Sp Sy 4 (09) Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations 2008 Summary February 2009 National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Contents National Summaries Page Number of Farms and Land in Farms.....................................2 Livestock Operations..................................................3 Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size..........................4 Livestock Operations by Species, U.S. Cattle and Calves.....................................................14 Beef Cows.............................................................14 Milk Cows.............................................................15 Milk Production.......................................................15 Hogs and Pigs.........................................................16 Sheep and Goats.......................................................17 Livestock Operations by Species, State Cattle and Calves.....................................................18 Beef Cows.............................................................18 Milk Cows.............................................................18 Milk Production.......................................................25 Hogs and Pigs.........................................................26 Sheep and Lambs.......................................................26 Angora Goats..........................................................26 Milk Goats............................................................26 Meat Goats............................................................26 All Goats.............................................................26 Reliability Statement.........................................................28 Terms and Definitions.........................................................29 Farm Definition History.......................................................30 Special Note Regarding the 2007 Estimates.....................................31 Contacts......................................................................32 2008 Number of Farms and Land in Farms Highlights The number of farms in the United States in 2008 is estimated at 2.2 million, 0.2 percent fewer than in 2007. Total land in farms, at 919.9 million acres, decreased 1.56 million acres, or 0.2 percent, from 2007. The average farm size was 418 acres, unchanged from the previous year. The decline in the number of farms and land in farms reflects a continuing consolidation in farming operations and diversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural uses. Farm numbers and land in farms are broken down into five economic sales classes. Farms and ranches are classified into these "sales classes" by summing their sales of agricultural products and government program payments. Sales class breaks occur at $10,000, $100,000, $250,000, and $500,000. Farm numbers declined slightly in the $1,000-$9,999, $10,000-$99,999, and $100,000-$249,999 sales classes. Farm numbers rose slightly in the two largest sales classes. Because of strong commodity prices and rising value of sales many farms and ranches near the top of their sales class in 2007 may have moved into the next higher sales class in 2008 without expanding their operations. The largest percentage changes from 2007 occurred in the smallest and largest sales classes. Farm numbers declined 0.5 percent, to 1.22 million farms, in the $1,000-$9,999 sales class. Meanwhile, the number of farms in the $500,000 and over sales class increased by 4.8 percent to 126,000 farms. The number of farms with less than $100,000 in sales fell 0.6 percent from 2007 while the number of farms with $100,000 or more in sales rose 1.6 percent. Land in farms also shifted from lower sales classes to higher sales classes. In the $1,000-$9,999 sales class, land in farms dropped 1.1 percent, to 106.7 million acres, while land operated by farms in the largest sales class, $500,000 & over in sales, increased 2.4 percent, to 293.1 million acres. The average farm size was unchanged in 2008. However, average farm sizes declined in some of the sales classes. This may have been due to smaller farms moving up to higher sales classes. This report also contains estimates of farm numbers and land in farms for Puerto Rico. The number of farms with sales of $1,000 or more in Puerto Rico was 11,200 in 2008, down 200 farms from 2007. Land in farms, at 470,000 acres, is down 20,000 acres from the previous year. The average farm size in Puerto Rico in 2008 was estimated at 42 acres. Special Note Number of farms and land in farms were revised for 2007 at the U.S. and State level based on the Census of Agriculture. For more information regarding revisions to the 2007 estimates please see page 31. Historical publication statistical bulletin, NASS-SB1018 (04), with revisions for 2003-2007 will be published February 25, 2009. Livestock Operations 2008 Summary The number of operations with cattle totaled 956,500 for 2008, down 1 percent from 2007. Beef cow operations in 2008, at 757,000, were also down 1 percent from last year. The number of milk cow operations for 2008 totaled 67,000, down 4 percent from 2007. The three operation classes: cattle, beef cows, and milk cows, are classified into size groups independently. Therefore, it is possible to have more beef cow operations in a particular size group than cattle operations. As an example, an operator with 75 cattle and 40 beef cows would be classified in the 50-99 size group for cattle and 1-49 size group for beef cows. The number of operations with hogs totaled 73,150 for 2008, down 3 percent from 2007. Places with 2,000 or more head accounted for 85.1 percent of the inventory. The number of operations with sheep totaled 82,330 for 2008, down 1 percent from 2007. Of all sheep operations that include breeding sheep, 92.5 percent were comprised of 1-99 head, 6.2 percent had 100-499 head, and the remaining 1.3 percent were operations with 500 head or more. Operations with 1-99 head account for 32.6 percent of the inventory, 100-499 head account for 22.7 percent of the inventory, and 500+ head account for 44.7 percent of the inventory. The number of operations with goats totaled 149,800 for 2008, up 4 percent from a year earlier. Angora goat operations totaled 6,500, down 10 percent from 2007. Milk goat operations totaled 29,000, up 6 percent from 2007. Meat goat operations totaled 128,800, up 5 percent from a year earlier. Total goat operations will be equal to or less than the sum of angora, milk and meat because places which own more than one goat type count as only one operation. Special Note The number of operations by State will no longer be published on an annual basis. State level numbers will only be published in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every five years. The number of operations at the U.S. level will continue to be published on an annual basis. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and goat operations for 2007 were revised at the U.S. and State level based on the Census of Agriculture. The reference date for operation estimates is December 31 beginning with the 2007 estimates. This is a change from the previous definition of an operation as any place having one or more head of a specie on hand at any time during the year. Annual end of year surveys are used to establish current year estimates. Historical publication statistical bulletin, NASS-SB1021, with revisions for 2003-2007 livestock operation estimates will be published March 5, 2009. Point Farms: United States, 2002 - 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent of Total Year :----------------------------------------------------------- : Farms 2/ : Land 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 : 19.0 3.0 2003 : 18.0 3.0 2004 : 17.0 2.5 2005 : 18.0 2.5 2006 : 19.0 2.7 2007 : 22.0 3.0 2008 : 17.0 2.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Percent of farms and land in farms for places having less than $1,000 of reported sales, but with sufficient crops and/or livestock to normally have sales of at least $1,000. 2/ Revised. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: United States, 1998-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Land : Average Year : of Farms : in Farms 2/ : Farm Size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number 1,000 Acres Acres : 1998 : 2,192,330 952,080 434 1999 : 2,187,280 948,460 434 2000 : 2,166,780 945,080 436 2001 : 2,148,630 942,070 438 2002 : 2,135,360 940,300 440 2003 : 2,126,860 936,750 440 2004 : 2,112,970 932,260 441 2005 : 2,098,690 927,940 442 2006 : 2,088,790 925,790 443 2007 2/ : 2,204,950 921,460 418 2008 : 2,200,000 919,900 418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ A farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year. 2/ Revised. Percent of Farms and Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: By Economic Sales Class, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent of Total : Economic :---------------------------------------: Average Farm Size Sales : Farms : Land in Farms : (Acres) Class :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : $1,000 - $2,499 : 26.8 27.8 3.5 4.0 55 60 $2,500 - $4,999 : 15.4 14.4 3.2 3.3 87 96 $5,000 - $9,999 : 13.5 13.3 5.0 4.3 155 135 $10,000 - $24,999 : 12.5 12.1 6.9 6.8 230 235 $25,000 - $49,999 : 8.1 8.0 7.0 7.4 361 387 $50,000 - $99,999 : 7.0 7.4 10.9 10.3 650 582 $100,000 - $249,999 : 6.8 6.8 16.6 16.4 1,022 1,010 $250,000 - $499,999 : 4.4 4.5 15.8 15.6 1,503 1,452 $500,000 - $999,999 : 3.3 3.4 15.0 15.4 1,903 1,897 $1,000,000 + : 2.2 2.3 16.1 16.5 3,064 3,004 : Total : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 418 418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size By State, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Farms : Land in Farms : Average Farm Size State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------ Number ------ --- 1,000 Acres -- ----- Acres ---- : AL : 48,800 48,500 9,000 8,950 184 185 AK : 680 680 890 890 1,309 1,309 AZ : 15,600 15,600 26,100 26,100 1,673 1,673 AR : 49,300 49,300 13,900 13,700 282 278 CA : 81,000 81,500 25,400 25,400 314 312 CO : 36,900 36,500 31,400 31,300 851 858 CT : 4,900 4,900 410 400 84 82 DE : 2,550 2,500 510 500 200 200 FL : 47,500 47,500 9,300 9,250 196 195 GA : 47,900 47,800 10,300 10,400 215 218 HI : 7,500 7,500 1,120 1,110 149 148 ID : 25,400 25,200 11,500 11,400 453 452 IL : 76,900 75,900 26,800 26,700 349 352 IN : 61,000 61,000 14,800 14,800 243 243 IA : 92,800 92,600 30,800 30,800 332 333 KS : 65,500 65,500 46,300 46,200 707 705 KY : 85,300 85,300 14,000 14,000 164 164 LA : 30,000 30,000 8,100 8,050 270 268 ME : 8,100 8,000 1,350 1,350 167 169 MD : 12,850 12,850 2,060 2,050 160 160 MA : 7,700 7,700 520 510 68 66 MI : 56,000 55,000 10,000 10,000 179 182 MN : 81,000 81,000 26,900 26,900 332 332 MS : 42,000 42,000 11,000 11,000 262 262 MO : 107,800 108,000 29,000 29,100 269 269 MT : 29,500 29,500 60,900 60,800 2,064 2,061 NE : 47,700 47,400 45,600 45,600 956 962 NV : 3,100 3,100 5,900 5,900 1,903 1,903 NH : 4,150 4,150 470 470 113 113 NJ : 10,300 10,300 730 730 71 71 NM : 21,000 20,600 43,200 43,000 2,057 2,087 NY : 36,400 36,600 7,200 7,100 198 194 NC : 52,900 52,500 8,600 8,600 163 164 ND : 32,000 32,000 39,600 39,600 1,238 1,238 OH : 75,900 75,000 14,000 13,900 184 185 OK : 86,600 86,600 35,100 35,100 405 405 OR : 38,600 38,600 16,400 16,400 425 425 PA : 63,200 63,200 7,800 7,750 123 123 RI : 1,220 1,220 70 70 57 57 SC : 25,900 26,900 4,900 4,900 189 182 SD : 31,200 31,300 43,700 43,700 1,401 1,396 TN : 79,500 79,000 11,000 10,900 138 138 TX : 247,500 247,500 130,400 130,400 527 527 UT : 16,700 16,500 11,100 11,100 665 673 VT : 7,000 7,000 1,230 1,220 176 174 VA : 47,400 47,000 8,100 8,000 171 170 WA : 39,300 39,500 14,900 14,800 379 375 WV : 23,400 23,200 3,700 3,700 158 159 WI : 78,500 78,000 15,200 15,200 194 195 WY : 11,000 11,000 30,200 30,100 2,745 2,736 : US :2,204,950 2,200,000 921,460 919,900 418 418 : PR : 11,400 11,200 490 470 43 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007-2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class State :----------------------------------------------------------- and : $1,000-$9,999 : $10,000-$99,999 : $100,000-$249,999 Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Northeast : CT 2/ : 3,100 3,050 ME 2/ : 5,300 5,200 MA 2/ : 4,800 4,800 NH 2/ : 2,900 2,900 NJ 2/ : 6,700 6,700 NY : 18,800 18,700 10,700 10,800 3,300 3,100 PA : 37,000 37,000 15,500 15,500 5,600 5,600 RI 2/ : 750 740 VT 2/ : 4,000 4,000 : Oth Sts 3/ : 11,010 11,060 2,220 2,220 : Total : 83,350 83,090 37,210 37,360 11,120 10,920 : North Central : IL : 33,700 33,500 19,400 17,400 9,100 8,100 IN : 32,000 31,700 16,000 16,000 5,200 5,150 IA : 30,300 30,200 28,500 28,500 14,300 14,100 KS : 28,300 28,300 22,500 22,500 6,600 6,600 MI : 33,100 32,300 14,800 14,500 3,500 3,600 MN : 36,500 36,500 21,900 21,900 9,500 9,400 MO : 58,000 57,700 37,400 38,000 6,000 5,700 NE : 13,000 12,300 14,700 14,200 8,000 7,600 ND : 10,600 10,600 9,400 9,400 4,400 4,300 OH : 40,700 40,300 22,800 22,700 5,800 5,500 SD : 9,200 9,400 9,700 9,600 5,500 5,200 WI : 40,900 39,000 20,700 20,500 8,600 9,300 : Total : 366,300 361,800 237,800 235,200 86,500 84,550 : South : AL : 32,100 31,000 11,800 12,500 1,100 1,300 AR : 27,700 27,900 13,400 13,200 1,600 1,600 DE 2/ : 1,000 1,000 FL : 29,500 29,500 12,700 12,700 2,100 2,100 GA : 30,400 30,200 10,500 10,000 2,100 2,500 KY : 54,000 54,000 25,200 25,200 3,000 2,900 LA : 18,700 18,700 7,900 7,900 1,100 1,100 MD 2/ : 7,100 7,100 MS : 27,400 27,400 9,900 9,900 1,050 1,050 NC : 32,900 32,700 11,500 11,300 2,000 2,000 OK : 51,000 51,000 28,000 28,000 3,900 3,800 SC : 18,500 19,500 5,500 5,400 550 600 TN : 55,800 55,900 19,800 19,100 1,650 1,650 TX : 163,800 163,800 65,100 65,100 7,600 7,500 VA : 30,200 30,000 13,400 13,300 1,450 1,450 WV 2/ : 18,400 18,400 : Oth Sts 4/ : 8,250 8,030 1,210 1,210 : Total : 598,500 598,100 242,950 241,630 30,410 30,760 : West : AK 2/ : 360 360 AZ 2/ : 12,000 12,000 CA : 35,300 35,500 26,300 26,600 6,700 6,500 CO : 21,000 20,600 10,600 10,400 2,500 2,600 HI 2/ : 4,600 4,600 ID : 14,100 13,300 6,800 7,000 1,700 1,900 MT : 13,100 13,100 9,600 9,400 3,600 3,700 NV 2/ : 1,650 1,650 NM : 14,100 13,800 5,100 5,000 800 800 OR : 24,600 24,400 9,200 8,900 2,000 2,300 UT : 10,300 10,100 4,700 4,700 840 840 WA : 24,100 24,400 9,000 8,900 2,000 2,000 WY 2/ : 5,200 5,200 : Oth Sts 5/ : 9,410 9,410 2,130 2,130 : Total : 180,410 179,010 90,710 90,310 22,270 22,770 : US :1,228,560 1,222,000 608,670 604,500 150,300 149,000 : PR : 7,300 7,200 3,100 3,000 500 500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007-2008 