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Farms, Land in Farms,and Livestock Operations2004 Summary

January 2005

Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations 2004 Summary Agricultural Statistics BoardJanuary 2005 1 NASS, USDA

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National Summaries

Number of Farms and Land in Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Livestock Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Livestock Operations

Cattle and Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Beef Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Milk Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Milk Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Hogs and Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Sheep and Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Farm Definition History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38


Number of Farms and Land in Farms 2004 Summary

The number of farms in the United States in 2004 is estimated at 2.11 million, 0.6 percent fewerthan in 2003. Total land in farms, at 936.6 million acres, decreased 2.25 million acres, or0.2 percent, from 2003. The average farm size was 443 acres in 2004, an increase of 2 acres fromthe previous year. The decline in the number of farms and land in farms reflects a continuingconsolidation in farming operations and transfers of agricultural land to competing uses.

Farm numbers declined in the 2 smallest economic sales classes and rose in the 3 largest economicsales classes. Part of the reduction in the small economic sales classes was due to normal attrition,mostly retirements. In addition, some operations transferred to larger economic sales classes byenterprise expansion. However, the majority of the changes in the economic sales classes were dueto rising incomes. Many operations near the top of their economic sales class in 2003, moved intothe next larger economic sales class in 2004.

As a result, the largest percent changes from 2003 occurred in the smallest and largest economicsales classes. Farm numbers declined 1.6 percent, to 1.18 million farms, in the $1,000-$9,999 economic sales class. Meanwhile, farm numbers increased 4.7 percent, to 76,740 farms, inthe $500,000 or more economic sales class. The number of farms with at least $10,000 in sales rose0.6 percent from 2003 and the number of farms with at least $100,000 in sales rose 2.0 percent.

Land in farms also shifted from lower economic sales classes to higher economic sales classes. Inthe $1,000-$9,999 economic sales class, land in farms dropped 3.1 percent, to 120.8 million acres. Land operated by farms in the largest economic sales class, $500,000 or more in sales, increased3.1 percent, to 203.8 million acres.

The average farm size decreased in each economic sales class even though the National averageincreased. The largest operations in each economic sales class for 2003 became the smallestoperations in the next higher economic sales class for 2004. The combination of losing the largeroperations and gaining smaller operations drove the average farm size down in each economic salesclass.

Estimates of farm numbers and land in farms for Puerto Rico were added to the tables in this report.


Livestock Operations 2004 Summary

The number of operations with cattle totaled 989,460 during 2004, down 2 percent from 2003and 5 percent below 2002. Beef cow operations in 2004 were down 2 percent from 2003 and4 percent below 2002. Milk cow operations were 6 percent below last year and 11 percent belowtwo years ago.

The three operation classes: cattle, beef cows, and milk cows, are classified into size groupsindependently. Therefore, it is possible to have more beef cow operations in a particular size groupthan cattle operations. As an example, an operator with 75 cattle and 40 beef cows would beclassified in the 50-99 size group for cattle and 1-49 size group for beef cows.

The number of operations with hogs totaled 69,420 during 2004, down 6 percent from 2003 and9 percent from 2002. Places with 2,000 or more head accounted for 79 percent of the inventory.

The number of operations with sheep totaled 67,160 during 2004, down 1 percent from both2003 and 2002. Of all sheep operations that include breeding sheep, 92.0 percent were comprisedof 1-99 head, 6.5 percent had 100-499 head, and the remaining 1.5 percent were operations with500 head or more. Operations with 1-99 head account for 30.3 percent of the inventory, 100-499 head account for 22.0 percent of the inventory, and 500+ head account for 47.7 percent of theinventory.

This report contains the first annual estimates of Puerto Rico livestock operations. These estimatesinclude the number of operations for sheep and lambs, hogs and pigs, all cattle and calves, beefcows, and milk cows, and can be found within the respective commodity tables.





Point Farms; United States, 1999-2004 1

YearPercent of Total

Farms Land

1999 15.5 2.0

2000 15.0 2.0

2001 16.0 2.0

2002 18.0 3.0

2003 19.0 3.0

2004 17.0 2.5 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.


Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size:United States, 1994-2004 1

Year Numberof Farms

Landin Farms

AverageFarm Size

Number 1,000 Acres Acres

19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004

2,197,6902,196,4002,190,5002,190,5102,192,3302,187,2802,166,7802,148,6302,135,3602,126,8602,113,470

965,935962,515958,675956,010952,080948,460945,080942,070940,300938,650936,600

440438438436434434436438440441443

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.

Percent of Farms and Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: By Economic SalesClass, United States, 2003-2004

EconomicSalesClass

Percent of Total Average Farm Size(Acres)Farms Land in Farms

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

$1,000 - $2,499 $2,500 - $4,999 $5,000 - $9,999 $10,000 - $24,999 $25,000 - $49,999 $50,000 - $99,999$100,000 - $249,999$250,000 - $499,999$500,000 - $999,999$1,000,000 +

Total

27.015.214.011.4

8.68.37.94.12.11.4

100.0

26.715.214.011.5

8.68.37.94.22.11.5

100.0

4.34.04.97.59.8

11.520.916.010.510.6

100.0

4.14.04.87.49.7

11.420.716.210.511.2

100.0

70116154290503612

1,1681,7222,2073,342

441

68117152285500609

1,1551,7012,2053,292

443


Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm SizeBy State and United States, 2003-2004

StateNumber of Farms Land in Farms Average Farm Size

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres Acres Acres

ALAKAZ 1

ARCACOCTDEFLGAHIIDILINIAKSKYLAMEMDMAMIMNMSMOMTNENVNHNJNM 1

NYNCNDOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVTVAWAWVWIWY

US

Puerto Rico

45,000610

10,30047,50078,50031,4004,2002,300

44,00049,3005,500

25,00073,00059,50090,00064,50087,00027,2007,200

12,1006,100

53,30080,00042,800

106,00028,00048,5003,0003,4009,900

17,50037,00053,50030,30077,60083,50040,00058,200

85024,40031,60087,000

229,00015,3006,500

47,50035,50020,80076,5009,200

2,126,860

13,600

44,000620

10,20047,50077,00030,900

4,2002,300

43,00049,000

5,50025,00073,00059,30089,70064,50085,00027,200

7,20012,100

6,10053,20079,80042,200

106,00028,00048,300

3,0003,4009,900

17,50036,00052,00030,30077,30083,50040,00058,200

85024,40031,60085,000

229,00015,300

6,40047,50035,00020,80076,500

9,200

2,113,470

13,400

8,900900

26,50014,40027,10031,000

360530

10,20010,8001,300

11,80027,50015,04031,70047,20013,8007,8501,3702,060

52010,09027,70011,11030,10060,10045,9006,300

450820

44,7007,6509,100

39,40014,60033,70017,2007,700

604,850

43,80011,600

130,50011,6001,2508,600

15,3003,600

15,60034,440

938,650

610

8,700900

26,40014,40026,70030,900

360530

10,10010,700

1,30011,80027,50015,00031,70047,20013,800

7,8501,3702,050

52010,10027,60011,05030,10060,10045,900

6,300450820

44,7007,6009,000

39,40014,60033,70017,200

7,70060

4,85043,80011,600

130,00011,600

1,2508,600

15,2003,600

15,50034,440

936,600

590

1981,4752,573

30334598786

23023221923647237725335273215928919017085

189346260284

2,146946

2,10013283

2,554207170

1,30018840443013271

1991,386

133570758192181431173204

3,743

441

45

1981,4522,588

303347

1,00086

230235218236472377253353732162289190169

85190346262284

2,146950

2,100132

832,554

211173

1,300189404430132

71199

1,386136568758195181434173203

3,743

443

44 1 Includes accounting for individual farms on reservation land.


Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State,Region, and United States, 2003-2004

Stateand

Region

Economic Sales Class

$1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000-$249,999

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Number Number Number Number

Northeast CT 2

ME 2 MA 2

NH 2

NJ 2

NY PA RI 2 VT 2

Other States 1

Total

North Central IL IN IA KS MI MN MO NE ND OH SD WI Total

South AL AR DE 2

FL GA KY LA MD 2 MS NC OK SC TN TX VA WV 2 Other States 3

Total

West AK 2

AZ 2 5 CA CO HI 2

ID MT NV 2

NM 5

OR UT WA WY 2

Other States 4

Total

US

Puerto Rico

2,8505,1003,8502,5006,900

19,50034,400

4904,050

79,640

27,00031,00027,80028,20031,70035,20059,60013,100

8,80044,900

8,80037,000

353,100

31,00026,500

95027,60032,20056,50017,100

7,70030,30033,50052,00018,40065,500

157,00031,20017,200

604,650

3307,300

33,10017,700

3,10014,90011,900

1,65012,00026,800

9,70019,700

3,700

161,880

1,199,270

9,100

2,8505,1003,8502,5006,900

18,40034,300

4903,950

78,340

26,60030,70027,40028,00031,40034,80058,90012,400

8,70044,000

8,60036,500

348,000

30,00026,400

95026,80031,60054,50017,000

7,60029,70032,10051,50018,30063,500

156,50031,00017,200

594,650

3207,100

32,50017,400

3,10014,60011,800

1,65011,80026,700

9,70019,300

3,600

159,570

1,180,560

8,900

11,20014,500

7,81033,510

24,60018,00033,80024,80015,10025,50036,10019,00012,00023,40012,70021,500

266,500

9,30011,700

11,00010,80025,000

6,400

8,10011,50024,900

4,30017,50056,00012,400

5,820214,720

25,5009,700

6,00010,600

3,9508,9004,1008,900

8,16085,810

600,540

3,500

11,40014,600

7,76033,760

24,50017,80033,60024,80015,00025,50036,30018,40011,80023,70012,60021,500

265,500

9,20011,700

10,70011,00024,800

6,400

8,00011,30025,200

4,30017,50056,50012,400

5,700214,700

24,7009,600

6,20010,500

4,0009,0004,0508,800

8,36085,210

599,170

3,500

3,7006,200

2,39012,290

11,0005,600

15,2006,7003,200

10,0006,1009,1005,5005,6006,200

12,10096,300

1,3003,200

2,3002,0003,2001,600

1,5002,5003,800

6001,9508,0001,750

1,20034,900

7,4002,100

1,9003,700

7502,000

7503,000

2,13023,730

167,220

500

3,3006,200

2,38011,880

11,0005,700

15,2006,7003,1009,9006,3009,5005,4005,6006,200

12,10096,700

1,4003,200

2,4001,9003,3001,650

1,6002,6003,900

6501,9508,0001,800

1,27035,620

7,4002,000

1,9003,700

8302,000

7503,000

2,15023,730

167,930

500

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Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State,Region, and United States, 2003-2004 (continued)

