Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
540 
163 
352 
25 
298 
242 
500 or more 
191 
53 
128 
10 
117 
74 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
14,729 
9,052 
4,884 
793 
9,207 
5,522 
number 
509,861 
231,704 
253,845 
24,312 
306,613 
203,248 
Beef cows 
farms 
14,644 
9,008 
4,849 
787 
9,167 
5,477 
number 
495,381 
225,129 
246,657 
23,595 
300,351 
195,030 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,660 
2,817 
595 
248 
2,144 
1,516 
10 to 49 
8,502 
5,249 
2,807 
446 
5,510 
2,992 
50 to 99 
1,562 
653 
855 
54 
967 
595 
100 to 199 
649 
213 
419 
17 
388 
261 
200 to 499 
229 
62 
146 
21 
137 
92 
500 or more 
42 
14 
27 
1 
21 
21 
Milk cows 
farms 
184 
97 
80 
7 
99 
85 
number 
14,480 
6,575 
7,188 
717 
6,262 
8,218 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
44 
29 
15 
25 
19 
10 to 49 
48 
32 
15 
1 
29 
19 
50 to 99 
33 
14 
16 
3 
18 
15 
100 to 199 
44 
14 
27 
3 
23 
21 
200 to 499 
13 
6 
7 
- 
4 
9 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
12,933 
7,636 
4,607 
690 
7,949 
4,984 
number 
411,647 
148,203 
245,324 
18,120 
260,135 
151,512 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
13,178 
7,846 
4,630 
702 
8,286 
4,892 
number 
458,561 
171,616 
266,570 
20,375 
290,600 
167,961 
$1,000 
332,491 
115,566 
203,254 
13,671 
211,603 
120,887 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,630 
5,717 
3,432 
481 
6,034 
3,596 
number 
162,821 
70,418 
85,122 
7,281 
97,772 
65,049 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
10,388 
6,033 
3,819 
536 
6,481 
3,907 
number 
295,740 
101,198 
181,448 
13,094 
192,828 
102,912 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
10 
6 
2 
2 
5 
5 
number 
2,208 
893 
(D) 
(D) 
1,009 
1,199 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
540 
359 
159 
22 
287 
253 
number 
401,898 
189,533 
212,186 
179 
200,831 
201,067 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
454 
298 
136 
20 
239 
215 
25 to 49 
33 
25 
6 
2 
17 
16 
50 to 99 
6 
5 
1 
- 
3 
3 
100 to 199 
7 
1 
6 
- 
7 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
40 
30 
10 
- 
21 
19 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
276 
181 
84 
11 
165 
111 
number 
47,797 
(D) 
(D) 
47 
24,739 
23,058 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
430 
284 
127 
19 
217 
213 
number 
354,101 
(D) 
(D) 
132 
176,092 
178,009 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
306 
195 
95 
16 
178 
128 
number 
1,183,798 
613,014 
570,553 
231 
724,208 
459,590 
$1,000 
141,139 
46,251 
94,857 
31 
94,102 
47,037 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
499 
398 
81 
20 
248 
251 
number 
12,984 
10,314 
1,738 
932 
5,543 
7,441 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
368 
305 
48 
15 
185 
183 
number 
6,933 
5,603 
1,098 
232 
3,012 
3,921 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
292 
231 
48 
13 
143 
149 
number 
6,037 
4,314 
1,268 
455 
2,929 
3,108 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
8,773 
6,317 
2,110 
346 
4,549 
4,224 
number 
58,697 
41,277 
15,344 
2,076 
29,250 
29,447 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,468 
6,093 
2,046 
329 
4,390 
4,078 
number 
53,510 
37,701 
13,952 
1,857 
27,070 
26,440 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,769 
1,250 
421 
98 
854 
915 
number 
6,112 
4,157 
1,688 
267 
2,945 
3,167 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,533 
1,227 
243 
63 
733 
800 
number 
24,528 
20,361 
3,003 
1,164 
11,961 
12,567 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
755 
616 
107 
32 
316 
439 
number 
10,218 
8,867 
982 
369 
4,523 
5,695 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,277 
1,806 
407 
64 
1,011 
1,266 
number 
5,593,802 
4,883,331 
698,317 
12,154 
1 ,702,474 
3,891,328 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,072 
1,635 
374 
63 
930 
1,142 
400 to 3,199 
14 
14 
- 
- 
4 
10 
3,200 to 9,999 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
99 
84 
14 
1 
39 
60 
20,000 to 49,999 
85 
66 
19 
- 
34 
51 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
100,000 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
374 
283 
81 
10 
162 
212 
number 
3,519,525 
2,710,157 
808,627 
741 
1,521,941 
1 ,997,584 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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