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,455 
1,345 
11 
72 
196 
377 
417 
272 
acres 
151,096 
142,234 
412 
6,947 
23,379 
36,339 
46,897 
28,260 
tons 
1,770,976 
1 ,672,242 
5,424 
80,998 
272,166 
426,030 
547,041 
340,583 
Irrigated 
farms 
50 
48 
- 
1 
3 
2 
19 
23 
acres 
4,044 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
220 
(D) 
1,305 
2,164 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
151 
123 
4 
7 
18 
25 
35 
34 
25 to 99 acres 
832 
774 
7 
51 
119 
230 
235 
132 
1 00 to 249 acres 
366 
345 
- 
8 
45 
102 
113 
77 
250 to 499 acres 
68 
66 
- 
1 
6 
13 
21 
25 
500 acres or more 
38 
37 
- 
5 
8 
7 
13 
4 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,567 
1,463 
21 
153 
224 
405 
429 
231 
acres 
681,778 
663,971 
3,371 
42,193 
102,476 
220,893 
211,039 
83,999 
cwt 
11,925,965 
11,597,772 
62,492 
764,362 
1,811,005 
3,808,667 
3,647,509 
1 ,503,737 
Irrigated 
farms 
65 
65 
- 
4 
11 
14 
23 
13 
acres 
12,076 
12,076 
- 
767 
2,112 
2,705 
5,090 
1,402 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 
13 
5 
4 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
143 
10 
31 
10 
26 
34 
32 
1 00 to 249 acres 
437 
402 
5 
65 
54 
94 
105 
79 
250 to 499 acres 
440 
427 
6 
34 
80 
125 
126 
56 
500 acres or more 
483 
478 
- 
23 
80 
155 
160 
60 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,162 
1,017 
8 
48 
92 
300 
316 
253 
acres 
109,519 
99,508 
3,768 
5,199 
9,006 
31,217 
31,646 
18,672 
bushels 
6,791,676 
6,240,133 
123,624 
382,782 
626,430 
1,989,395 
2,026,341 
1,091,561 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
acres 
61 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
194 
155 
4 
2 
11 
42 
47 
49 
25 to 99 acres 
586 
515 
- 
24 
50 
148 
153 
140 
1 00 to 249 acres 
322 
289 
- 
22 
23 
86 
104 
54 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
38 
- 
- 
4 
18 
7 
9 
500 acres or more 
21 
20 
4 
- 
4 
6 
5 
1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,223 
6,526 
90 
715 
936 
1,716 
1,936 
1,133 
acres 
4,729,137 
4,569,466 
24,711 
332,617 
735,604 
1,469,804 
1,417,162 
589,568 
bushels 
153,601,859 
148,467,928 
847,175 
10,458,351 
23,484,545 
49,080,635 
46,346,158 
18,251,064 
Irrigated 
farms 
181 
171 
- 
18 
29 
51 
45 
28 
acres 
30,688 
30,211 
- 
2,642 
4,714 
9,816 
7,854 
5,185 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
127 
62 
3 
6 
15 
9 
29 
25 to 99 acres 
771 
560 
20 
96 
55 
108 
129 
152 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,566 
1,334 
23 
192 
180 
277 
326 
336 
250 to 499 acres 
1,636 
1,524 
33 
202 
193 
374 
470 
252 
500 acres or more 
3,123 
3,046 
14 
222 
502 
942 
1,002 
364 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
528 
504 
8 
65 
103 
116 
153 
59 
acres 
227,771 
(D) 
(D) 
20,360 
39,169 
63,024 
76,949 
22,989 
tons 
6,033,807 
5,934,459 
39,523 
553,832 
1,024,832 
1 ,696,823 
2,013,545 
605,904 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
206 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
