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 
840 
176 
621 
43 
349 
491 
500 or more 
312 
76 
213 
23 
111 
201 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
20,410 
12,404 
7,096 
910 
10,677 
9,733 
number 
545,806 
224,337 
289,417 
32,052 
245,445 
300,361 
Beef cows 
farms 
16,922 
10,979 
5,385 
558 
9,082 
7,840 
number 
277,949 
134,194 
135,236 
8,519 
145,762 
132,187 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,719 
6,519 
1,927 
273 
4,499 
4,220 
10 to 49 
7,216 
4,127 
2,836 
253 
4,102 
3,114 
50 to 99 
702 
250 
427 
25 
355 
347 
100 to 199 
224 
64 
153 
7 
96 
128 
200 to 499 
50 
18 
32 
- 
27 
23 
500 or more 
11 
1 
10 
- 
3 
8 
Milk cows 
farms 
4,008 
1,692 
1,946 
370 
1,826 
2,182 
number 
267,857 
90,143 
154,181 
23,533 
99,683 
168,174 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
930 
648 
216 
66 
472 
458 
10 to 49 
1,724 
766 
771 
187 
879 
845 
50 to 99 
786 
176 
528 
82 
306 
480 
100 to 199 
371 
58 
292 
21 
108 
263 
200 to 499 
129 
18 
103 
8 
41 
88 
500 or more 
68 
26 
36 
6 
20 
48 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
20,302 
11,625 
7,735 
942 
10,479 
9,823 
number 
696,487 
223,369 
431,924 
41,194 
315,020 
381,467 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
19,953 
11,308 
7,719 
926 
10,575 
9,378 
number 
786,708 
310,243 
428,603 
47,862 
375,549 
411,159 
$1,000 
689,655 
241,420 
41 1 ,252 
36,983 
328,210 
361,444 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,118 
5,145 
3,489 
484 
4,679 
4,439 
number 
275,991 
132,334 
120,707 
22,950 
134,098 
141,893 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
17,512 
9,649 
7,025 
838 
9,157 
8,355 
number 
510,717 
177,909 
307,896 
24,912 
241,451 
269,266 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,789 
546 
1,159 
84 
957 
832 
number 
180,843 
43,708 
126,895 
10,240 
77,328 
103,515 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,494 
1,995 
1,312 
187 
1,497 
1,997 
number 
2,058,503 
778,429 
1,214,786 
65,288 
828,885 
1,229,618 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,263 
1,527 
615 
121 
917 
1,346 
25 to 49 
225 
121 
85 
19 
101 
124 
50 to 99 
130 
60 
59 
11 
72 
58 
100 to 199 
91 
32 
55 
4 
42 
49 
200 to 499 
121 
36 
81 
4 
66 
55 
500 or more 
664 
219 
417 
28 
299 
365 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,532 
901 
549 
82 
663 
869 
number 
142,782 
88,934 
48,073 
5,775 
55,206 
87,576 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,034 
1,686 
1,184 
164 
1,274 
1,760 
number 
1,915,721 
689,495 
1,166,713 
59,513 
773,679 
1,142,042 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3,372 
1,867 
1,328 
177 
1,457 
1,915 
number 
6,693,226 
2,836,754 
3,651,637 
204,835 
2,579,619 
4,113,607 
$1,000 
788,761 
304,251 
459,116 
25,395 
294,902 
493,859 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,568 
2,575 
825 
168 
1,675 
1,893 
number 
1 1 1 ,972 
68,118 
39,261 
4,593 
53,113 
58,859 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,909 
2,049 
726 
134 
1,374 
1,535 
number 
70,062 
42,794 
24,427 
2,841 
33,305 
36,757 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,619 
1,820 
665 
134 
1,247 
1,372 
number 
77,370 
45,786 
28,860 
2,724 
36,512 
40,858 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
16,252 
12,745 
2,954 
553 
7,171 
9,081 
number 
114,127 
88,052 
21,387 
4,688 
48,958 
65,169 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
15,678 
12,312 
2,837 
529 
6,880 
8,798 
number 
97,230 
74,921 
18,457 
3,852 
42,519 
54,711 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
4,165 
3,272 
723 
170 
1,800 
2,365 
number 
23,328 
19,459 
3,153 
716 
8,378 
14,950 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,485 
3,602 
750 
133 
1,727 
2,758 
number 
51,558 
38,276 
10,978 
2,304 
19,998 
31,560 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,283 
1,780 
447 
56 
878 
1,405 
number 
26,103 
19,147 
6,175 
781 
10,780 
15,323 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
8,548 
6,505 
1,767 
276 
3,444 
5,104 
number 
28,312,692 
23,188,254 
4,463,788 
660,650 
11,226,614 
17,086,078 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
8,364 
6,397 
1,699 
268 
3,372 
4,992 
400 to 3,199 
36 
21 
15 
- 
15 
21 
3,200 to 9,999 
9 
7 
2 
- 
3 
6 
10,000 to 19,999 
40 
23 
14 
3 
16 
24 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
15 
13 
1 
11 
18 
50,000 to 99,999 
33 
19 
12 
2 
12 
21 
100,000 or more 
37 
23 
12 
2 
15 
22 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,188 
904 
243 
41 
473 
715 
number 
8,495,659 
7,094,598 
(D) 
(D) 
3,736,210 
4,759,449 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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