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class State :----------------------------------------------------------- and : $250,000-$499,999 : $500,000 & Over : Total Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Northeast : CT 2/ : 4,900 4,900 ME 2/ : 8,100 8,000 MA 2/ : 7,700 7,700 NH 2/ : 4,150 4,150 NJ 2/ : 10,300 10,300 NY : 1,800 1,700 1,800 2,300 36,400 36,600 PA : 2,800 2,800 2,300 2,300 63,200 63,200 RI 2/ : 1,220 1,220 VT 2/ : 7,000 7,000 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1,230 1,220 1,360 1,380 : Total : 5,830 5,720 5,460 5,980 142,970 143,070 : North Central : IL : 7,200 7,900 7,500 9,000 76,900 75,900 IN : 3,500 3,600 4,300 4,550 61,000 61,000 IA : 9,800 9,800 9,900 10,000 92,800 92,600 KS : 3,900 3,900 4,200 4,200 65,500 65,500 MI : 2,100 2,100 2,500 2,500 56,000 55,000 MN : 6,400 6,400 6,700 6,800 81,000 81,000 MO : 3,000 2,900 3,400 3,700 107,800 108,000 NE : 5,800 6,000 6,200 7,300 47,700 47,400 ND : 3,700 3,700 3,900 4,000 32,000 32,000 OH : 3,400 3,300 3,200 3,200 75,900 75,000 SD : 3,800 3,900 3,000 3,200 31,200 31,300 WI : 4,800 5,200 3,500 4,000 78,500 78,000 : Total : 57,400 58,700 58,300 62,450 806,300 802,700 : South : AL : 1,400 1,400 2,400 2,300 48,800 48,500 AR : 1,900 1,700 4,700 4,900 49,300 49,300 DE 2/ : 2,550 2,500 FL : 1,100 1,100 2,100 2,100 47,500 47,500 GA : 1,400 1,600 3,500 3,500 47,900 47,800 KY : 1,450 1,400 1,650 1,800 85,300 85,300 LA : 800 800 1,500 1,500 30,000 30,000 MD 2/ : 12,850 12,850 MS : 900 900 2,750 2,750 42,000 42,000 NC : 2,500 2,500 4,000 4,000 52,900 52,500 OK : 1,800 1,800 1,900 2,000 86,600 86,600 SC : 350 300 1,000 1,100 25,900 26,900 TN : 950 950 1,300 1,400 79,500 79,000 TX : 4,500 4,500 6,500 6,600 247,500 247,500 VA : 950 950 1,400 1,300 47,400 47,000 WV 2/ : 23,400 23,200 : Oth Sts 4/ : 870 850 1,970 1,960 : Total : 20,870 20,750 36,670 37,210 929,400 928,450 : West : AK 2/ : 680 680 AZ 2/ : 15,600 15,600 CA : 4,000 4,000 8,700 8,900 81,000 81,500 CO : 1,300 1,200 1,500 1,700 36,900 36,500 HI 2/ : 7,500 7,500 ID : 1,100 1,200 1,700 1,800 25,400 25,200 MT : 2,000 2,100 1,200 1,200 29,500 29,500 NV 2/ : 3,100 3,100 NM : 400 400 600 600 21,000 20,600 OR : 1,100 1,200 1,700 1,800 38,600 38,600 UT : 410 410 450 450 16,700 16,500 WA : 1,700 1,700 2,500 2,500 39,300 39,500 WY 2/ : 11,000 11,000 : Oth Sts 5/ : 1,120 1,120 1,410 1,410 : Total : 13,130 13,330 19,760 20,360 326,280 325,780 : US : 97,230 98,500 120,190 126,000 2,204,950 2,200,000 : PR : 250 250 250 250 11,400 11,200 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 4/ DE, MD, and WV. 5/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007-2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class State :----------------------------------------------------------- and : $1,000-$9,999 : $10,000-$99,999 : $100,000-$249,999 Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Northeast : CT 2/ : 140 130 ME 2/ : 480 480 MA 2/ : 210 210 NH 2/ : 230 230 NJ 2/ : 180 180 NY : 1,600 1,400 1,800 1,700 1,000 960 PA : 2,400 2,400 2,050 2,050 1,200 1,150 RI 2/ : 30 30 VT 2/ : 350 340 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1,260 1,250 487 490 : Total : 5,620 5,400 5,110 5,000 2,687 2,600 : North Central : IL : 1,500 1,500 2,900 2,300 3,800 3,300 IN : 1,300 1,300 2,100 2,100 1,900 1,900 IA : 1,700 1,700 4,700 4,700 5,400 5,400 KS : 3,300 3,200 9,900 9,900 8,300 8,300 MI : 1,850 1,800 2,100 2,000 1,350 1,400 MN : 3,200 3,200 4,800 4,800 4,200 4,200 MO : 5,100 5,000 10,200 10,400 4,200 3,900 NE : 1,400 1,400 6,400 6,200 8,600 8,300 ND : 2,000 2,000 6,300 6,200 7,000 6,900 OH : 2,100 2,000 3,200 3,200 2,200 2,200 SD : 1,600 1,600 7,500 7,300 10,100 9,400 WI : 3,100 2,700 3,300 3,300 2,600 2,700 : Total : 28,150 27,400 63,400 62,400 59,650 57,900 : South : AL : 3,100 3,000 3,100 3,100 800 800 AR : 2,300 2,300 3,300 3,150 1,000 950 DE 2/ : 30 30 FL : 1,400 1,400 2,000 1,950 900 900 GA : 3,000 3,200 2,500 2,350 1,100 1,000 KY : 4,390 4,400 5,040 5,010 1,330 1,320 LA : 1,400 1,400 2,000 1,950 900 900 MD 2/ : 400 400 MS : 3,500 3,500 2,600 2,600 1,000 1,000 NC : 2,000 2,000 1,700 1,650 750 800 OK : 6,100 6,000 12,600 12,600 6,100 6,100 SC : 1,800 1,900 1,450 1,200 400 400 TN : 3,650 3,750 3,900 3,700 900 900 TX : 18,800 18,800 43,500 43,500 20,900 20,800 VA : 2,350 2,300 3,000 2,900 850 900 WV 2/ : 1,960 1,920 : Oth Sts 4/ : 1,810 1,840 510 530 : Total : 56,180 56,300 88,500 87,500 37,440 37,300 : West : AK 2/ : 290 270 AZ 2/ : 750 750 CA : 1,800 1,800 5,000 5,000 3,700 3,600 CO : 2,900 2,700 8,600 8,400 6,000 5,900 HI 2/ : 80 80 ID : 950 950 2,500 2,400 1,950 1,950 MT : 2,500 2,500 12,400 12,000 15,400 15,400 NV 2/ : 200 200 NM : 3,100 3,000 11,300 11,300 8,300 8,400 OR : 1,700 1,700 3,400 3,400 3,100 3,100 UT : 850 850 2,250 2,250 1,500 1,500 WA : 1,300 1,300 3,200 3,100 1,800 1,800 WY 2/ : 1,500 1,500 : Oth Sts 5/ : 22,560 22,550 11,880 11,850 : Total : 17,920 17,600 71,210 70,400 53,630 53,500 : US : 107,870 106,700 228,220 225,300 153,407 151,300 : PR : 130 120 170 160 70 70 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, United States, and Puerto Rico 2007-2008 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Economic Sales Class State :----------------------------------------------------------- and : $250,000-$499,999 : $500,000 & Over : Total Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Northeast : CT 2/ : 410 400 ME 2/ : 1,350 1,350 MA 2/ : 520 510 NH 2/ : 470 470 NJ 2/ : 730 730 NY : 900 850 1,900 2,190 7,200 7,100 PA : 950 900 1,200 1,250 7,800 7,750 RI 2/ : 70 70 VT 2/ : 1,230 1,220 : Oth Sts 3/ : 445 450 968 960 : Total : 2,295 2,200 4,068 4,400 19,780 19,600 : North Central : IL : 5,600 4,800 13,000 14,800 26,800 26,700 IN : 2,500 2,500 7,000 7,000 14,800 14,800 IA : 6,900 6,900 12,100 12,100 30,800 30,800 KS : 8,400 8,400 16,400 16,400 46,300 46,200 MI : 1,400 1,400 3,300 3,400 10,000 10,000 MN : 4,800 4,800 9,900 9,900 26,900 26,900 MO : 3,500 3,200 6,000 6,600 29,000 29,100 NE : 10,200 9,100 19,000 20,600 45,600 45,600 ND : 8,200 8,200 16,100 16,300 39,600 39,600 OH : 2,400 2,400 4,100 4,100 14,000 13,900 SD : 10,100 10,400 14,400 15,000 43,700 43,700 WI : 2,300 2,600 3,900 3,900 15,200 15,200 : Total : 66,300 64,700 125,200 130,100 342,700 342,500 : South : AL : 700 700 1,300 1,350 9,000 8,950 AR : 1,500 1,400 5,800 5,900 13,900 13,700 DE 2/ : 510 500 FL : 900 900 4,100 4,100 9,300 9,250 GA : 900 950 2,800 2,900 10,300 10,400 KY : 1,040 1,020 2,200 2,250 14,000 14,000 LA : 900 900 2,900 2,900 8,100 8,050 MD 2/ : 2,060 2,050 MS : 950 900 2,950 3,000 11,000 11,000 NC : 1,150 1,150 3,000 3,000 8,600 8,600 OK : 4,300 4,300 6,000 6,100 35,100 35,100 SC : 300 300 950 1,100 4,900 4,900 TN : 800 800 1,750 1,750 11,000 10,900 TX : 15,300 15,300 31,900 32,000 130,400 130,400 VA : 650 650 1,250 1,250 8,100 8,000 WV 2/ : 3,700 3,700 : Oth Sts 4/ : 440 430 1,120 1,100 : Total : 29,830 29,700 68,020 68,700 279,970 279,500 : West : AK 2/ : 890 890 AZ 2/ : 26,100 26,100 CA : 2,900 2,900 12,000 12,100 25,400 25,400 CO : 6,100 5,600 7,800 8,700 31,400 31,300 HI 2/ : 1,120 1,110 ID : 1,400 1,300 4,700 4,800 11,500 11,400 MT : 14,100 14,400 16,500 16,500 60,900 60,800 NV 2/ : 5,900 5,900 NM : 7,800 7,700 12,700 12,600 43,200 43,000 OR : 2,600 2,600 5,600 5,600 16,400 16,400 UT : 1,200 1,200 5,300 5,300 11,100 11,100 WA : 2,800 2,800 5,800 5,800 14,900 14,800 WY 2/ : 30,200 30,100 : Oth Sts 5/ : 8,400 8,400 