Stateand

Region


$250,000-$499,999 $500,000 & Over Total

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Number Number Number

Northeast CT 2

ME 2 MA 2

NH 2

NJ 2

NY PA RI 2 VT 2

Other States 1

Total


South AL AR DE 2


Total

West AK 2

AZ 2 5 CA CO HI 2

ID MT NV 2

NM 5

OR UT WA WY 2

Other States 4

Total

US

Puerto Rico

1,5002,000

1,1804,680

7,3002,9008,2002,8001,8005,4002,5004,3002,6002,4002,6003,900

46,700

1,4003,200

1,2001,8001,3001,000

1,0002,5001,600

4001,2004,5001,100

1,06023,260

4,200900

9001,200

3501,200

4001,800

96011,910

86,550

300

1,6002,000

1,2404,840

7,5003,0008,3002,9001,9005,6002,6004,7002,7002,5002,7004,100

48,500

1,4003,300

1,2001,8001,4001,000

1,0002,5001,600

4001,2004,4001,200

1,13023,530

4,100900

1,0001,400

3801,200

4501,800

97012,200

89,070

300

1,1001,100

1,0303,230

3,1002,0005,0002,0001,5003,9001,7003,0001,4001,3001,3002,000

28,200

2,0002,900

1,9002,5001,0001,100

1,9003,5001,200

700850

3,5001,050

1,27025,370

8,3001,000

1,300600

4501,100

3502,100

1,28016,480

73,280

200

1,3001,100

1,0303,430

3,4002,1005,2002,1001,8004,0001,9003,3001,7001,5001,5002,300

30,800

2,0002,900

1,9002,7001,0001,150

1,9003,5001,300

750850

3,6001,100

1,35026,000

8,3001,000

1,300600

4901,100

3502,100

1,27016,510

76,740

200

4,2007,2006,1003,4009,900

37,00058,200

8506,500

133,350

73,00059,50090,00064,50053,30080,000

106,00048,50030,30077,60031,60076,500

790,800

45,00047,500

2,30044,00049,30087,00027,20012,10042,80053,50083,50024,40087,000

229,00047,50020,800

902,900

61010,30078,50031,400

5,50025,00028,000

3,00017,50040,00015,30035,500

9,200

299,810

2,126,860

13,600

4,2007,2006,1003,4009,900

36,00058,200

8506,400

132,250

73,00059,30089,70064,50053,20079,800

106,00048,30030,30077,30031,60076,500

789,500

44,00047,500

2,30043,00049,00085,00027,20012,10042,20052,00083,50024,40085,000

229,00047,50020,800

894,500

62010,20077,00030,900

5,50025,00028,000

3,00017,50040,00015,30035,000

9,200

297,220

2,113,470

13,400 1 CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2 Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3 DE, MD, and WV. 4 AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5 Includes accounting for individual farms on reservation land.


Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State,Region, and United States, 2003-2004

Stateand

Region


$1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000-$249,999

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres

Northeast CT 2

ME 2 MA 2

NH 2

NJ 2

NY PA RI 2 VT 2

Other States 1

Total


South AL AR DE 2


Total

West AK 2

AZ 2 5 CA CO HI 2

ID MT NV 2

NM 5

OR UT WA WY 2

Other States 4

Total

US

Puerto Rico

140540220240220

1,7802,300

30390

5,860

1,8001,6201,7503,4002,0003,0707,2001,6003,0002,8003,5003,000

34,740

3,3002,850

501,6503,7004,6001,450

5003,7502,3006,0001,9504,700

21,0002,8002,100

62,700

360620

2,2803,100

801,1404,300

1302,4001,700

9001,1003,360

21,470

124,770

150

140540220240220

1,7502,300

30390

5,830

1,7001,5501,6503,3001,9003,0006,9001,5002,9002,6003,3002,900

33,200

3,0502,800

501,6003,5504,5001,400

4803,7002,2005,7001,9204,650

20,7002,7502,070

61,120

350600

2,1003,100

801,1204,200

1302,2001,600

8001,0503,360

20,690

120,840

140

2,2502,200

1,1055,555

5,5803,3107,500

15,5002,6006,850

10,70010,70011,200

4,50011,400

4,10093,940

3,0003,500

2,3002,8005,1002,050

2,6702,000

13,7001,3803,600

46,5003,100

1,68093,380

6,22010,500

3,08017,800

12,4004,5002,4502,700

17,53077,180

270,055

240

2,1002,200

1,1055,405

5,1003,2007,300

15,5002,6006,600

10,70010,10010,700

4,50011,000

3,90091,200

3,0003,500

2,2002,8005,1002,050

2,6001,950

13,7001,3803,600

46,4003,050

1,65092,980

6,10010,300

3,10017,700

12,5004,6002,5002,650

17,46076,910

266,495

230

1,4001,700

6753,775

7,0803,2608,450

12,3001,6505,9205,100

12,60011,500

3,10013,600

3,40087,960

8001,600

1,2501,1001,6001,400

9601,0506,400

450950

23,5001,100

54042,700

4,1607,000

2,37018,800

10,1003,7001,5503,200

10,74061,620

196,055

70

1,3001,700

6753,675

6,9003,2008,350

12,0001,6005,8005,100

12,40011,300

3,10013,600

3,40086,750

8001,600

1,3001,0001,6001,400

9901,1006,600

450950

23,6001,100

56043,050

4,1006,900

2,37017,900

10,0003,7001,5503,200

10,72060,440

193,915

70

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Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State,Region, and United States, 2003-2004 (continued)

