Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
257 
4 
13 
57 
89 
68 
26 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
921,582 
(D) 
471 
(D) 
(D) 
1,894 
89,423 
sold 
farms 
25 
- 
4 
7 
6 
7 
1 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
56 
824 
174 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
134 
- 
19 
23 
36 
43 
13 
Farms with- 
number 
35,998,548 
3,448,645 
5,128,140 
15,240,670 
9,531,040 
2,650,053 
1 to 1,999 
72 
- 
11 
13 
16 
25 
7 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
61 
- 
8 
10 
19 
18 
6 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
191 
- 
13 
46 
61 
46 
25 
number 
1,435,572 
- 
199,124 
680,284 
274,683 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
59 
- 
8 
16 
14 
15 
6 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
4,005,430 
(D) 
1,645,020 
815,404 
738,206 
(□) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
21 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
840 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
923 
5 
65 
123 
219 
314 
197 
acres 
35,296 
50 
1,980 
4,590 
8,875 
10,183 
9,618 
bushels 
3,414,087 
3,000 
145,134 
402,244 
821,915 
978,481 
1,063,313 
Irrigated 
farms 
82 
- 
2 
11 
21 
29 
19 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
6,709 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1,349 
1,692 
3,300 
1 to 24 acres 
607 
5 
39 
87 
140 
213 
123 
25 to 99 acres 
244 
- 
22 
23 
57 
86 
56 
1 00 to 249 acres 
46 
- 
4 
7 
14 
11 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
18 
- 
- 
6 
7 
2 
3 
500 acres or more 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
7 
10 
9 
6 
acres 
640 
- 
- 
130 
104 
236 
170 
tons 
6,402 
- 
- 
1,070 
1,184 
904 
3,244 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
25 
- 
- 
5 
9 
6 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
6 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
136 
_ 
17 
13 
40 
38 
28 
acres 
22,767 
- 
1,951 
1,716 
6,253 
4,676 
8,171 
bales 
43,476 
- 
2,341 
2,859 
12,770 
9,479 
16,027 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
3 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,986 
“ 
" 
" 
(D) 
1,738 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
30 
- 
3 
6 
3 
11 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
56 
- 
10 
- 
24 
15 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
21 
- 
- 
5 
3 
10 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
- 
4 
2 
6 
1 
4 
500 acres or more 
12 
- 
- 
4 
1 
7 
Oats for grain 
farms 
111 
_ 
15 
20 
22 
38 
16 
acres 
4,893 
- 
2,154 
500 
1,004 
699 
536 
bushels 
201,160 
- 
79,190 
21,574 
45,875 
30,630 
23,891 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
" 
" 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
75 
- 
5 
10 
17 
31 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
24 
- 
4 
10 
2 
7 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
“ 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
78 
_ 
7 
7 
17 
19 
28 
acres 
7,157 
- 
405 
1,265 
1,232 
1,741 
2,514 
pounds 
26,388,906 
- 
714,474 
4,895,880 
4,087,437 
7,021,491 
9,669,624 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,137 
" 
“ 
10 
664 
463 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
42 
- 
7 
2 
8 
13 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12 
- 
- 
2 
4 
2 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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