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 
506 
36,097 
360 
22,032 
Llamas 
60 
306 
119 
497 
Bison 
7 
49 
37 
166 
Mink, live 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
36 
1,920 
49 
3,385 
Rabbits, live 
131 
4,299 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
5 
158 
9 
127 
Other livestock (see text) 
27 
(X) 
588 
(X) 
Alpacas 
22 
222 
17 
196 
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)' 
281 
2,858,769 
4,419 
200 
1,826,253 
Milk from sheep and goats 
44 
(NA) 
222 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
5 
24 
35 
5 
24 
Deer in captivity 
11 
131 
97 
11 
789 
Elk in captivity 
4 
23 
40 
1 
(D) 
Alpacas 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Llamas 
7 
12 
11 
10 
25 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
44 
9,145 
67 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
10 
(X) 
(D) 
190 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
215 
(X) 
1,251 
42 
(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) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
455 
248,106 
185.3 
419 
177,766 
134,985 
168.1 
1,148 
232,905 
126.2 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
8,941 
13.4 
Cotton, all (bales) 
85 
52,925 
2.3 
247 
137,657 
92,945 
2.1 
492 
186,995 
1.9 
Upland cotton (bales) 
85 
52,925 
2.3 
247 
137,657 
92,945 
2.1 
492 
186,995 
1.9 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
108 
15.9 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
2,047 
77.0 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
13 
4,518 
4,314.0 
26 
6,609 
4,579 
4,701.4 
89 
32,600 
4,297.9 
Rice (cwt) 
259 
129,405 
72.0 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
16 
2,754 
92.5 
12 
1,488 
1,683 
91.3 
189 
40,487 
83.4 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
354 
290,742 
53.9 
798 
572,458 
370,610 
45.9 
2,122 
722,667 
38.8 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
29 
5,444 
56.2 
54 
8,451 
1 1 ,338 
59.1 
1,164 
321,077 
56.5 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
29 
5,444 
56.2 
54 
8,451 
1 1 ,338 
59.1 
1,164 
321,077 
56.5 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
31 
1,595 
(X) 
71 
1,852 
2,702 
(X) 
11,846 
628,356 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
(D) 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
80 
5,354 
2.6 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
30 
1,734 
2.6 
55 
1,227 
2,181 
2.3 
8,576 
462,566 
2.5 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
4 
86 
2.3 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
1.8 
3,023 
135,360 
1.8 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
15 
1,099 
1.9 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
588 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
170 
2,005 
(X) 
99 
730 
1,695 
(X) 
941 
24,273 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
71 
977 
(X) 
44 
552 
681 
(X) 
673 
7,633 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
151 
1,555 
(X) 
34 
210 
191 
(X) 
308 
719 
(X) 
26 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
