Table 1 7. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
193 
32,684 
193 
19,287 
193 
15,997 
155 
13,397 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
121 
1,222 
121 
713 
121 
235 
89 
509 
10 to 19 
7 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
7 
80 
5 
(D) 
20 to 49 
7 
620 
7 
(D) 
7 
247 
5 
(D) 
50 to 99 
7 
1,102 
7 
584 
7 
546 
7 
518 
1 00 to 1 99 
18 
5,669 
18 
3,526 
18 
2,433 
17 
2,143 
200 to 499 
26 
13,245 
26 
7,573 
26 
7,161 
25 
5,672 
500 to 999 
6 
8,020 
6 
4,977 
6 
(D) 
6 
3,043 
1 ,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
7,928 
264,602 
7,136 
163,455 
(X) 
(X) 
5,833 
101,147 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
121 
10,641 
5,960 
110 
5,426 
74 
5,215 
72 
(D) 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
56 
411 
258 
48 
280 
29 
131 
5 
(D) 
1 0 to 1 9 
3 
(D) 
23 
3 
31 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
20 to 49 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
7 
1,038 
50 to 99 
7 
186 
201 
7 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
7 
1,572 
1 00 to 1 99 
18 
1,676 
1,127 
16 
876 
14 
800 
18 
8,138 
200 to 499 
26 
4,739 
2,679 
25 
2,564 
19 
2,175 
26 
26,445 
500 to 999 
6 
3,250 
1,427 
6 
1,258 
5 
1,992 
6 
12,411 
1 ,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
2,500 or more 
“ 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
5,657 
123,804 
86,392 
4,467 
80,023 
3,769 
43,781 
3 
(D) 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
5,778 
134,445 
92,352 
4,577 
85,449 
- 
- 
3,843 
48,996 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
2,889 
12,654 
7,788 
2,082 
6,771 
1,696 
5,883 
1 0 to 1 9 
1,299 
17,416 
10,833 
1,072 
9,216 
- 
- 
976 
8,200 
20 to 49 
1,050 
30,788 
19,644 
918 
17,046 
- 
- 
796 
13,742 
50 to 99 
347 
23,215 
14,756 
329 
14,652 
- 
- 
257 
8,563 
1 00 to 1 99 
121 
15,994 
11,102 
109 
10,862 
- 
- 
79 
5,132 
200 to 499 
50 
13,893 
10,689 
47 
10,244 
- 
- 
28 
3,649 
500 to 999 
18 
11,085 
8,617 
16 
(D) 
- 
- 
10 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
2,500 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
838 
224,076 
812 
293,793 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
649 
3,790 
646 
3,130 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
87 
3,037 
59 
2,018 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
30 
1,850 
24 
1,606 
1 00 to 1 99 
18 
2,725 
12 
1,597 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
- 
3 
345 
200 to 499 
10 
3,730 
16 
5,611 
200 to 499 
2 
(D) 
3 
1,285 
500 to 999 
3 
2,700 
5 
3,587 
500 or more 
6 
6,440 
9 
23,639 
1,000 to 1,999 
10 
12,240 
12 
14,750 
2,000 to 4,999 
18 
56,722 
18 
60,249 
Other hogs and pigs 
690 
214,881 
664 
266,028 
5,000 or more 
13 
137,282 
20 
201,245 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
524 
3,356 
516 
2,473 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
74 
2,535 
51 
1,703 
used for breeding 
469 
9,195 
370 
27,765 
50 to 99 
20 
1,177 
17 
1,165 
Farms with- 
1 00 to 1 99 
20 
2,898 
11 
1,310 
1 to 24 
455 
1,731 
336 
1,624 
200 to 499 
8 
3,200 
14 
4,840 
25 to 49 
4 
120 
11 
345 
500 to 999 
5 
3,700 
7 
4,367 
50 to 99 
2 
(D) 
8 
527 
1 ,000 or more 
39 
198,015 
48 
250,170 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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