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 
746 
588 
137 
21 
230 
516 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
5,989,829 
4,845,085 
1,142,882 
1,862 
1,288,839 
4,700,990 
sold 
farms 
86 
72 
13 
1 
24 
62 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
5,510,205 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,220,427 
2,289,778 
sold 
farms 
1,157 
829 
286 
42 
424 
733 
Farms with- 
number 
45,037,969 
30,057,439 
(D) 
(D) 
16,101,266 
28,936,703 
1 to 1,999 
1,004 
734 
229 
41 
368 
636 
2,000 to 59,999 
15 
5 
10 
- 
6 
9 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
136 
90 
45 
1 
50 
86 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
559 
427 
116 
16 
227 
332 
number 
19,449,992 
14,484,038 
4,121,383 
844,571 
11,342,925 
8,107,067 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
383 
265 
96 
22 
151 
232 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
48,237,708 
36,661,157 
9,498,208 
2,078,343 
26,177,391 
22,060,317 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1,003 
317 
602 
84 
524 
479 
acres 
99,643 
18,181 
72,948 
8,514 
51,700 
47,943 
bushels 
6,052,695 
949,754 
4,557,205 
545,736 
3,047,738 
3,004,957 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
8 
19 
- 
12 
15 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,311 
53 
1,258 
" 
990 
321 
1 to 24 acres 
374 
155 
182 
37 
193 
181 
25 to 99 acres 
336 
112 
199 
25 
176 
160 
1 00 to 249 acres 
176 
36 
131 
9 
95 
81 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
11 
67 
11 
44 
45 
500 acres or more 
28 
3 
23 
2 
16 
12 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
10,874 
18,697 
3,627 
20,361 
12,837 
acres 
8,316,822 
1,118,804 
6,347,697 
850,321 
4,275,243 
4,041,579 
bushels 
1,297,767,570 
164,937,687 
1,000,661,506 
132,168,377 
657,405,099 
640,362,471 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,382 
335 
919 
128 
700 
682 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
288,179 
36,977 
218,830 
32,372 
110,752 
177,427 
1 to 24 acres 
4,709 
3,078 
1,316 
315 
2,974 
1,735 
25 to 99 acres 
10,753 
5,003 
4,329 
1,421 
6,983 
3,770 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,190 
1,991 
5,245 
954 
5,175 
3,015 
250 to 499 acres 
4,983 
477 
4,000 
506 
3,034 
1,949 
500 acres or more 
4,563 
325 
3,807 
431 
2,195 
2,368 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,746 
2,163 
4,179 
404 
3,285 
3,461 
acres 
361,189 
72,647 
263,385 
25,157 
148,341 
212,848 
tons 
6,160,112 
1,115,559 
4,583,970 
460,583 
2,450,467 
3,709,645 
Irrigated 
farms 
185 
45 
131 
9 
80 
105 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 1 ,664 
1,809 
8,819 
1,036 
3,707 
7,957 
1 to 24 acres 
2,752 
1,123 
1,452 
177 
1,497 
1,255 
25 to 99 acres 
3,154 
910 
2,066 
178 
1,495 
1,659 
1 00 to 249 acres 
648 
117 
501 
30 
227 
421 
250 to 499 acres 
132 
12 
107 
13 
44 
88 
500 acres or more 
60 
1 
53 
6 
22 
38 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
555 
107 
378 
70 
294 
261 
acres 
155,154 
22,371 
115,421 
17,362 
65,827 
89,327 
cwt 
3,189,208 
458,510 
2,363,240 
367,458 
1,348,213 
1,840,995 
Irrigated 
farms 
93 
17 
64 
12 
36 
57 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
29,748 
2,718 
24,695 
2,335 
9,383 
20,365 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
19 
10 
3 
10 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
140 
38 
88 
14 
94 
46 
1 00 to 249 acres 
173 
23 
125 
25 
98 
75 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
10 
91 
21 
61 
61 
500 acres or more 
88 
17 
64 
7 
31 
57 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,665 
1,979 
2,432 
254 
2,633 
2,032 
acres 
130,729 
46,859 
75,503 
8,367 
74,877 
55,852 
bushels 
7,812,393 
2,748,031 
4,573,821 
490,541 
4,392,228 
3,420,165 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
20 
21 
4 
30 
15 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
873 
365 
412 
96 
496 
377 
1 to 24 acres 
2,869 
1,342 
1,360 
167 
1,631 
1,238 
25 to 99 acres 
1,647 
599 
972 
76 
905 
742 
1 00 to 249 acres 
129 
35 
89 
5 
82 
47 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
3 
8 
6 
14 
3 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
3 
" 
1 
2 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
4 
6 
- 
- 
10 
acres 
147 
26 
121 
- 
- 
147 
bushels 
2,761 
898 
1,863 
- 
- 
2,761 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
4 
5 
- 
- 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
8,610 
16,904 
3,269 
18,127 
10,656 
acres 
7,005,764 
943,392 
5,373,666 
688,706 
3,784,511 
3,221,253 
bushels 
293,830,150 
39,019,948 
226,431,435 
28,378,767 
156,491,635 
137,338,515 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
