Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
1,167 
49,661 
828 
47,488 
Llamas 
654 
3,481 
1,200 
6,539 
Bison 
102 
4,246 
190 
6,130 
Mink, live 
65 
327,103 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
162 
9,002 
250 
11,596 
Rabbits, live 
674 
13,091 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
105 
3,390 
202 
6,825 
Other livestock (see text) 
47 
(X) 
74 
(X) 
Alpacas 
383 
6,002 
338 
4,344 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Item 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Floney collected (pounds) (see text)' 
921 
4,308,560 
8,831 
611 
4,167,522 
Milk from sheep and goats 
292 
(NA) 
12,883 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
60 
1,223 
2,045 
88 
1,766 
Deer in captivity 
69 
1,481 
2,413 
94 
2,232 
Elk in captivity 
47 
427 
727 
89 
602 
Alpacas 
77 
868 
1,741 
79 
443 
Llamas 
79 
363 
279 
148 
584 
Mink, live (see text) 
6 
6,041 
1,133 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
205 
17,899 
321 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
26 
(X) 
(D) 
66 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
530 
(X) 
134,467 
197 
(X) 
' Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
4 
411 
(D) 
11 
107 
406 
(D) 
832 
19,391 
43.4 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
171 
37,380 
128.7 
595 
100,050 
205,436 
127.5 
27,043 
2,963,755 
119.2 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
39 
5,222 
19.9 
164 
10,238 
20,601 
16.6 
14,274 
917,815 
14.6 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
6 
(D) 
20.3 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
98 
(D) 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
9 
450 
83.5 
25 
695 
1,063 
56.3 
6,369 
128,166 
59.1 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
41.7 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
66 
8,188 
47.7 
307 
32,301 
60,975 
40.5 
17,018 
1,598,264 
39.6 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
180 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
11 
1,695 
72.9 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
63.1 
5,154 
255,541 
70.3 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
11 
1,695 
72.9 
34 
(D) 
(D) 
64.3 
4,825 
239,833 
71.9 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
388 
15,783 
47.3 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
49 
7,562 
(X) 
325 
19,964 
46,346 
(X) 
36,646 
2,322,768 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
37 
957 
2.8 
186 
6,192 
12,228 
2.8 
25,657 
1,103,393 
2.7 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
7 
856 
2.0 
8 
307 
377 
1.3 
2,981 
70,809 
2.4 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
10 
513 
2.2 
25 
652 
1,860 
1.5 
6,842 
247,726 
1.8 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
4 
4 
1.0 
11 
42 
125 
1.8 
2,924 
63,840 
1.4 
Flaylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
24 
4,622 
5.0 
145 
12,027 
27,436 
7.4 
9,640 
979,102 
6.5 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
7 
2,933 
(D) 
18 
256 
1,943 
(D) 
2,069 
95,515 
4.7 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
498 
125,746 
(X) 
324 
38,432 
28,202 
(X) 
2,051 
91,694 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
107 
549 
(X) 
91 
766 
1,845 
(X) 
1,123 
6,321 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
466 
20,185 
(X) 
76 
1,241 
285 
(X) 
557 
652 
(X) 
26 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