18,550 18,500 : Total : 47,300 46,900 88,950 89,900 279,010 278,300 : US : 145,725 143,500 286,238 293,100 921,460 919,900 : PR : 40 40 80 80 490 470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3/ CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 4/ DE, MD, and WV. 5/ AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Group, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Operations : Percent of Inventory :-------------------------------------------------------- Head : : : : : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Number ------ ----- Percent ----- : Cattle and Calves : 1-49 : 646,100 646,000 11.5 11.5 50-99 : 137,560 133,000 9.8 9.7 100-499 : 151,850 147,600 31.4 31.2 500-999 : 19,190 19,100 13.4 13.4 1,000-1,999 : 6,700 6,600 9.1 9.0 2,000-4,999 : 3,000 3,030 8.8 8.8 5,000-9,999 : 650 700 4.4 4.7 10,000-19,999 : 250 260 3.4 3.5 20,000+ : 210 210 8.2 8.2 : Total : 965,510 956,500 100.0 100.0 : Beef Cows2/ : 1-49 : 606,200 601,000 28.7 28.5 50-99 : 85,850 83,000 17.2 17.1 100-499 : 68,450 67,200 38.0 38.0 500-999 : 4,420 4,340 8.7 8.7 1,000-1,999 : 1,100 1,125 4.3 4.5 2,000-4,999 : 280 280 2.1 2.1 5,000+ : 50 55 1.0 1.1 : Total : 766,350 757,000 100.0 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Included in operations with cattle. Milk Cows: Number of Operations, Percent of Inventory and Percent of Milk Production by Size Group, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent of : Percent of : Operations 1/ : Inventory : Production 2/ Head :----------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : 2007 3/ : 2008 : 2007 3/ : 2008 : 2007 3/ : 2008 : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Number ---- --------------- Percent -------------- : 1-29 : 21,705 21,300 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.2 30-49 : 12,270 11,900 5.2 5.1 4.0 3.9 50-99 : 19,330 17,800 14.0 13.1 12.0 11.5 100-199 : 9,011 8,700 13.0 12.5 12.0 11.8 200-499 : 4,359 3,950 13.9 12.6 13.7 13.1 500-999 : 1,720 1,720 12.5 12.5 12.3 12.5 1,000-1,999 : 920 900 13.3 13.1 16.1 15.5 2,000+ : 680 730 26.1 29.3 28.6 30.5 : Total : 69,995 67,000 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Included in operations with cattle. 2/ Estimates reflect the average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year. 3/ Revised. Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Group, United States, 2007-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Operations : Percent of Inventory :----------------------------------------------------------- Head : : : : : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Number ------ ------ Percent ----- : 1-99 : 52,445 50,680 0.9 0.9 100-499 : 7,079 6,740 2.7 2.5 500-999 : 3,620 3,490 3.7 3.5 1,000-1,999 : 4,048 3,950 8.2 8.0 2,000-4,999 : 5,397 5,370 24.4 24.0 5,000+ : 2,861 2,920 60.1 61.1 : Total : 75,450 73,150 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Based on Ownership, United States, 2007-2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Operations : Percent of Inventory :----------------------------------------------------------- Head : : : : : 2007 1/ : 2008 : 2007 1/ : 2008 : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Number ------ ------ Percent ----- : 1-99 : 52,370 50,610 1.0 1.0 100-499 : 6,140 5,870 2.6 2.4 500-999 : 2,470 2,380 2.6 2.4 1,000-1,999 : 2,210 2,160 4.6 4.5 2,000-4,999 : 2,380 2,350 10.8 10.7 5,000-9,999 : 735 705 7.7 7.4 10,000-19,999 : 370 365 7.5 7.4 20,000-49,999 : 185 185 8.5 8.5 50,000+ : 130 135 54.7 55.7 : Total : 66,990 64,760 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Sheep and Goat Operations: Number of Operations with Sheep or Goats, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : 2007 1/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Number : Sheep : 83,130 82,330 : Angora Goats : 7,190 6,500 Milk Goats : 27,400 29,000 Meat and Other Goats : 123,200 128,800 All Goats : 144,510 149,800 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Breeding Sheep: Survey Percent by Size Group, United States, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1-99 Head : 100-499 Head :500-4,999 Head : 5,000+ Head Item :----------------------------------------------------------------- :2007 2/: 2008 :2007 2/: 2008 :2007 2/: 2008 :2007 2/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operations : 92.5 92.5 6.1 6.2 1.3 1.2 0.1 0.1 : Inventory : 32.9 32.6 21.4 22.7 31.9 30.2 13.8 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Percents reflect distributions from annual survey. 2/ Revised. Number of Operations by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Cattle and Calves : Beef Cows 2/ : Milk Cows 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 24,000 22,000 160 AK : 130 100 30 AZ : 7,700 5,300 180 AR : 28,000 25,000 340 CA : 16,600 11,800 2,200 CO : 14,700 11,600 450 CT : 1,200 750 270 DE : 400 250 80 FL : 21,000 16,700 420 GA : 21,000 17,700 640 HI : 1,100 850 15 ID : 10,600 7,400 810 IL : 18,500 14,800 1,200 IN : 18,500 12,700 2,000 IA : 30,000 21,000 2,400 KS : 30,000 26,000 780 KY : 44,000 38,000 2,300 LA : 14,100 12,400 300 ME : 2,100 1,300 480 MD : 3,700 2,500 660 MA : 1,800 1,200 310 MI : 14,500 7,800 2,700 MN : 25,000 14,400 5,100 MS : 17,800 16,000 180 MO : 59,000 52,000 2,600 MT : 12,300 11,100 390 NE : 22,000 18,300 490 NV : 1,500 1,300 60 NH : 1,000 640 220 NJ : 1,400 930 150 NM : 9,500 8,200 270 NY : 13,600 6,800 5,700 NC : 19,200 15,000 460 ND : 10,500 9,700 400 OH : 26,000 17,400 3,700 OK : 55,000 47,000 980 OR : 16,100 12,900 600 PA : 26,000 12,300 8,300 RI : 280 230 40 SC : 8,800 8,200 110 SD : 15,700 13,800 660 TN : 47,000 42,000 1,200 TX : 152,000 132,000 1,300 UT : 7,600 5,600 450 VT : 2,500 1,000 1,200 VA : 26,000 22,000 1,200 WA : 12,700 10,100 820 WV : 12,800 10,700 370 WI : 35,000 14,800 14,200 WY : 5,600 4,800 120 : US : 965,510 766,350 69,995 : PR : 4,500 2,400 2,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Included in operations with cattle. Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-49 : 50-99 : 100-499 : 500-999 : 1000+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 18,200 3,100 2,400 230 70 AZ : 6,700 350 440 90 120 AR : 19,200 4,700 3,700 270 130 CA : 11,400 1,200 2,000 800 1,200 CO : 9,700 1,700 2,400 560 340 FL : 16,600 1,900 1,900 320 280 GA : 15,600 2,800 2,300 220 80 ID : 7,200 1,000 1,600 380 420 IL : 12,500 2,900 2,800 250 50 IN : 14,500 2,100 1,730 110 60 IA : 15,200 5,800 7,300 1,200 500 KS : 15,600 5,400 7,200 1,000 800 KY : 31,000 7,300 5,300 340 60 LA : 9,900 2,100 1,900 160 40 MD : 2,700 450 520 20 10 MI : 11,000 1,400 1,750 230 120 MN : 14,100 4,300 5,900 520 180 MS : 12,900 2,700 2,000 150 50 MO : 36,000 11,500 10,600 670 230 MT : 5,300 1,800 3,900 900 400 NE : 8,500 4,100 6,800 1,500 1,100 NM : 6,900 880 1,200 235 285 NY : 7,900 2,300 2,900 320 180 NC : 15,300 2,230 1,500 130 40 ND : 3,400 2,000 4,400 540 160 OH : 20,000 3,000 2,660 280 60 OK : 35,000 8,400 9,700 1,400 500 OR : 12,800 1,200 1,500 340 260 PA : 16,700 4,600 4,400 240 60 SD : 4,400 2,600 6,800 1,400 500 TN : 35,000 6,900 4,900 150 50 TX : 113,000 17,900 17,700 2,000 1,400 UT : 4,800 1,000 1,400 290 110 VT : 1,400 400 600 65 35 VA : 18,400 3,700 3,500 320 80 WA : 10,500 800 1,000 220 180 WI : 18,300 6,700 9,100 650 250 WY : 2,600 730 1,600 430 240 : Oth Sts2/ : 25,900 3,620 2,550 260 180 : US : 646,100 137,560 151,850 19,190 