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 
1,808 
1,131 
504 
173 
720 
1,088 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
13,567,651 
5,138,572 
7,430,376 
998,703 
7,080,372 
6,487,279 
sold 
farms 
259 
154 
88 
17 
116 
143 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
15,612,631 
4,980,085 
10,002,156 
630,390 
7,950,215 
7,662,416 
sold 
farms 
1,395 
867 
433 
95 
597 
798 
Farms with- 
number 
166,691,355 
92,854,054 
65,227,456 
8,609,845 
82,380,912 
84,310,443 
1 to 1 ,999 
831 
548 
218 
65 
321 
510 
2,000 to 59,999 
106 
65 
32 
9 
50 
56 
60,000 to 99,999 
29 
12 
14 
3 
16 
13 
100,000 or more 
429 
242 
169 
18 
210 
219 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
935 
679 
202 
54 
374 
561 
number 
2,955,993 
1,100,013 
1,800,958 
55,022 
1,763,018 
1,192,975 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
485 
286 
167 
32 
215 
270 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
8,507,490 
3,051,455 
5,261,544 
194,491 
5,266,580 
3,240,910 
Barley for grain 
farms 
2,626 
768 
1,592 
266 
1,272 
1,354 
acres 
52,853 
8,500 
38,745 
5,608 
23,276 
29,577 
bushels 
3,816,281 
604,284 
2,793,755 
418,242 
1 ,626,323 
2,189,958 
Irrigated 
farms 
33 
7 
24 
2 
14 
19 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
51 
(D) 
40 
(D) 
26 
25 
1 to 24 acres 
1,982 
686 
1,082 
214 
986 
996 
25 to 99 acres 
597 
82 
468 
47 
272 
325 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
- 
38 
3 
13 
28 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
4 
2 
1 
5 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
16,800 
6,649 
8,314 
1,837 
9,414 
7,386 
acres 
998,376 
147,561 
754,762 
96,053 
505,953 
492,423 
bushels 
125,500,345 
18,283,134 
95,225,141 
11,992,070 
62,780,474 
62,719,871 
Irrigated 
farms 
335 
133 
155 
47 
179 
156 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5,099 
814 
3,527 
758 
2,228 
2,871 
1 to 24 acres 
8,736 
4,813 
2,914 
1,009 
5,095 
3,641 
25 to 99 acres 
5,624 
1,657 
3,362 
605 
3,106 
2,518 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,717 
161 
1,400 
156 
883 
834 
250 to 499 acres 
464 
16 
403 
45 
211 
253 
500 acres or more 
259 
2 
235 
22 
119 
140 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
9,752 
3,141 
5,236 
1,375 
4,755 
4,997 
acres 
412,695 
70,822 
296,504 
45,369 
156,905 
255,790 
tons 
7,205,366 
1,252,924 
5,136,801 
815,641 
2,713,999 
4,491,367 
Irrigated 
farms 
216 
99 
88 
29 
101 
115 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,794 
251 
1,422 
121 
731 
1,063 
1 to 24 acres 
4,959 
2,150 
2,048 
761 
2,708 
2,251 
25 to 99 acres 
3,955 
934 
2,472 
549 
1,772 
2,183 
1 00 to 249 acres 
684 
54 
575 
55 
242 
442 
250 to 499 acres 
113 
2 
103 
8 
27 
86 
500 acres or more 
41 
1 
38 
2 
6 
35 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
21 
11 
10 
- 
5 
16 
acres 
608 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
14,617 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
■ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
9 
8 
- 
2 
15 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,524 
1,842 
2,347 
335 
2,519 
2,005 
acres 
65,158 
16,095 
44,330 
4,733 
33,376 
31,782 
bushels 
3,802,765 
918,019 
2,607,325 
277,421 
1,946,277 
1,856,488 
Irrigated 
farms 
39 
20 
12 
7 
25 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
113 
59 
47 
7 
84 
29 
1 to 24 acres 
3,890 
1,776 
1,822 
292 
2,225 
1,665 
25 to 99 acres 
578 
60 
478 
40 
268 
310 
1 00 to 249 acres 
50 
6 
42 
2 
23 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
5 
1 
3 
3 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
75 
30 
37 
8 
48 
27 
acres 
2,170 
1,053 
925 
192 
1,653 
517 
bushels 
165,396 
77,875 
71,210 
16,311 
127,875 
37,521 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
57 
23 
29 
5 
37 
20 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
4 
5 
3 
6 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
2 
3 
- 
4 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,718 
2,415 
4,445 
858 
4,301 
3,417 
acres 
519,718 
59,582 
408,174 
51,962 
259,532 
260,186 
bushels 
25,008,038 
2,951,951 
19,467,193 
2,588,894 
12,356,558 
12,651,480 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
224 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
