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 
425 
6 
37 
94 
161 
83 
44 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
(D) 
90 
973 
63,930 
(D) 
1,835 
13,239 
sold 
farms 
49 
- 
6 
10 
13 
15 
5 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
300 
103 
403 
(D) 
284 
sold 
farms 
608 
1 
47 
140 
232 
138 
50 
Farms with- 
number 
6,242,005 
(D) 
(D) 
2,373,512 
1,355,517 
1,605,881 
(D) 
1 to 1,999 
582 
1 
45 
130 
225 
133 
48 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
21 
- 
2 
8 
5 
5 
1 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
238 
- 
10 
61 
80 
59 
28 
number 
1,828,962 
- 
50 
64,431 
299,817 
272,905 
1,191,759 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
114 
- 
7 
23 
43 
27 
14 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
3,814,163 
31 
170,579 
944,636 
788,705 
1,910,212 
Barley for grain 
farms 
160 
- 
11 
31 
39 
51 
28 
acres 
7,588 
- 
929 
1,259 
998 
2,763 
1,639 
bushels 
386,996 
- 
56,470 
52,878 
40,156 
142,563 
94,929 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
46 
" 
“ 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
81 
- 
4 
13 
24 
25 
15 
25 to 99 acres 
55 
- 
2 
14 
13 
18 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
19 
- 
4 
4 
2 
5 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
8,787 
56 
1,011 
1,516 
2,583 
2,420 
1,201 
acres 
814,503 
3,533 
83,236 
146,020 
247,826 
215,448 
118,440 
bushels 
119,221,451 
523,029 
11,308,323 
22,400,313 
36,805,581 
31,688,102 
16,496,103 
Irrigated 
farms 
210 
- 
13 
41 
81 
51 
24 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
17,701 
795 
2,779 
6,430 
3,944 
3,753 
1 to 24 acres 
2,548 
17 
243 
420 
736 
759 
373 
25 to 99 acres 
3,966 
30 
518 
689 
1,134 
1,053 
542 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,706 
7 
208 
303 
527 
455 
206 
250 to 499 acres 
378 
2 
31 
68 
128 
100 
49 
500 acres or more 
189 
- 
11 
36 
58 
53 
31 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,048 
1 
94 
178 
363 
265 
147 
acres 
33,211 
(D) 
(D) 
5,987 
11,660 
7,291 
5,120 
tons 
479,631 
(D) 
(D) 
85,874 
170,691 
108,807 
71,052 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
- 
9 
- 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,557 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1,461 
“ 
96 
1 to 24 acres 
649 
1 
57 
116 
227 
171 
77 
25 to 99 acres 
348 
- 
34 
49 
122 
84 
59 
1 00 to 249 acres 
42 
- 
2 
12 
9 
9 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
7 
- 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
79 
- 
16 
12 
18 
19 
14 
acres 
6,912 
- 
1,481 
1,428 
1,519 
1,862 
622 
cwt 
140,748 
- 
21,866 
32,566 
36,153 
37,436 
12,727 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
- 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,008 
“ 
(D) 
420 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
- 
1 
- 
4 
5 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
45 
- 
10 
4 
10 
11 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
18 
- 
4 
8 
4 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,042 
6 
75 
155 
313 
298 
195 
acres 
24,426 
180 
1,573 
3,418 
6,457 
7,309 
5,489 
bushels 
1,298,742 
3,000 
78,046 
193,535 
355,930 
401,264 
266,967 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
5 
3 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
235 
" 
" 
134 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
705 
- 
54 
100 
227 
211 
113 
25 to 99 acres 
312 
6 
21 
52 
82 
75 
76 
1 00 to 249 acres 
23 
- 
- 
3 
4 
12 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
312 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,202 
64 
720 
1,219 
2,122 
2,000 
1,077 
acres 
656,756 
4,643 
58,438 
120,956 
193,642 
181,491 
97,586 
bushels 
26,424,971 
196,551 
2,350,729 
4,774,157 
7,901,504 
7,487,535 
3,714,495 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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