Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,021 
979 
18 
13 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,530,044 
1,363,793 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
138 
125 
12 
6 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
1,749,134 
1,366,660 
(D) 
187,510 
sold 
farms 
600 
536 
44 
24 
Farms with- 
number 
165,803,445 
143,308,345 
16,816,534 
10,909,021 
1 to 1,999 
276 
248 
18 
11 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
4 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
8 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
310 
276 
25 
13 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
491 
463 
19 
8 
number 
3,985 
3,789 
(D) 
37 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
109 
101 
3 
2 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
2,989 
2,406 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
23 
17 
6 
5 
acres 
2,101 
477 
1,624 
(D) 
bushels 
136,962 
28,436 
108,526 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
10 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
7 
2 
2 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,301 
3,641 
547 
339 
acres 
960,721 
635,816 
295,779 
217,153 
bushels 
81,645,799 
50,497,612 
28,479,700 
21,490,632 
Irrigated 
farms 
248 
135 
91 
70 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
56,720 
21,361 
32,233 
25,961 
1 to 24 acres 
1,319 
1,215 
84 
37 
25 to 99 acres 
1,246 
1,097 
116 
62 
1 00 to 249 acres 
716 
614 
73 
46 
250 to 499 acres 
461 
369 
76 
53 
500 acres or more 
559 
346 
198 
141 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
776 
610 
130 
74 
acres 
48,509 
35,004 
9,877 
7,097 
tons 
630,517 
436,030 
132,860 
90,607 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
21 
5 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,211 
809 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
330 
272 
42 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
281 
222 
48 
25 
1 00 to 249 acres 
135 
95 
35 
29 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
17 
5 
4 
500 acres or more 
6 
4 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
546 
393 
139 
104 
acres 
376,997 
189,613 
181,795 
158,471 
bales 
701,581 
343,688 
345,883 
302,423 
Irrigated 
farms 
75 
27 
42 
33 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
28,037 
5,848 
21,336 
18,523 
1 to 24 acres 
26 
26 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
84 
74 
9 
3 
100 to 249 acres 
92 
76 
9 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
123 
99 
22 
14 
500 acres or more 
221 
118 
99 
82 
Oats for grain 
farms 
98 
72 
17 
6 
acres 
1,405 
1,050 
203 
108 
bushels 
88,272 
63,043 
14,753 
6,077 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
84 
63 
15 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
7 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
22 
16 
4 
1 
acres 
26 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
30,860 
19,420 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
16 
4 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
4 
2 
1 
acres 
645 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
53,411 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
