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 
145 
- 
7 
35 
48 
36 
19 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
8,086 
267 
1,412 
2,171 
2,443 
1,793 
sold 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
7 
3 
3 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
3,312 
211 
(D) 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
102 
- 
2 
20 
41 
28 
11 
Farms with- 
number 
29,897 
(D) 
(D) 
9,395 
6,245 
6,777 
1 to 1,999 
97 
- 
- 
20 
39 
27 
11 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
82 
- 
2 
7 
44 
23 
6 
number 
4,743 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
556 
1,186 
1,618 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
71 
- 
2 
13 
15 
28 
13 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
22,011 
(D) 
268 
523 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
acres 
54 
- 
- 
- 
54 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,200 
- 
- 
- 
1,200 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
6 
acres 
148 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
bushels 
15,415 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,201 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
4 
5 
19 
7 
acres 
1,289 
- 
- 
276 
226 
560 
227 
tons 
22,583 
- 
- 
4,980 
(D) 
9,866 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
" 
“ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
25 
- 
- 
2 
4 
15 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
cwt 
90 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
acres 
214 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
5,61 6 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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