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 
209 
- 
17 
42 
61 
58 
31 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
121,909 
1,727 
(D) 
39,021 
66,598 
(D) 
sold 
farms 
24 
- 
- 
4 
12 
8 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
373,529 
(D) 
(D) 
180 
sold 
farms 
104 
- 
5 
18 
48 
23 
10 
Farms with- 
number 
13,820,431 
(D) 
(D) 
4,437,519 
4,001,261 
2,974,940 
1 to 1,999 
77 
- 
4 
14 
38 
15 
6 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
27 
- 
1 
4 
10 
8 
4 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
123 
- 
10 
23 
43 
36 
11 
number 
455,337 
- 
59 
152 
292,859 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
47 
- 
5 
4 
21 
15 
2 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
913,509 
12 
124 
506,090 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
4 
5 
5 
3 
acres 
289 
- 
- 
71 
68 
86 
64 
bushels 
16,368 
- 
- 
3,500 
3,895 
3,575 
5,398 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
- 
- 
3 
4 
3 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
263 
2 
13 
30 
67 
86 
65 
acres 
6,497 
(D) 
(D) 
1,362 
929 
2,050 
1,875 
bushels 
810,481 
(D) 
(D) 
223,900 
117,101 
(D) 
191,058 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
227 
2 
12 
26 
61 
73 
53 
25 to 99 acres 
21 
- 
- 
2 
5 
7 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
2 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
103 
- 
6 
13 
35 
33 
16 
acres 
1,887 
- 
204 
206 
660 
620 
197 
tons 
24,586 
- 
1,557 
3,879 
7,543 
9,023 
2,584 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
" 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
81 
- 
3 
10 
28 
27 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
21 
- 
3 
3 
7 
5 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
2 
4 
16 
10 
acres 
211 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
94 
bushels 
9,345 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4,135 
3,780 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
31 
- 
- 
2 
4 
16 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
" 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
39 
- 
3 
7 
6 
14 
9 
acres 
2,835 
- 
105 
604 
279 
1,335 
512 
bushels 
142,515 
- 
5,100 
34,534 
14,185 
63,639 
25,057 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
21 
- 
3 
6 
4 
7 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
6 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
2 
3 
acres 
17 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
28,320 
" 
(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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