10,810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Individual State estimates not available for the 12 Other States. Cattle and Calves: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-49 : 50-99 : 100-499 : 500-999 : 1,000+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 26.0 18.0 37.0 10.0 9.0 AZ : 6.4 2.3 8.3 6.0 77.0 AR : 20.0 18.0 38.0 10.0 14.0 CA : 2.6 1.5 8.5 9.4 78.0 CO : 5.0 4.0 19.0 13.0 59.0 FL : 14.0 7.4 22.0 13.6 43.0 GA : 23.0 16.0 37.0 12.0 12.0 ID : 4.0 3.0 15.0 12.0 66.0 IL : 19.0 16.0 43.0 14.0 8.0 IN : 25.0 16.0 36.0 8.0 15.0 IA : 8.0 10.0 36.0 22.0 24.0 KS : 4.8 5.7 22.0 10.5 57.0 KY : 24.0 20.0 41.0 10.0 5.0 LA : 21.0 16.0 42.0 13.0 8.0 MD : 21.0 16.0 49.0 7.0 7.0 MI : 14.0 9.0 36.0 15.0 26.0 MN : 11.0 12.0 47.0 17.0 13.0 MS : 25.0 19.0 38.0 7.0 11.0 MO : 17.0 18.0 46.0 10.0 9.0 MT : 3.7 5.3 36.0 23.0 32.0 NE : 2.7 4.3 23.0 16.0 54.0 NM : 6.0 4.0 17.0 11.0 62.0 NY : 9.0 11.0 39.0 16.0 25.0 NC : 31.0 18.0 34.0 10.0 7.0 ND : 4.0 8.0 53.0 20.0 15.0 OH : 24.0 15.0 38.0 15.0 8.0 OK : 12.0 11.0 37.0 17.0 23.0 OR : 11.0 6.0 23.0 16.0 44.0 PA : 15.0 21.0 49.0 8.8 6.2 SD : 2.5 5.0 43.0 25.5 24.0 TN : 32.0 21.0 39.0 4.8 3.2 TX : 13.5 9.0 26.0 9.5 42.0 UT : 8.0 8.0 35.0 22.0 27.0 VT : 7.0 11.0 41.0 17.0 24.0 VA : 21.0 16.0 43.0 13.0 7.0 WA : 11.0 5.0 21.0 14.0 49.0 WI : 9.5 14.0 50.0 13.0 13.5 WY : 3.0 4.0 29.0 23.0 41.0 : Oth Sts2/ : 22.0 14.0 27.0 10.0 27.0 : US : 11.5 9.8 31.4 13.4 33.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Individual State estimates not available for the 12 Other States. Beef Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-49 : 50-99 : 100-499 : 500+ : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 18,200 2,300 1,450 50 AZ : 4,600 280 350 70 AR : 19,600 3,400 1,920 80 CA : 9,400 940 1,200 260 CO : 8,400 1,300 1,700 200 FL : 13,900 1,300 1,200 300 GA : 14,900 1,750 1,000 50 ID : 5,500 770 960 170 IL : 12,400 1,640 750 10 IN : 11,700 740 260 IA : 15,300 3,550 2,100 50 KS : 17,200 4,600 3,950 250 KY : 31,800 4,200 1,950 50 LA : 9,800 1,500 1,050 50 MN : 12,300 1,400 680 20 MS : 13,200 1,850 900 50 MO : 39,000 8,100 4,750 150 MT : 5,100 1,750 3,700 550 NE : 9,300 3,500 5,000 500 NM : 6,300 800 900 200 NC : 13,200 1,250 530 20 ND : 4,000 2,360 3,200 140 OH : 16,400 700 290 10 OK : 36,000 6,100 4,600 300 OR : 10,800 890 980 230 PA : 11,800 400 100 SD : 5,300 3,000 5,100 400 TN : 36,000 4,300 1,670 30 TX : 107,000 13,600 10,500 900 UT : 3,800 830 870 100 VA : 18,300 2,300 1,350 50 WA : 9,000 500 530 70 WY : 2,300 670 1,500 330 : Oth Sts3/ : 54,400 3,280 1,460 210 : US : 606,200 85,850 68,450 5,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Included in operations with cattle. Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for the 17 Other States. Beef Cows: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-49 : 50-99 : 100-499 : 500+ : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 40.0 21.0 34.0 5.0 AZ : 21.0 9.0 31.0 39.0 AR : 37.0 24.0 33.0 6.0 CA : 16.0 9.0 38.0 37.0 CO : 17.0 12.0 47.0 24.0 FL : 18.0 9.0 27.0 46.0 GA : 40.0 21.0 32.0 7.0 ID : 14.0 11.0 42.0 33.0 IL : 48.0 25.0 25.5 1.5 IN : 64.0 19.0 17.0 IA : 34.0 25.5 36.0 4.5 KS : 22.0 20.0 45.0 13.0 KY : 47.0 24.0 26.0 3.0 LA : 32.0 19.0 39.0 10.0 MN : 49.0 22.0 25.5 3.5 MS : 44.0 23.0 28.0 5.0 MO : 35.0 25.0 35.0 5.0 MT : 6.0 8.0 53.0 33.0 NE : 11.0 13.0 53.0 23.0 NM : 16.0 10.0 35.0 39.0 NC : 52.0 21.0 23.0 4.0 ND : 10.0 18.0 62.0 10.0 OH : 67.0 15.0 15.5 2.5 OK : 30.0 20.0 38.0 12.0 OR : 18.0 10.0 35.0 37.0 PA : 75.0 15.0 10.0 SD : 7.0 12.5 62.0 18.5 TN : 52.0 24.0 22.0 2.0 TX : 31.0 17.0 36.0 16.0 UT : 14.0 15.0 47.0 24.0 VA : 41.0 22.0 32.0 5.0 WA : 32.0 12.0 37.0 19.0 WY : 5.0 6.0 47.0 42.0 : Oth Sts3/ : 47.0 14.0 22.0 17.0 : US : 28.7 17.2 38.0 16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for the 17 Other States. Milk Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-29 : 30-49 : 50-99 : 100-199 : 200-499 : 500+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AZ : 100 5 5 70 CA : 490 50 110 450 1,100 CO : 300 20 15 20 35 60 FL : 290 10 10 35 75 GA : 370 20 35 120 65 30 ID : 230 50 100 90 110 230 IL : 370 160 360 215 80 15 IN : 970 330 390 200 75 35 IA : 720 450 710 350 120 50 KS : 380 100 160 85 30 25 KY : 1,300 360 370 220 43 7 MD : 150 110 210 130 50 10 MI : 970 370 500 480 265 115 MN : 900 1,100 1,950 780 280 90 MO : 1,550 300 460 240 40 10 NM : 120 4 6 140 NY : 1,250 1,100 1,900 870 370 210 NC : 205 20 80 92 50 13 OH : 1,200 880 990 430 150 50 OK : 650 50 130 110 30 10 OR : 330 20 40 80 80 50 PA : 1,700 2,300 3,000 980 250 70 SD : 220 110 160 90 45 35 TN : 700 90 190 160 50 10 TX : 720 20 70 150 140 200 UT : 190 20 50 90 60 40 VT : 230 200 400 200 120 50 VA : 440 100 250 300 95 15 WA : 360 20 70 100 130 140 WI : 2,100 3,500 5,800 1,700 820 280 : Oth Sts3/: 2,200 470 880 600 280 85 : US : 21,705 12,270 19,330 9,011 4,359 3,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Included in operations with cattle. Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for the 20 Other States. Milk Cows: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-29 : 30-49 : 50-99 : 100-199 : 200-499 : 500+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AZ : 0.1 0.3 1.3 98.3 CA : 0.1 0.2 0.8 7.9 91.0 CO : 1.0 0.6 0.8 2.3 9.8 85.5 FL : 0.6 0.7 1.1 9.6 88.0 GA : 2.5 1.2 3.3 22.0 25.0 46.0 ID : 0.2 0.3 1.3 2.3 6.4 89.5 IL : 3.5 6.5 25.0 28.0 24.0 13.0 IN : 5.3 7.7 16.0 16.0 12.0 43.0 IA : 4.0 8.0 22.0 21.0 15.0 30.0 KS : 2.1 3.3 9.9 9.6 7.1 68.0 KY : 9.0 15.0 27.0 31.0 12.0 6.0 MD : 2.3 7.7 25.0 31.0 21.0 13.0 MI : 2.5 4.0 9.5 19.0 22.0 43.0 MN : 3.0 9.0 29.0 22.0 17.0 20.0 MO : 10.0 10.0 29.0 27.0 10.0 14.0 NM : 0.1 0.2 0.7 99.0 NY : 2.0 7.0 20.0 19.0 18.0 34.0 NC : 2.0 2.0 13.0 26.0 28.0 29.0 OH : 5.0 12.0 27.0 20.0 16.0 20.0 OK : 5.0 3.0 13.0 22.0 13.0 44.0 OR : 0.8 0.7 2.5 11.0 22.0 63.0 PA : 3.0 16.0 35.0 23.0 13.0 10.0 SD : 2.2 4.8 13.0 12.0 16.0 52.0 TN : 5.3 5.7 22.0 36.0 22.0 9.0 TX : 0.5 0.2 1.1 5.2 11.0 82.0 UT : 0.8 0.7 4.5 15.0 21.0 58.0 VT : 2.0 6.0 19.0 19.0 22.0 32.0 VA : 2.5 3.5 18.0 39.0 26.0 11.0 WA : 0.6 0.3 2.1 6.0 16.0 75.0 WI : 3.0 11.0 29.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 : Oth Sts3/: 3.0 5.0 18.0 23.0 24.0 27.0 : US : 2.0 5.2 14.0 13.0 13.9 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for the 20 Other States. Milk Production: Percent of Production by Size Group, Selected States, and United States, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-29 : 30-49 : 50-99 : 100-199 : 200-499 : 500+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AZ : 0.2 1.3 98.5 CA : 0.1 0.2 0.5 7.2 92.0 CO : 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.9 9.4 87.0 FL : 0.4 0.6 0.8 8.2 90.0 GA : 1.7 1.1 3.2 20.0 24.0 50.0 ID : 0.1 0.2 0.9 1.7 5.6 91.5 IL : 2.6 5.9 23.0 28.0 24.5 16.0 IN : 3.7 6.3 14.0 15.0 12.0 49.0 IA : 3.1 6.4 19.0 20.5 16.0 35.0 KS : 1.3 2.5 8.2 9.0 7.0 72.0 KY : 7.0 13.0 25.0 32.0 13.0 10.0 MD : 1.5 6.5 23.0 31.0 22.0 16.0 MI : 1.5 3.0 8.0 17.5 22.0 48.0 MN : 2.3 7.7 28.0 23.0 18.0 21.0 MO : 7.0 9.0 27.0 28.0 12.0 17.0 NM : 0.1 0.2 0.7 99.0 NY : 1.5 5.5 16.0 18.0 19.0 40.0 NC : 1.0 1.0 11.0 23.0 27.0 37.0 OH : 3.0 9.0 25.0 20.0 18.0 25.0 OK : 3.0 2.0 10.0 19.0 12.0 54.0 OR : 0.5 0.5 2.0 10.0 22.0 65.0 PA : 2.0 14.0 35.0 23.0 14.0 12.0 SD : 1.5 3.5 11.0 11.0 16.0 57.0 TN : 3.5 4.5 22.0 37.0 23.0 10.0 TX : 0.2 0.1 0.7 4.5 10.5 84.0 UT : 0.4 0.4 3.2 13.0 21.0 62.0 VT : 1.4 4.6 16.0 18.0 23.0 37.0 VA : 2.0 3.0 16.0 39.0 27.0 13.0 WA : 0.4 0.2 1.6 4.8 16.0 77.0 WI : 2.0 9.0 27.0 18.0 20.0 24.0 : Oth Sts3/: 1.4 3.6 16.0 22.0 25.0 32.0 : US : 1.3 4.0 12.0 12.0 13.7 57.