Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows farms 
4,746 
532 
5 
1 
_ 
160 
_ 
number 
463,312 
27,909 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
7,111 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
364 
83 
3 
1 
- 
35 
- 
1 0 to 49 
1,678 
215 
- 
- 
- 
76 
- 
50 to 99 
1,626 
171 
2 
- 
- 
37 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
712 
50 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
200 to 499 
258 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
108 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
21,102 
7,208 
53 
13 
19 
1,553 
- 
number 
1,591,546 
437,755 
1,053 
235 
222 
40,371 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
20,383 
6,708 
52 
9 
14 
1,276 
_ 
number 
1,537,782 
317,215 
983 
61 
186 
34,396 
- 
$1,000 
1,639,634 
365,656 
1,198 
60 
95 
34,520 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
6,960 
1,505 
10 
4 
9 
476 
- 
number 
329,784 
36,086 
94 
26 
137 
5,984 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
18,599 
6,215 
46 
5 
11 
1,106 
- 
number 
1,207,998 
281,129 
889 
35 
49 
28,412 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
4,052 
1,970 
7 
- 
- 
66 
- 
number 
569,586 
143,818 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,130 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
3,355 
1,090 
14 
5 
4 
180 
- 
number 
7,606,785 
1,175,306 
277 
69 
46 
85,546 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
941 
237 
12 
3 
3 
126 
- 
25 to 49 
128 
40 
1 
2 
1 
9 
- 
50 to 99 
102 
49 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
100 to 199 
116 
72 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
248 
153 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
500 or more 
1,820 
539 
- 
36 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
1,133 
420 
4 
2 
1 
75 
- 
number 
572,545 
63,214 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8,265 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
3,163 
1,032 
13 
5 
4 
153 
- 
number 
7,034,240 
1,112,092 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
77,281 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
3,420 
1,072 
18 
4 
3 
144 
- 
number 
22,154,443 
2,374,590 
657 
14 
24 
170,710 
- 
$1,000 
2,783,049 
314,572 
(D) 
2 
4 
28,677 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
2,171 
506 
26 
12 
17 
242 
- 
number 
126,506 
38,990 
1,003 
136 
131 
6,043 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,919 
457 
22 
10 
10 
207 
- 
number 
76,178 
24,918 
407 
75 
67 
3,773 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,691 
414 
17 
4 
10 
138 
- 
number 
112,558 
36,493 
886 
16 
70 
3,040 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
9,537 
1,649 
68 
65 
35 
1,518 
- 
number 
66,384 
8,131 
246 
217 
161 
7,234 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
9,248 
1,542 
66 
56 
35 
1,451 
- 
number 
56,370 
7,233 
240 
161 
160 
6,433 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
2,151 
230 
1 
4 
3 
77 
- 
number 
9,642 
581 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
217 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
1,580 
228 
22 
14 
9 
218 
- 
number 
33,721 
5,605 
216 
43 
112 
2,499 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
847 
121 
12 
2 
5 
73 
- 
number 
16,878 
2,865 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
826 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
4,501 
755 
116 
61 
52 
687 
- 
number 
9,693,648 
21,310 
5,327 
2,334 
4,884 
21,020 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,402 
755 
114 
61 
49 
683 
- 
400 to 3,199 
30 
- 
2 
- 
3 
4 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
539 
87 
13 
9 
9 
69 
- 
number 
2,823,994 
(D) 
835 
(D) 
(D) 
2,183 
" 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
746 
79 
28 
17 
10 
77 
- 
number 
5,989,829 
1,980 
762 
1,611 
558 
6,581 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
86 
7 
1 
1 
- 
9 
- 
number 
5,510,205 
108,665 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
187 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
