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 
165 
_ 
8 
35 
57 
36 
29 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
551,152 
141 
187,105 
141,732 
100,611 
121,563 
sold 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
1 
12 
7 
7 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
533,651 
(D) 
236,396 
108,170 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
216 
- 
15 
32 
66 
61 
42 
Farms with- 
number 
88,786,923 
- 
4,893,834 
12,272,164 
24,656,758 
23,400,280 
23,563,887 
1 to 1 ,999 
38 
- 
3 
3 
18 
9 
5 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
174 
- 
12 
27 
48 
52 
35 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
148 
- 
16 
17 
36 
49 
30 
number 
982 
- 
76 
62 
350 
322 
172 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
18 
- 
2 
4 
8 
2 
2 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
175 
(D) 
6 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn for grain 
farms 
456 
_ 
39 
48 
105 
121 
143 
acres 
57,473 
- 
1,341 
3,535 
20,058 
17,508 
15,031 
bushels 
8,365,911 
- 
162,298 
502,379 
2,782,296 
2,738,946 
2,179,992 
Irrigated 
farms 
95 
- 
12 
11 
26 
24 
22 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
26,670 
■ 
446 
1,728 
12,517 
6,795 
5,184 
1 to 24 acres 
239 
- 
17 
27 
54 
59 
82 
25 to 99 acres 
109 
- 
21 
10 
21 
24 
33 
1 00 to 249 acres 
50 
- 
1 
8 
11 
20 
10 
250 to 499 acres 
26 
- 
- 
2 
6 
10 
8 
500 acres or more 
32 
- 
- 
1 
13 
8 
10 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
2 
8 
9 
13 
acres 
1,151 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
646 
362 
tons 
12,957 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,792 
3,086 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
" 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
21 
- 
- 
- 
8 
4 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
150 
_ 
15 
26 
18 
23 
68 
acres 
35,639 
- 
1,784 
2,322 
7,510 
13,182 
10,841 
bales 
71,254 
- 
3,108 
4,271 
15,358 
29,155 
19,362 
Irrigated 
farms 
28 
- 
4 
4 
5 
9 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,597 
■ 
525 
360 
4,338 
4,319 
3,055 
1 to 24 acres 
34 
- 
4 
2 
7 
5 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
52 
- 
4 
15 
1 
2 
30 
1 00 to 249 acres 
29 
- 
6 
9 
2 
5 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
14 
- 
1 
- 
2 
3 
8 
500 acres or more 
21 
- 
- 
- 
6 
8 
7 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
108 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
1,722 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
13 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
2 
9 
acres 
356 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
100 
bushels 
13,875 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
8,750 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
18 
_ 
2 
2 
3 
8 
3 
acres 
1,308 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
668 
168 
pounds 
4,604,031 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
" 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
24 
_ 
_ 
3 
9 
5 
7 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
600 
5,126 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
544,525 
- 
- 
46,150 
323,420 
118,074 
56,881 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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