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 
522 
3 
79 
118 
158 
110 
54 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
719,141 
24 
1,918 
13,927 
206,949 
(D) 
(□) 
sold 
farms 
51 
- 
8 
10 
19 
8 
6 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
(D) 
1,320 
50,755 
119,997 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
289 
- 
36 
69 
102 
54 
28 
Farms with- 
number 
38,342,894 
" 
4,382,878 
3,986,700 
22,432,627 
2,509,611 
5,031,078 
1 to 1,999 
223 
- 
30 
61 
67 
44 
21 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
60 
6 
8 
31 
8 
7 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
375 
5 
39 
64 
144 
77 
46 
number 
1,282,138 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
776,822 
255,887 
128,679 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
122 
- 
17 
11 
54 
30 
10 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
2,482,343 
(D) 
(D) 
1,575,653 
368,234 
293,382 
Barley for grain 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
1 
6 
5 
- 
acres 
200 
- 
- 
(D) 
106 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
11,050 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,400 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
‘ 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
- 
- 
1 
6 
4 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,714 
45 
433 
583 
1,314 
1,360 
979 
acres 
396,927 
2,604 
30,658 
48,017 
105,310 
115,763 
94,575 
bushels 
22,158,104 
140,913 
1,941,012 
2,575,924 
5,739,853 
6,092,401 
5,668,001 
Irrigated 
farms 
156 
3 
11 
9 
48 
46 
39 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,562 
102 
1,733 
699 
4,644 
3,183 
6,201 
1 to 24 acres 
1,413 
14 
152 
202 
400 
364 
281 
25 to 99 acres 
2,245 
25 
191 
262 
615 
705 
447 
1 00 to 249 acres 
764 
6 
67 
90 
224 
212 
165 
250 to 499 acres 
214 
- 
22 
16 
59 
61 
56 
500 acres or more 
78 
- 
1 
13 
16 
18 
30 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
523 
- 
68 
74 
136 
136 
109 
acres 
21,905 
- 
3,027 
2,059 
4,695 
5,108 
7,016 
tons 
191,327 
- 
30,595 
13,659 
31,889 
60,644 
54,540 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
2 
3 
3 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
274 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
240 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
281 
- 
45 
46 
81 
61 
48 
25 to 99 acres 
195 
- 
16 
23 
45 
65 
46 
1 00 to 249 acres 
39 
- 
6 
5 
9 
9 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Cotton, all 
farms 
42 
_ 
3 
5 
16 
13 
5 
acres 
17,555 
- 
(D) 
1,271 
(D) 
3,523 
3,571 
bales 
38,466 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
18,183 
7,978 
7,265 
Irrigated 
farms 
31 
- 
1 
4 
14 
8 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,997 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,017 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
1 
2 
4 
4 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
14 
- 
2 
1 
4 
3 
4 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
" 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
146 
- 
14 
34 
38 
42 
18 
acres 
1,426 
- 
64 
370 
375 
376 
241 
bushels 
73,099 
- 
3,066 
21,322 
22,832 
15,772 
10,107 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
136 
- 
14 
31 
36 
40 
15 
25 to 99 acres 
10 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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