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 
412 
337 
54 
21 
166 
246 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,256,343 
1,251,729 
3,552 
1,062 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
40 
33 
6 
1 
21 
19 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
417 
289 
87 
41 
153 
264 
Farms with- 
number 
138,857 
36,424 
64,837 
37,596 
97,716 
41,141 
1 to 1 ,999 
409 
287 
85 
37 
148 
261 
2,000 to 59,999 
8 
2 
2 
4 
5 
3 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
266 
198 
54 
14 
101 
165 
number 
5,554 
3,471 
1,947 
136 
3,222 
2,332 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
236 
171 
51 
14 
80 
156 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
12,551 
9,886 
2,503 
162 
9,311 
3,240 
Barley for grain 
farms 
58 
9 
41 
8 
18 
40 
acres 
15,324 
1,581 
12,621 
1,122 
6,248 
9,076 
bushels 
868,647 
101,192 
700,199 
67,256 
324,937 
543,710 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
968 
■ 
968 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
3 
6 
6 
1 
14 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
1 
11 
- 
6 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
1 
10 
- 
5 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
4 
8 
- 
3 
9 
500 acres or more 
8 
- 
6 
2 
3 
5 
Corn for grain 
farms 
68 
25 
39 
4 
34 
34 
acres 
5,040 
439 
4,596 
5 
738 
4,302 
bushels 
649,389 
41,161 
607,874 
354 
62,251 
587,138 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
2 
5 
- 
3 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
316 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
3 
313 
1 to 24 acres 
39 
24 
11 
4 
22 
17 
25 to 99 acres 
13 
- 
13 
- 
10 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
- 
9 
- 
2 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
1 
5 
- 
- 
6 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
151 
25 
120 
6 
67 
84 
acres 
24,214 
2,127 
21,225 
862 
7,720 
16,494 
tons 
371,184 
36,419 
322,355 
12,410 
113,509 
257,675 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
12 
24 
1 
25 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
49 
9 
38 
2 
20 
29 
1 00 to 249 acres 
36 
3 
32 
1 
14 
22 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
- 
13 
2 
4 
11 
500 acres or more 
14 
1 
13 
- 
4 
10 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
18 
8 
4 
6 
4 
14 
acres 
365 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
5,387 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
" 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
7 
3 
6 
3 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
154 
51 
88 
15 
63 
91 
acres 
28,725 
5,973 
21,214 
1,538 
9,054 
19,671 
bushels 
1,856,231 
376,010 
1 ,374,443 
105,778 
544,487 
1,311,744 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
1 
9 
- 
4 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
420 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
21 
18 
9 
20 
28 
25 to 99 acres 
23 
12 
9 
2 
12 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
37 
11 
26 
- 
16 
21 
250 to 499 acres 
35 
3 
28 
4 
15 
20 
500 acres or more 
11 
4 
7 
- 
- 
11 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
30 
4 
18 
8 
14 
16 
acres 
2,128 
(D) 
1,688 
(D) 
840 
1,288 
bushels 
87,088 
(D) 
70,478 
(D) 
34,547 
52,541 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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