Table 1 7. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
798 
441,765 
798 
271,737 
798 
266,989 
620 
170,028 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
407 
7,030 
407 
407 
912 
277 
2,830 
10 to 19 
18 
774 
18 
18 
225 
10 
435 
20 to 49 
42 
2,899 
42 
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42 
1,236 
25 
1,392 
50 to 99 
31 
4,253 
31 
2,289 
31 
2,151 
31 
1,964 
1 00 to 1 99 
65 
16,640 
65 
9,531 
65 
9,492 
60 
7,109 
200 to 499 
99 
55,290 
99 
33,633 
99 
33,437 
90 
21,657 
500 to 999 
60 
64,772 
60 
40,109 
60 
40,079 
55 
24,663 
1 ,000 or more 
76 
290,107 
76 
180,129 
76 
179,457 
72 
109,978 
1,000 to 2,499 
56 
136,945 
56 
85,020 
56 
84,348 
53 
51,925 
2,500 or more 
20 
153,162 
20 
95,109 
20 
95,109 
19 
58,053 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
11,063 
721,027 
9,018 
207,104 
(X) 
(X) 
7,961 
513,923 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
573 
164,132 
94,191 
503 
66,215 
368 
97,917 
423 
1,136,785 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
212 
3,640 
3,640 
177 
3,074 
86 
566 
35 
1,145 
10 to 19 
11 
145 
88 
10 
78 
5 
67 
15 
813 
20 to 49 
33 
1,041 
1,037 
29 
815 
13 
226 
42 
5,254 
50 to 99 
29 
990 
567 
27 
507 
17 
483 
31 
8,434 
1 00 to 1 99 
63 
5,709 
3,958 
57 
2,823 
53 
2,886 
65 
35,622 
200 to 499 
95 
18,474 
11,239 
88 
8,250 
77 
10,224 
99 
134,085 
500 to 999 
58 
23,586 
10,705 
50 
9,534 
52 
14,052 
60 
166,789 
1 ,000 or more 
72 
110,547 
62,957 
65 
41,134 
65 
69,413 
76 
784,643 
1,000 to 2,499 
53 
51,834 
31,117 
47 
20,612 
48 
31,222 
56 
358,890 
2,500 or more 
19 
58,713 
31,841 
18 
20,522 
17 
38,191 
20 
425,753 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
7,847 
713,158 
900,644 
7,085 
659,959 
2,264 
53,199 
4 
71 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
8,420 
877,290 
994,835 
7,588 
726,174 
164 
431,976 
2,632 
151,116 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
5,229 
19,232 
17,192 
4,613 
15,591 
13 
(D) 
1,291 
3,641 
1 0 to 1 9 
1,119 
14,928 
12,786 
1,039 
12,118 
38 
(D) 
398 
2,810 
20 to 49 
910 
27,148 
24,748 
848 
22,325 
38 
985 
345 
4,823 
50 to 99 
441 
30,661 
28,550 
418 
24,402 
24 
1,164 
209 
6,259 
1 00 to 1 99 
287 
39,055 
34,098 
273 
30,784 
16 
1,522 
130 
8,271 
200 to 499 
255 
75,967 
62,776 
239 
53,241 
15 
2,730 
148 
22,726 
500 to 999 
95 
66,401 
47,563 
86 
39,538 
5 
1,520 
65 
26,863 
1,000 to 2,499 
52 
77,427 
59,427 
44 
42,439 
2 
(D) 
33 
34,988 
2,500 or more 
32 
526,471 
707,695 
28 
485,736 
13 
422,416 
13 
40,735 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
934 
19,861 
1,463 
28,545 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
855 
3,986 
1,339 
6,966 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
44 
1,428 
82 
2,754 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
17 
1,273 
18 
1,179 
1 00 to 1 99 
6 
(D) 
11 
1,511 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
(D) 
3 
364 
200 to 499 
6 
1,838 
3 
1,187 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
4 
920 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
4 
3,005 
500 or more 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 
3 
(D) 
3 
4,108 
2,000 to 4,999 
2 
(D) 
3 
7,835 
Other hogs and pigs 
760 
16,935 
1,215 
24,023 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
697 
3,309 
1,132 
5,888 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
32 
986 
54 
1,791 
used for breeding 
376 
2,926 
601 
4,522 
50 to 99 
14 
1,006 
9 
654 
Farms with- 
1 00 to 1 99 
5 
(D) 
7 
939 
1 to 24 
360 
1,403 
569 
2,421 
200 to 499 
7 
2,076 
4 
1,577 
25 to 49 
8 
249 
22 
657 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
4 
3,284 
50 to 99 
4 
283 
3 
160 
1 ,000 or more 
4 
7,981 
5 
9,890 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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