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for the 20 Other States. Livestock Operations: Number of Operations with Hogs, Sheep, Goats by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Hogs : Sheep : Angora : Milk :Meat & Other: All : : : Goats : Goats : Goats : Goats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 750 60 450 3,800 4,100 AK : 40 AZ : 380 5,000 1,500 270 1,700 3,400 AR : 1,100 480 2,600 2,800 CA : 1,400 4,100 260 1,400 4,000 5,000 CO : 1,200 1,600 180 780 2,200 2,700 CT : 240 DE : 80 FL : 1,900 50 780 3,600 4,100 GA : 1,100 110 450 4,000 4,300 HI : 230 280 330 ID : 660 1,200 60 380 1,100 1,300 IL : 2,900 1,900 50 620 2,000 2,500 IN : 3,400 2,000 60 1,000 2,700 3,400 IA : 8,300 3,500 80 650 1,800 2,300 KS : 1,500 1,200 50 480 1,700 2,000 KY : 1,500 1,400 130 750 4,800 5,300 LA : 720 170 1,500 1,600 ME : 440 MD : 410 800 60 280 980 1,200 MA : 450 MI : 2,700 2,300 150 1,100 2,400 3,000 MN : 4,400 2,500 100 620 1,600 2,000 MS : 680 40 250 1,600 1,800 MO : 3,000 2,200 100 950 3,800 4,500 MT : 490 1,500 90 240 510 730 NE : 2,200 1,300 50 260 930 1,100 NV : 90 250 270 320 N. ENG2/ : 3,000 270 1,200 1,900 2,900 NH : 270 NJ : 270 80 230 870 1,100 NM : 400 2,900 740 250 1,500 2,300 NY : 1,900 1,800 150 1,100 2,000 2,700 NC : 2,800 1,300 180 790 5,100 5,600 ND : 350 680 210 280 OH : 3,700 3,400 160 1,200 4,100 4,900 OK : 2,700 1,900 100 850 5,200 5,700 OR : 1,300 3,200 250 900 2,500 3,200 PA : 3,600 3,800 230 1,300 3,800 4,800 RI : 100 SC : 810 80 320 2,800 3,000 SD : 960 1,700 20 180 450 590 TN : 1,500 1,300 60 590 6,500 6,800 TX : 4,500 8,700 780 2,100 24,800 26,400 UT : 610 1,600 130 230 840 1,100 VT : 250 VA : 1,200 2,100 160 620 3,400 4,000 WA : 1,500 2,400 200 1,100 2,500 3,200 WV : 1,000 1,300 440 1,900 2,100 WI : 3,200 2,800 180 1,100 2,300 3,200 WY : 270 900 40 240 490 640 : Oth Sts3/: 5,600 200 300 170 220 : US : 75,450 83,130 7,190 27,400 123,200 144,510 : PR : 1,500 600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI and VT. 3/ Individual State estimates not available for States not shown, but are included in Other States. Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-99 : 100-499 : 500-999 :1,000-1,999 :2,000-4,999 : 5,000+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : 960 14 40 45 35 6 CO : 1,130 35 5 3 12 15 IL : 1,200 540 280 300 370 210 IN : 1,800 530 320 260 320 170 IA : 1,300 1,800 1,200 1,300 1,900 800 KS : 1,000 230 80 60 70 60 MI : 2,150 240 100 70 100 40 MN : 1,500 680 460 530 880 350 MO : 2,000 450 150 130 180 90 NE : 690 630 320 260 200 100 NC : 1,100 80 40 440 530 610 OH : 2,700 340 140 180 270 70 OK : 2,550 40 15 30 25 40 PA : 2,900 230 110 160 160 40 SD : 380 220 100 70 100 90 TX : 4,390 80 10 5 5 10 WI : 2,700 290 90 70 40 10 : Oth Sts2/: 21,995 650 160 135 200 150 : US : 52,445 7,079 3,620 4,048 5,397 2,861 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 Other States. Hogs and Pigs: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States and United States, 2007 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1-99 : 100-499 : 500-999 :1,000-1,999 :2,000-4,999 : 5,000+ : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head : Head ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 3.1 1.3 11.0 21.6 35.9 27.1 CO : 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 4.1 93.0 IL : 0.6 3.3 4.4 9.7 27.0 55.0 IN : 0.9 3.9 5.7 9.5 28.0 52.0 IA : 0.2 2.7 4.2 8.9 30.0 54.0 KS : 1.0 2.7 2.7 3.9 9.7 80.0 MI : 2.7 5.5 7.2 8.6 30.0 46.0 MN : 0.4 2.4 4.2 9.5 34.0 49.5 MO : 1.1 3.4 3.4 5.6 17.0 69.5 NE : 0.5 5.2 6.8 11.0 19.0 57.5 NC : 0.1 0.2 0.3 6.9 17.5 75.0 OH : 1.9 4.7 5.4 14.0 41.0 33.0 OK : 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.7 3.5 93.0 PA : 2.7 5.0 6.8 19.0 42.0 24.5 SD : 0.6 3.6 4.8 6.0 20.0 65.0 TX : 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 93.5 WI : 9.0 15.0 14.0 20.0 26.0 16.0 : Oth Sts2/: 5.2 3.6 2.9 4.5 17.0 66.8 : US : 0.9 2.7 3.7 8.2 24.4 60.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 Other States. Reliability of Farm Numbers and Land in Farms Data in this Report Survey Procedures: Data are collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) during the June Agricultural Survey using sampling procedures to ensure every farm and ranch has a chance of being selected. NASS uses a multiple sampling frame approach to count farms and measure land in farms. An Area Sampling Frame that divides all land into segments is built for every State. A sample of segments is selected in each State and enumerated in early June. Highly trained interviewers locate each sampled segment and identify every farm and ranch operating land in the segment and the number of acres in each operation. These data are used to compute summary indications of farm numbers and acres of land in farms. Additionally, all farms found in the segments are checked against a list of farms and ranches maintained by NASS to determine if the farm is on the list. Operations found in the Area Frame sample that are not on the list provide a measure of incompleteness of the list. The summarized totals for these non-overlap (or not-on-list) operations are combined with summarized totals collected from a sample selected from the list to calculate additional indications of farms and land in farms. Estimation Procedures: Data are checked for reasonableness and consistency and summarized for each state. State estimates are aggregated to regional and national totals for Headquarters review. Field Offices perform a thorough review of their survey results and historical data relationships and recommend official estimates. Headquarters establishes regional and national estimates and ensures that state estimates are in balance with the Regional and National numbers. Revision Policy: Estimates are subject to revision the following year and following review of the five-year Census of Agriculture. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data which directly affects the level of the estimate. Historical publication statistical bulletin, NASS- SB1018 (04), with revisions for 2003-2007 will be published February 27, 2009. Reliability: Two types of errors, sampling and nonsampling, are possible in an estimate based on a sample survey. Both types can affect the quality of the estimates. Sampling error occurs because a complete census is not taken. The sampling error measures the variation in estimates from the average of all possible samples. An estimate of 100 with a sampling error of 1 would mean that chances are 19 out of 20 that the estimates from all possible samples averaged together would be between 98 and 102; which is the survey estimate, plus or minus two times the sampling error. The sampling error expressed as a percent of the estimate is called the relative sampling error. The relative sampling error for the U.S. number of farms and land in farms is 1.3 and 1.8 percent respectively. The sampling error for total number of farms and total land in farms is less than the sampling error for each component of the total, such as number of farms by economic sales class. Relative sampling errors by economic sales class generally ranged from 1.9 to 2.4 percent for number of farms and 2.9 to 7.4 percent for land in farms at the U.S. level. Nonsampling errors can occur in complete censuses as well as sample surveys. They are caused by the inability to obtain correct information from each person surveyed, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, and mistakes in coding or processing the data. Special efforts are taken at each step of the survey to minimize nonsampling errors. Terms and Definitions A farm is "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year". Government payments are included in sales. Ranches, institutional farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms. Places with the entire acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), or other government programs are counted as farms. The definition of a farm was first established in 1850 and has changed nine times since. The current definition was first used for the 1974 Census. Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture, or grazing. Also included is woodland and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm operator's total operation. Land in farms includes acres in the Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve Programs, or other government programs. Land in farms includes land owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land used rent-free is included as land rented from others. All grazing land, except land used under government permits on a per-head basis, is included as land in farms provided it was part of a farm or ranch. Land under the exclusive use of a grazing association is reported by the grazing association and included as land in farms. All land in American Indian reservations used for growing crops or grazing livestock is included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported by individual American Indians or non-Native Americans is reported in the name of the cooperative group that used the land. In many instances, the entire American Indian reservation is reported as one farm. Economic sales classes are based on the gross value of agricultural products sold. Government program payments are also included. Point Farms are places that did not have $1,000 of reported sales for the year, but had sufficient crops and livestock to normally have sales of $1,000 or more. A cattle operation is any place having one or more head of cattle on hand on December 31. A beef cow operation is any place having one or more head of beef cows on hand on December 31. A milk cow operation is any place having one or more head of milk cows on hand on December 31. A hogs and pigs operation is any place having one or more hog or pig on hand on December 31. A sheep and lamb operation is any place having one or more head of sheep or lambs on hand on December 31. A goat and kid operation is any place having one or more head of goats or kids on hand on December 31. Farm Definition History: The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activities included as agriculture, however, have undergone modification in recent years. Beginning in 1995, operations having 5 or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural sales were counted as horse farms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified as a farm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in 1997 as a result of the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These changes were made to achieve comparability with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. All the changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back to 1993 and included in the 1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture data and the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, the official estimates show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in some states. To further align the counting of farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acres or more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and land in farm numbers. The handling of Indian reservation land was changed in 2002 to provide some accounting for individual farms. Farm Definition History: The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activities included as agriculture, however, have undergone modification in recent years. Beginning in 1995, operations having 5 or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural sales were counted as horse farms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified as a farm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in 1997 as a result of the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These changes were made to achieve comparability with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. All the changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back to 1993 and included in the 1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture data and the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, the official estimates show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in some states. To further align the counting of farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acres or more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and land in farm numbers. The handling of Indian reservation land was changed in 2002 to provide some accounting for individual farms. Minimum Criteria for "FARM" Definition, 1840 - Present and Enumeration of Apiaries and Fur Farms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Value of : Value of Sales : Required : Apiaries and Year : Acres in : Agricultural :of Agricultural : some : Fur Farms : Place : Products : Products : Agricultural: Enumerated : : (Produced) : : Operations : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : : : : 1974 - Present : -- : -- : $1,000 or more : -- : -- : : : : : 1959 : Less than 10 : -- : $250 or more : -- : -- : 10 or more : -- : $50 or more : -- : -- : : : : : 1954 : Less than 3 : -- : $150 or more : -- : -- : 3 or more : $150 or more : -- : -- : -- : : : : : 1950 : Less than 3 : -- : $150 or more : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : $150 or more : -- : -- : Fur Farms : : : : : 1935 - 1945 : Less than 3 : $250 or more : -- : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : Fur Farms : : : : : 1930 : Less than 3 : $250 or more : -- : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : -- : : : : : 1925 : Less than 3 : $250 or more : -- : -- : -- : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : -- : : : : : 1910 - 1925 : Less than 3 : $250 or more : -- : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : -- : : : : : 1900 : Less than 3 : -- : -- : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : -- : : : : : 1870 - 1890 : Less than 3 : -- : $500 or more : -- : Apiaries : 3 or more : -- : -- : X : -- : : : : : 1860 : -- : -- : -- : -- : -- : : : : : 1850 : -- : $100 or more : -- : -- : Apiaries : : : : : 1840 : -- : -- : -- : -- : -- : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historic Estimates: Final estimates of Farms and Land in Farms in earlier years are available in Statistical Bulletins, No. 991 for 1998-2002, No. 955 for 1993-97, No. 895 for 1988-92, No. 792 for 1979-87, SpSy3 for 1975-80, No. 594 for 1969-75, No. 507 for 1959-70, No. 316 for number of farm estimates for 1910-59 and land in farms estimates for 