Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
329 
44,895 
193 
36,666 
Llamas 
238 
1,837 
317 
1,842 
Bison 
88 
23,152 
136 
17,859 
Mink, live 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
10 
154 
14 
531 
Rabbits, live 
115 
896 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
16 
815 
20 
848 
Other livestock (see text) 
24 
(X) 
37 
(X) 
Alpacas 
79 
1,187 
41 
475 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
238 
3,346,370 
5,660 
148 
2,118,433 
Milk from sheep and goats 
67 
(NA) 
639 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
53 
11,698 
14,836 
60 
7,266 
Deer in captivity 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
62 
Elk in captivity 
10 
334 
597 
10 
233 
Alpacas 
24 
228 
650 
13 
80 
Llamas 
26 
73 
55 
49 
320 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
37 
809 
8 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
8 
(X) 
11 
23 
(X) 
Other livestock products 1 
256 
(X) 
8,260 
79 
(X) 
Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
5 
448 
63.2 
5 
158 
432 
25.6 
16 
693 
23.5 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
5,294 
1,963,024 
170.0 
8,505 
3,324,889 
1,863,694 
139.4 
9,178 
1,936,244 
68.0 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
747 
75,789 
19.8 
476 
41,268 
40,583 
13.1 
3,009 
288,746 
7.0 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
536 
121,144 
23.0 
24 
6,365 
4,046 
22.4 
18 
1,142 
23.1 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
11 
608 
61.8 
28 
961 
1,370 
55.5 
437 
14,849 
49.7 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
40 
4,202 
87.7 
71 
4,508 
5,646 
71.4 
522 
45,654 
55.4 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
2,969 
647,138 
55.8 
6,415 
1,428,179 
1,072,073 
43.1 
9,155 
1,835,863 
26.7 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
172 
51,671 
28.1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
292 
37,675 
59.4 
544 
72,545 
169,673 
43.8 
4,177 
1,029,376 
37.7 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
285 
37,280 
59.4 
539 
71,972 
169,467 
43.8 
4,127 
1,023,955 
37.8 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
9 
460 
(D) 
5 
508 
56 
(D) 
64 
5,571 
27.8 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
1,837 
175,849 
(X) 
2,563 
220,548 
375,004 
(X) 
15,634 
1,715,911 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
2,148 
191,471 
4.2 
1,587 
112,188 
102,094 
3.7 
9,545 
480,132 
2.4 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
230 
17,523 
2.2 
110 
6,385 
7,438 
2.4 
1,203 
68,644 
1.4 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
264 
21,704 
2.6 
253 
13,456 
25,911 
2.1 
3,227 
254,286 
1.3 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
96 
7,091 
1.4 
279 
19,927 
55,642 
1.0 
6,244 
1,059,711 
1.1 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
79 
6,194 
5.5 
74 
5,631 
4,241 
5.6 
242 
13,187 
3.5 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
74 
4,423 
5.0 
29 
766 
569 
6.9 
569 
31,666 
2.6 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
211 
21,831 
(X) 
56 
2,267 
240 
(X) 
207 
1,592 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
108 
253 
(X) 
23 
86 
143 
(X) 
241 
804 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
26 
41 
(X) 
8 
2 
4 
(X) 
106 
97 
(X) 
26 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
