Table 19. Poultry - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Wisconsin 
Adams 
Ashland 
Barron 
Bayfield 
Brown 
Buffalo 
INVENTORY 
Any poultry 
farms, 2012 
8,455 
49 
25 
148 
48 
94 
127 
2007 
8,789 
54 
26 
147 
66 
88 
134 
Layers (see text) 
farms, 2012 
7,348 
46 
24 
116 
44 
73 
79 
2007 
7,211 
42 
24 
115 
58 
72 
76 
number, 2012 
5,413,563 
964 
371 
2,820 
1,865 
1,654 
218,948 
2007 
4,873,675 
1,218 
492 
2,180 
1,455 
2,626 
184,651 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 49 
6,338 
40 
24 
108 
40 
66 
58 
50 to 99 
611 
6 
- 
4 
1 
4 
6 
100 to 399 
286 
- 
- 
4 
2 
3 
4 
400 to 3,1 99 
55 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
20,000 to 49,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
farms, 2012 
869 
3 
3 
6 
6 
4 
10 
2007 
909 
2 
- 
9 
6 
7 
5 
number, 2012 
908,883 
49 
30 
337 
330 
199 
(D) 
2007 
1,246,357 
(D) 
- 
133 
159 
145 
94,024 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
farms, 2012 
1,724 
7 
6 
18 
9 
15 
59 
2007 
1,723 
10 
3 
20 
6 
13 
55 
number, 2012 
7,818,682 
159 
132 
720 
275 
943 
2,913,411 
2007 
7,060,316 
562 
75 
1,396 
255 
808 
2,833,384 
Turkeys (see text) 
farms, 2012 
631 
1 
- 
24 
4 
12 
4 
2007 
780 
2 
3 
20 
7 
7 
13 
number, 2012 
3,468,522 
(D) 
- 
2,126,981 
(D) 
237 
(D) 
2007 
3,685,648 
(D) 
7 
2,191,037 
49 
19 
178,827 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
(see text) 
farms, 2012 
2,309 
18 
4 
32 
13 
23 
28 
2007 
3,411 
27 
4 
45 
23 
37 
26 
SALES 
Any poultry sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
5,350 
33 
10 
91 
40 
44 
104 
2007 
7,058 
46 
17 
102 
64 
79 
118 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,010 
5 
- 
14 
4 
7 
19 
2007 
1,027 
6 
3 
7 
5 
8 
18 
number, 2012 
3,001,436 
406 
- 
2,731 
322 
181 
226,112 
2007 
2,342,719 
141 
66 
375 
(D) 
(D) 
152,437 
Pullets for laying flock replacement sold 
farms, 2012 
133 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
5 
2007 
117 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
3 
number, 2012 
1,749,705 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
867,927 
- 
- 
450 
(D) 
(D) 
188,000 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms, 2012 
1,499 
4 
4 
30 
16 
14 
56 
2007 
1,238 
12 
2 
21 
10 
10 
53 
number, 2012 
48,766,897 
200 
843 
1,742 
1,816 
1,211 
20,890,781 
2007 
46,804,252 
529 
(D) 
2,980 
1,437 
750 
19,760,965 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 1 ,999 
1,348 
4 
4 
30 
16 
14 
10 
2,000 to 59,999 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200,000 to 499,999 
76 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
500,000 or more 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
400 
- 
1 
19 
3 
3 
4 
2007 
370 
2 
- 
17 
6 
6 
6 
number, 2012 
7,273,226 
- 
(D) 
3,991,797 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
7,388,209 
(D) 
4,233,583 
238 
134 
203,050 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
783 
6 
- 
6 
3 
4 
18 
2007 
919 
10 
- 
8 
7 
12 
2 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 391 
