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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
436 
339 
91 
6 
178 
258 
number 
5,264,787 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,736,400 
3,528,387 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
104 
79 
24 
1 
54 
50 
number 
6,332,484 
4,750,383 
(D) 
(D) 
2,971,975 
3,360,509 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
1,430 
1,084 
331 
15 
742 
688 
number 
761,180,486 
566,078,842 
190,195,140 
4,906,504 
396,108,566 
365,071,920 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
80 
53 
20 
7 
33 
47 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
4 
1 
- 
2 
3 
60,000 to 99,999 
13 
11 
2 
- 
9 
4 
100,000 or more 
1,332 
1,016 
308 
8 
698 
634 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
232 
185 
38 
9 
96 
136 
number 
1,548 
1,299 
207 
42 
587 
961 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
37 
32 
5 
- 
13 
24 
number 
323 
289 
34 
- 
111 
212 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,022 
475 
1,018 
529 
1,186 
836 
acres 
793,762 
48,576 
395,319 
349,867 
354,887 
438,875 
bushels 
127,937,980 
6,965,136 
61,108,935 
59,863,909 
54,872,376 
73,065,604 
Irrigated 
farms 
874 
87 
424 
363 
443 
431 
acres 
425,872 
13,671 
183,240 
228,961 
171,268 
254,604 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
466 
290 
154 
22 
308 
158 
25 to 99 acres 
286 
91 
142 
53 
210 
76 
1 00 to 249 acres 
381 
47 
223 
111 
249 
132 
250 to 499 acres 
355 
17 
238 
100 
196 
159 
500 acres or more 
534 
30 
261 
243 
223 
311 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
107 
45 
49 
13 
35 
72 
acres 
9,573 
3,333 
5,446 
794 
2,432 
7,141 
tons 
129,093 
43,011 
73,180 
12,902 
31,560 
97,533 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
4 
4 
1 
2 
7 
acres 
262 
162 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
51 
29 
16 
6 
16 
35 
25 to 99 acres 
22 
6 
13 
3 
8 
14 
1 00 to 249 acres 
24 
7 
13 
4 
9 
15 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
2 
7 
- 
2 
7 
500 acres or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Cotton, all 
farms 
824 
153 
403 
268 
477 
347 
acres 
470,522 
24,518 
245,623 
200,381 
212,548 
257,974 
bales 
979,534 
45,445 
500,195 
433,894 
443,006 
536,528 
Irrigated 
farms 
332 
20 
150 
162 
164 
168 
acres 
190,582 
7,138 
91,581 
91,863 
84,921 
105,661 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
59 
46 
6 
7 
52 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
116 
65 
35 
16 
74 
42 
1 00 to 249 acres 
155 
19 
84 
52 
106 
49 
250 to 499 acres 
174 
9 
101 
64 
97 
77 
500 acres or more 
320 
14 
177 
129 
148 
172 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
acres 
108 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
1,722 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
45 
17 
22 
6 
26 
19 
acres 
2,047 
307 
1,100 
640 
769 
1,278 
bushels 
157,592 
(D) 
86,593 
(D) 
43,813 
113,779 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
29 
10 
15 
4 
17 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
10 
7 
3 
- 
6 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
3 
1 
3 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
128 
21 
69 
38 
74 
54 
acres 
48,306 
943 
31,486 
15,877 
22,256 
26,050 
pounds 
212,203,138 
4,135,986 
133,513,966 
74,553,186 
96,995,754 
115,207,384 
Irrigated 
farms 
39 
3 
13 
23 
15 
24 
acres 
11,127 
(D) 
(D) 
7,126 
3,644 
7,483 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
21 
14 
7 
17 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
4 
4 
1 
6 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
21 
2 
15 
4 
15 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
44 
1 
21 
22 
20 
24 
500 acres or more 
33 
- 
22 
11 
16 
17 
Rice 
farms 
259 
25 
120 
114 
122 
137 
acres 
129,405 
9,820 
42,885 
76,700 
50,425 
78,980 
cwt 
9,315,302 
704,169 
3,052,483 
5,558,650 
3,704,600 
5,610,702 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
