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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,734 
575 
1,074 
85 
908 
826 
500 or more 
413 
109 
280 
24 
234 
179 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,809 
23,221 
10,119 
1,469 
20,310 
14,499 
number 
1,056,858 
525,557 
489,776 
41,525 
602,687 
454,171 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,823 
22,679 
9,727 
1,417 
19,765 
14,058 
number 
985,075 
503,153 
443,369 
38,553 
570,019 
415,056 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,136 
8,086 
1,594 
456 
5,781 
4,355 
10 to 49 
18,473 
12,360 
5,348 
765 
10,986 
7,487 
50 to 99 
3,531 
1,683 
1,721 
127 
2,056 
1,475 
100 to 199 
1,268 
435 
783 
50 
696 
572 
200 to 499 
387 
110 
258 
19 
232 
155 
500 or more 
28 
5 
23 
- 
14 
14 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,564 
862 
634 
68 
803 
761 
number 
71,783 
22,404 
46,407 
2,972 
32,668 
39,115 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
656 
500 
138 
18 
329 
327 
10 to 49 
369 
194 
155 
20 
205 
164 
50 to 99 
369 
128 
218 
23 
198 
171 
100 to 199 
124 
29 
88 
7 
52 
72 
200 to 499 
38 
10 
28 
- 
18 
20 
500 or more 
8 
1 
7 
- 
1 
7 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
33,365 
21,951 
9,995 
1,419 
19,249 
14,116 
number 
1,214,013 
536,852 
612,514 
64,647 
687,221 
526,792 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
33,284 
21,790 
10,082 
1,412 
19,627 
13,657 
number 
1,293,302 
562,053 
638,862 
92,387 
734,001 
559,301 
$1,000 
1,033,722 
436,830 
531,918 
64,974 
573,721 
460,001 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
17,068 
11,218 
5,184 
666 
9,804 
7,264 
number 
267,604 
142,225 
115,272 
10,107 
156,737 
110,867 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
29,004 
18,676 
9,095 
1,233 
16,987 
12,017 
number 
1,025,698 
419,828 
523,590 
82,280 
577,264 
448,434 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
720 
402 
280 
38 
384 
336 
number 
36,931 
14,989 
19,460 
2,482 
19,914 
17,017 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,284 
909 
303 
72 
575 
709 
number 
313,360 
133,571 
170,521 
9,268 
193,985 
119,375 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,057 
798 
210 
49 
450 
607 
25 to 49 
63 
41 
17 
5 
33 
30 
50 to 99 
34 
20 
13 
1 
12 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 
47 
22 
14 
11 
26 
21 
200 to 499 
22 
4 
18 
- 
16 
6 
500 or more 
61 
24 
31 
6 
38 
23 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
729 
515 
163 
51 
332 
397 
number 
34,911 
15,771 
16,458 
2,682 
20,420 
14,491 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,042 
715 
266 
61 
472 
570 
number 
278,449 
117,800 
154,063 
6,586 
173,565 
104,884 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
866 
581 
232 
53 
405 
461 
number 
933,620 
(D) 
440,700 
(D) 
456,704 
476,916 
$1,000 
122,130 
49,787 
66,034 
6,309 
66,655 
55,475 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,743 
1,344 
326 
73 
836 
907 
number 
54,612 
39,328 
13,472 
1,812 
25,273 
29,339 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,351 
1,024 
268 
59 
636 
715 
number 
29,682 
20,692 
7,960 
1,030 
14,020 
15,662 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,095 
836 
219 
40 
511 
584 
number 
31,564 
21,411 
9,180 
973 
13,928 
17,636 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
19,012 
14,762 
3,483 
767 
9,256 
9,756 
number 
141,842 
105,952 
28,791 
7,099 
62,761 
79,081 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
18,329 
14,227 
3,367 
735 
8,881 
9,448 
number 
118,288 
90,673 
22,887 
4,728 
53,376 
64,912 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
4,256 
3,287 
736 
233 
1,943 
2,313 
number 
17,369 
12,846 
3,865 
658 
7,586 
9,783 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
3,797 
3,101 
553 
143 
1,652 
2,145 
number 
64,118 
53,157 
9,287 
1,674 
32,571 
31,547 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,990 
1,606 
314 
70 
883 
1,107 
number 
30,221 
24,822 
4,630 
769 
1 1 ,727 
18,494 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,252 
5,088 
988 
176 
2,520 
3,732 
number 
4,308,549 
3,840,990 
444,148 
23,411 
2,665,583 
1,642,966 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,129 
4,993 
964 
172 
2,476 
3,653 
400 to 3,199 
39 
29 
7 
3 
8 
31 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
28 
4 
1 
14 
19 
20,000 to 49,999 
47 
34 
13 
- 
21 
26 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
933 
764 
148 
21 
357 
576 
number 
1,820,101 
1,485,775 
332,890 
1,436 
1,100,604 
719,497 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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