1950-59. Agricultural Census Publications: The U. S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released several products from the 2007 Census of Agriculture on February 4, 2009. The Census is the leading source of statistics about the Nation's agricultural production and the only source of consistent, comparable data at the county, State, and national levels. The Census includes all places from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products, including government payments, were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. Census publications also include demographic items such as sex of operator, residence on or off the farm, days worked off farm, years present on farm, age group categories, race, and number of persons living in each household. Special Note Regarding the 2007 Estimates Census: The Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations publication is produced annually. The purpose of this publication is to provide annual estimates of Farms, Land in Farms, and Operations with Livestock. It also provides revisions, as necessary, to previous year estimates. The Census of Agriculture, conducted every five years provides a base from which the annual surveys measure the change from that base. At the end of the next five year cycle, the annual estimates are revised based on inter-census trends. The 2007 Census of Agriculture showed a significant increase in the number of farms, and reversed the downward trend that was shown in the annual estimates of Farm Numbers since the 2002 Census of Agriculture. NASS believes that some of the increase is due to methodological changes that allowed NASS to more accurately count small farms in the 2007 Census. This is discussed in more detail below. Methodological Discussion: Each year NASS conducts the June Area Frame Survey (AFS) to provide an estimate of the number of farms and the land in farms. The exception is Alaska, which does not have an area frame and uses a list survey instead. The area frame is stratified by land use. A sample of approximately 11,000 segments of land (each approximately one square mile in size) is selected, and field enumerators visit each sampled segment to identify agricultural activity within the segment. The AFS is assumed to provide complete coverage of the universe of farm and ranch operations because the area-based frame covers all land in the U.S. In preparation for the census of agriculture, NASS builds the Census Mail List (CML) consisting of all known farms and potential farms. In addition, NASS uses the area frame sample to measure and account for the incompleteness of the CML in a dual-frame estimation procedure. This dual-frame estimation procedure assumes complete coverage of the universe of farm and ranch operations because the undercoverage of the CML is accounted for through the area frame sample. Results from the 2002 Census of Agriculture indicated undercoverage of farms in the lowest value of sales categories. This category includes a high concentration of disadvantaged and minority farm operators. In preparation for the 2007 Census, NASS exerted more extensive efforts than in previous censuses to build a comprehensive list. Additionally, NASS worked with several community based organizations and producer groups to enhance awareness, to increase response, and to improve coverage of these types of farms. This resulted in a 2007 CML with 3,194,373 records as compared with 2,841,788 in 2002. Additionally, NASS augmented the area frame sample with segments that were located in areas where small and minority operated farms were likely to be located. The 2007 Census of Agriculture produced a greater number of farms in the lowest value of sales categories. The extensive list building efforts and the augmentation of the area frame sample allowed NASS to capture more of the small farms with less than $10,000 in value of agricultural sales. Additionally, 2007 was a year of relatively high commodity prices. As the value of farm commodities increased, more very small operations are able to meet the $1,000 value of sales threshold to qualify as a farm in the census. After the 2007 Census of Agriculture NASS conducted a classification error research study for the census in five states. The study used data from the 2007 AFS and the 2007 census to examine whether there were farms incorrectly classified as nonfarms, and whether there were any nonfarms incorrectly classified as farms. Records in the 2007 AFS were matched to the 2007 census using probabilistic record linkage. Records whose farm status differed in the two data collections were interviewed to determine which data source was correct. Results of the study showed that where there were discrepancies in farm status between the two reports, the census data was more often correct than the AFS data. Some AFS farms had not been correctly classified by the enumeration and processing procedures. These results challenged the NASS assumption made for its annual estimates that all farms are captured using the AFS estimation procedures. This assumption had been made on the basis of the completeness of the frame, the high quality of the personal enumeration mode utilized for the data collection, and the extensive training of field enumerators collecting the data. However, the more extensive census procedures using dual-frame estimation produced a larger farm count than the AFS estimation. This result and the results of the research study provided evidence that the AFS procedure is underestimating the number of farms. Because the AFS estimate is the major indicator for producing annual farm number estimates, it is likely these farms were also underestimated in the non census years. The 2008 and the revised 2007 farm number estimates reflect adjustments in the number of farms based on estimates produced by the 2007 Census of Agriculture. NASS has launched a research initiative to address the methodological issues discussed above. Information Contacts Questions about the data in this report should be directed to the commodity specialists listed below. Farm Numbers and Land in Farms Kevin Barnes, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch..........(202) 720-6146 Kevin Hintzman, Head, Economics Section.........................................(202) 720-6146 Scott Shimmin- Farm Numbers and Land in Farms...........................(202) 690-3231 Livestock Operations Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch...........................................(202) 720-3570 Scott Hollis, Head, Livestock Section....................................(202) 720-3570 Nick Streff - Hogs and Pigs..............................................(202) 720-3106 Jim Collom - Dairy Products..............................................(202) 690-3236 Joe Gaynor - Dairy Products Prices.......................................(202) 690-2168 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows..............................(202) 720-3278 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter..................................(515) 284-4340 Everett Olbert - Sheep & Lambs, Goats & Kids.............................(202) 720-4751 Jason Hardegree - Cattle, Cattle on Feed.................................(202) 720-3040 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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