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 
1,021 
793 
202 
26 
326 
695 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
1,530,044 
1,049,308 
478,812 
1,924 
654,156 
875,888 
sold 
farms 
138 
101 
34 
3 
51 
87 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
1,749,134 
913,370 
835,654 
110 
770,046 
979,088 
sold 
farms 
600 
436 
157 
7 
229 
371 
Farms with- 
number 
165,803,445 
110,697,475 
(D) 
(D) 
62,099,047 
103,704,398 
1 to 1,999 
276 
214 
56 
6 
87 
189 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
4 
1 
- 
2 
3 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
8 
1 
- 
3 
6 
100,000 or more 
310 
210 
99 
1 
137 
173 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
491 
398 
91 
2 
164 
327 
number 
3,985 
3,439 
(D) 
(D) 
1,127 
2,858 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
109 
87 
15 
7 
30 
79 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
2,989 
1,804 
138 
1,047 
1,003 
1,986 
Barley for grain 
farms 
23 
6 
15 
2 
13 
10 
acres 
2,101 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
1,185 
916 
bushels 
136,962 
4,837 
(D) 
(D) 
72,976 
63,986 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
5 
5 
1 
6 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
1 
8 
- 
6 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,301 
1,415 
2,605 
281 
2,754 
1,547 
acres 
960,721 
90,133 
794,389 
76,199 
511,632 
449,089 
bushels 
81,645,799 
6,826,681 
67,887,044 
6,932,074 
41,751,828 
39,893,971 
Irrigated 
farms 
248 
44 
181 
23 
109 
139 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
56,720 
4,274 
46,129 
6,317 
18,459 
38,261 
1 to 24 acres 
1,319 
659 
608 
52 
809 
510 
25 to 99 acres 
1,246 
566 
614 
66 
849 
397 
1 00 to 249 acres 
716 
126 
521 
69 
507 
209 
250 to 499 acres 
461 
39 
371 
51 
292 
169 
500 acres or more 
559 
25 
491 
43 
297 
262 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
776 
221 
542 
13 
419 
357 
acres 
48,509 
6,734 
40,964 
811 
25,942 
22,567 
tons 
630,517 
85,203 
534,593 
10,721 
330,737 
299,780 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
12 
14 
1 
14 
13 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,211 
(D) 
791 
(D) 
576 
635 
1 to 24 acres 
330 
150 
176 
4 
180 
150 
25 to 99 acres 
281 
55 
220 
6 
158 
123 
100 to 249 acres 
135 
14 
118 
3 
63 
72 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
2 
22 
- 
13 
11 
500 acres or more 
6 
- 
6 
- 
5 
1 
Cotton, all 
farms 
546 
71 
397 
78 
342 
204 
acres 
376,997 
18,508 
295,920 
62,569 
178,137 
198,860 
bales 
701,581 
34,509 
556,313 
110,759 
324,225 
377,356 
Irrigated 
farms 
75 
8 
55 
12 
32 
43 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
28,037 
2,572 
17,624 
7,841 
12,336 
15,701 
1 to 24 acres 
26 
10 
10 
6 
24 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
84 
37 
34 
13 
63 
21 
100 to 249 acres 
92 
8 
73 
11 
65 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
123 
3 
102 
18 
83 
40 
500 acres or more 
221 
13 
178 
30 
107 
114 
Oats for grain 
farms 
98 
48 
49 
1 
40 
58 
acres 
1,405 
(D) 
1,009 
(D) 
781 
624 
bushels 
88,272 
(D) 
57,633 
(D) 
43,932 
44,340 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
84 
47 
36 
1 
34 
50 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
1 
11 
- 
4 
8 
100 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
22 
14 
7 
1 
10 
12 
acres 
26 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
14 
12 
pounds 
30,860 
(D) 
14,720 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
“ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
14 
7 
1 
10 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
3 
1 
2 
4 
2 
acres 
645 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
53,411 
504 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
226 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
