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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
117 
72 
41 
4 
63 
54 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
47,707 
3,789 
43,818 
100 
46,374 
1,333 
sold 
farms 
6 
4 
2 
- 
4 
2 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
87 
51 
36 
- 
41 
46 
Farms with- 
number 
60,366 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 1 ,999 
85 
51 
34 
- 
40 
45 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
74 
43 
27 
4 
30 
44 
number 
419,319 
260 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
32 
16 
13 
3 
11 
21 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
1,167,398 
283,235 
637,815 
246,348 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
3,148 
450 
2,374 
324 
1,840 
1,308 
acres 
1,006,554 
114,032 
789,948 
102,574 
540,497 
466,057 
bushels 
60,177,807 
6,414,288 
47,298,335 
6,465,184 
31,906,802 
28,271,005 
Irrigated 
farms 
71 
16 
51 
4 
28 
43 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
10,660 
1,171 
8,515 
974 
4,272 
6,388 
1 to 24 acres 
109 
45 
47 
17 
79 
30 
25 to 99 acres 
621 
139 
406 
76 
357 
264 
1 00 to 249 acres 
988 
120 
737 
131 
605 
383 
250 to 499 acres 
846 
77 
700 
69 
507 
339 
500 acres or more 
584 
69 
484 
31 
292 
292 
Corn for grain 
farms 
6,651 
891 
4,909 
851 
3,912 
2,739 
acres 
3,465,997 
337,953 
2,789,967 
338,077 
1 ,702,480 
1,763,517 
bushels 
406,059,209 
37,495,826 
327,318,013 
41,245,370 
197,255,049 
208,804,160 
Irrigated 
farms 
346 
61 
257 
28 
175 
171 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
91,390 
14,841 
68,140 
8,409 
42,952 
48,438 
1 to 24 acres 
246 
102 
110 
34 
155 
91 
25 to 99 acres 
1,069 
216 
672 
181 
662 
407 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,783 
257 
1,248 
278 
1,121 
662 
250 to 499 acres 
1,432 
156 
1,090 
186 
874 
558 
500 acres or more 
2,121 
160 
1,789 
172 
1,100 
1,021 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,455 
209 
1,145 
101 
745 
710 
acres 
151,096 
24,104 
112,783 
14,209 
77,068 
74,028 
tons 
1 ,770,976 
298,694 
1,321,116 
151,166 
924,232 
846,744 
Irrigated 
farms 
50 
12 
33 
5 
17 
33 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,044 
714 
2,676 
654 
1,222 
2,822 
1 to 24 acres 
151 
30 
106 
15 
87 
64 
25 to 99 acres 
832 
100 
672 
60 
415 
417 
1 00 to 249 acres 
366 
57 
295 
14 
186 
180 
250 to 499 acres 
68 
17 
48 
3 
31 
37 
500 acres or more 
38 
5 
24 
9 
26 
12 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,567 
173 
1,213 
181 
930 
637 
acres 
681,778 
67,513 
556,982 
57,283 
347,615 
334,163 
cwt 
11,925,965 
1,137,058 
9,735,838 
1,053,069 
5,972,492 
5,953,473 
Irrigated 
farms 
65 
6 
54 
5 
34 
31 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,076 
962 
10,506 
608 
4,916 
7,160 
1 to 24 acres 
25 
11 
13 
1 
16 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
36 
106 
40 
111 
71 
1 00 to 249 acres 
437 
49 
316 
72 
302 
135 
250 to 499 acres 
440 
32 
372 
36 
283 
157 
500 acres or more 
483 
45 
406 
32 
218 
265 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,162 
249 
833 
80 
676 
486 
acres 
109,519 
22,598 
80,127 
6,794 
67,244 
42,275 
bushels 
6,791,676 
1 ,374,587 
4,948,429 
468,660 
4,292,473 
2,499,203 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
1 
4 
- 
2 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
61 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
194 
55 
120 
19 
110 
84 
25 to 99 acres 
586 
118 
429 
39 
335 
251 
1 00 to 249 acres 
322 
60 
240 
22 
194 
128 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
12 
27 
- 
23 
16 
500 acres or more 
21 
4 
17 
- 
14 
7 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,223 
999 
5,240 
984 
4,458 
2,765 
acres 
4,729,137 
424,725 
3,835,543 
468,869 
2,479,619 
2,249,518 
bushels 
153,601,859 
13,932,559 
124,120,403 
15,548,897 
79,437,153 
74,164,706 
Irrigated 
farms 
181 
21 
141 
19 
91 
90 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
30,688 
3,320 
24,294 
3,074 
14,682 
16,006 
1 to 24 acres 
127 
65 
45 
17 
90 
37 
25 to 99 acres 
771 
212 
391 
168 
531 
240 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,566 
323 
948 
295 
1,031 
535 
250 to 499 acres 
1,636 
174 
1,250 
212 
1,073 
563 
500 acres or more 
3,123 
225 
2,606 
292 
1,733 
1,390 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
528 
35 
396 
97 
297 
231 
acres 
227,771 
(D) 
181,042 
(D) 
112,143 
115,628 
tons 
6,033,807 
454,589 
4,821,161 
758,057 
2,889,096 
3,144,711 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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