Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
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 
96 
_ 
9 
24 
22 
32 
9 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
3,090 
231 
815 
759 
777 
508 
sold 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
125 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
69 
- 
9 
14 
22 
14 
10 
Farms with- 
number 
20,276 
- 
479 
(D) 
(D) 
540 
285 
1 to 1 ,999 
68 
- 
9 
14 
21 
14 
10 
2,000 to 59,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
62 
- 
1 
11 
31 
10 
9 
number 
250,395 
- 
(D) 
79 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
27 
- 
6 
12 
5 
4 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
752,219 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
21 
- 
3 
1 
3 
8 
6 
acres 
963 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
75 
410 
418 
bushels 
37,494 
- 
1,500 
(D) 
2,900 
14,417 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
- 
3 
- 
2 
5 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,120 
26 
253 
362 
524 
576 
379 
acres 
350,508 
2,098 
23,884 
60,072 
85,909 
96,634 
81,911 
bushels 
29,967,856 
103,651 
2,071,731 
4,828,834 
6,945,092 
8,724,842 
7,293,706 
Irrigated 
farms 
95 
- 
9 
19 
18 
31 
18 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
23,729 
■ 
1,954 
2,579 
4,356 
5,750 
9,090 
1 to 24 acres 
341 
7 
37 
67 
86 
110 
34 
25 to 99 acres 
833 
11 
139 
136 
189 
210 
148 
1 00 to 249 acres 
607 
8 
70 
94 
146 
169 
120 
250 to 499 acres 
206 
- 
2 
38 
69 
48 
49 
500 acres or more 
133 
- 
5 
27 
34 
39 
28 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
421 
5 
49 
60 
111 
121 
75 
acres 
36,169 
115 
2,116 
4,699 
9,779 
13,043 
6,417 
tons 
261,581 
455 
17,604 
30,784 
62,884 
100,723 
49,131 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
3 
- 
6 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,021 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
" 
635 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
93 
3 
6 
8 
32 
28 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
225 
2 
42 
38 
49 
58 
36 
1 00 to 249 acres 
84 
- 
1 
11 
26 
26 
20 
250 to 499 acres 
14 
- 
- 
3 
1 
7 
3 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
acres 
2,818 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Oats for grain 
farms 
114 
_ 
1 
16 
26 
51 
20 
acres 
6,186 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,502 
2,353 
1,576 
bushels 
401,547 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
79,564 
187,866 
92,094 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
139 
“ 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
56 
- 
- 
10 
9 
35 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
40 
- 
- 
4 
15 
9 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
16 
- 
1 
2 
1 
6 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
55 
- 
4 
9 
15 
11 
16 
acres 
10,351 
- 
632 
2,658 
1,952 
1,989 
3,120 
bushels 
431,357 
- 
64,444 
92,159 
71,438 
76,856 
126,460 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
8 
4 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
- 
- 
1 
3 
2 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
- 
4 
1 
- 
1 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
- 
- 
7 
4 
4 
2 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,847 
26 
230 
274 
468 
514 
335 
acres 
313,063 
2,443 
22,632 
47,563 
76,127 
92,827 
71,471 
bushels 
8,413,294 
50,873 
607,213 
1,287,406 
1,955,774 
2,608,580 
1,903,448 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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