Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
30 
28 
_ 
146 
2 
11 
6 
30 
number 
- 
192 
116 
- 
11,777 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
113 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
23 
25 
- 
24 
_ 
11 
6 
27 
10 to 49 
- 
7 
3 
- 
40 
2 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
- 
198 
429 
7 
127 
28 
54 
26 
87 
number 
- 
1,999 
3,892 
397 
8,608 
182 
184 
150 
710 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
_ 
143 
379 
7 
119 
19 
18 
16 
86 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,802 
296 
8,101 
110 
60 
103 
392 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
2,832 
739 
3,843 
87 
57 
73 
329 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
- 
43 
122 
1 
107 
6 
11 
8 
22 
number 
- 
(D) 
422 
(D) 
4,821 
54 
17 
19 
129 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
- 
130 
320 
7 
108 
19 
15 
10 
76 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,380 
(D) 
3,280 
56 
43 
84 
263 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
" 
290 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
60 
54 
5 
12 
123 
48 
15 
81 
number 
- 
1,293 
829 
(D) 
99 
4,445 
694 
106 
1,520 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
- 
46 
48 
2 
12 
70 
46 
15 
66 
25 to 49 
- 
8 
- 
3 
- 
18 
- 
- 
9 
50 to 99 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
25 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
6 
200 to 499 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
- 
35 
27 
1 
6 
84 
27 
8 
37 
number 
- 
302 
145 
(D) 
26 
872 
141 
36 
285 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
- 
50 
43 
5 
9 
102 
46 
13 
75 
number 
- 
991 
684 
(D) 
73 
3,573 
553 
70 
1,235 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
44 
50 
6 
10 
124 
25 
13 
74 
number 
- 
1,959 
900 
167 
109 
9,913 
609 
186 
2,001 
$1,000 
" 
167 
120 
29 
19 
1,444 
156 
33 
301 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
105 
51 
2 
7 
20 
85 
246 
129 
number 
- 
1,419 
617 
(D) 
(D) 
316 
960 
5,157 
1,123 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
86 
41 
2 
6 
14 
75 
220 
88 
number 
- 
797 
267 
(D) 
(D) 
62 
526 
3,058 
732 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
31 
18 
2 
5 
4 
13 
197 
44 
number 
- 
425 
177 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
160 
3,272 
611 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
- 
185 
88 
2 
10 
26 
63 
46 
1,252 
number 
- 
1,024 
483 
(D) 
(D) 
187 
635 
224 
17,085 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
- 
161 
85 
1 
8 
26 
58 
43 
1,242 
number 
- 
622 
309 
(D) 
18 
135 
261 
149 
10,726 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
11 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
501 
number 
- 
17 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,850 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
- 
107 
89 
1 
6 
20 
110 
185 
163 
number 
- 
836 
504 
(D) 
(D) 
178 
774 
4,071 
938 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
- 
17 
20 
1 
14 
30 
117 
71 
number 
- 
267 
209 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
121 
2,501 
659 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
247 
178 
2 
12 
53 
346 
185 
390 
number 
- 
7,408 
3,188 
(D) 
597 
1,329 
110,480 
3,072 
9,394 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
- 
247 
178 
2 
12 
53 
334 
185 
387 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
- 
19 
3 
1 
2 
5 
62 
32 
19 
number 
" 
664 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
412 
2,483 
670 
1,394 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
43 
23 
- 
3 
8 
77 
37 
55 
number 
- 
1,902 
566 
- 
(D) 
660 
96,242 
328 
2,287 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
8 
3 
3 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
3,071 
96 
1,125 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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