Stateand

Region


$250,000-$499,999 $500,000 & Over Total

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres 1,000 Acres

Northeast CT 2

ME 2 MA 2

NH 2

NJ 2

NY PA RI 2 VT 2

Other States 1

Total


South AL AR DE 2


Total

West AK 2

AZ 2 5 CA CO HI 2

ID MT NV 2

NM 5

OR UT WA WY 2

Other States 4

Total

US

Puerto Rico

870800

4652,135

7,0003,2107,6008,0001,5905,4103,900

10,0007,9002,4508,6002,600

68,260

7002,250

8501,1001,0801,200

9301,2503,800

400950

16,500720

50032,230

3,1404,500

1,58010,400

7,5003,4004,5502,600

9,84047,510

150,135

60

900800

4652,165

7,0003,2007,6008,0001,6005,4003,900

10,1008,0002,5008,6002,600

68,500

7002,250

8501,1501,1501,250

9401,2503,800

400950

16,100780

53032,100

3,1004,600

1,58011,400

7,7003,4004,6002,600

9,81048,790

151,555

60

1,350700

8052,855

6,0403,6406,4008,0002,2506,4503,200

11,0005,8001,7506,7002,500

63,730

1,1004,200

4,1502,1001,4201,750

2,8002,5003,800

6701,400

23,000880

82050,590

11,3005,900

3,6308,800

12,3003,9002,1505,700

26,78080,460

197,635

90

1,550700

8053,055

6,8003,8506,8008,4002,4006,8003,500

11,8006,5001,9007,3002,700

68,750

1,1504,250

4,1502,2001,4501,750

2,8202,5003,900

7001,450

23,200920

84051,280

11,3006,000

3,6308,900

12,3003,9002,1505,700

26,83080,710

203,795

90

3601,370

520450820

7,6507,700

601,250

20,180

27,50015,04031,70047,20010,09027,70030,10045,90039,40014,60043,80015,600

348,630

8,90014,400

53010,20010,80013,800

7,8502,060

11,1109,100

33,7004,850

11,600130,500

8,6003,600

281,600

90026,50027,10031,000

1,30011,80060,100

6,30044,70017,20011,60015,30034,440

288,240

938,650

610

3601,370

520450820

7,6007,700

601,250

20,130

27,50015,00031,70047,20010,10027,60030,10045,90039,40014,60043,80015,500

348,400

8,70014,400

53010,10010,70013,800

7,8502,050

11,0509,000

33,7004,850

11,600130,000

8,6003,600

280,530

90026,40026,70030,900

1,30011,80060,100

6,30044,70017,20011,60015,20034,440

287,540

936,600

590 1 CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, and VT. 2 Estimates not available for all sales classes. 3 DE, MD, and WV. 4 AK, AZ, HI, NV, and WY. 5 Includes accounting for individual farms on reservation land.


Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventoryby Size Group, United States, 2003-2004 1

HeadOperations Percent of Inventory

2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Percent Percent

Cattle and Calves 2

1-49 50-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000-4,999 5,000-9,999 10,000-19,999 20,000+

Total

Beef Cows 3

1-49 50-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000-4,999 5,000+

Total

633,200170,370182,240

17,9706,3002,600

520210160

1,013,570

620,05096,25570,4254,040

960270

50

792,050

618,750163,750178,530

18,4456,3002,700

580225180

989,460

601,65095,65072,020

4,03095028050

774,630

11.812.035.912.37.87.53.62.76.4

100.0

29.119.037.57.83.42.01.2

100.0

11.311.635.412.7

7.87.73.92.96.7

100.0

28.119.138.3

7.83.42.11.2

100.0 1 Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year but are based primarily on beginning-of-

year and mid-year surveys. 2 An operation is any place having one or more head of cattle on hand at any time during the year. 3 An operation is any place having one or more head of beef cows on hand at any time during the year.


Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by Stateand United States, 2003-2004 1

StateOperations With Cattle and Calves

2003 2004

Number Number

ALAKAZARCACOCTDEFLGAHIIDILINIAKSKYLAMEMDMAMIMNMSMOMTNENVNHNJNMNYNCNDOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVTVAWAWVWIWY

US

PR

26,000120

2,80030,00018,00013,800

1,100430

19,00022,000

75011,00020,00019,00033,00033,00046,00015,000

1,8004,1001,200

14,50028,00021,00065,00013,00025,000

1,600850

1,5008,100

15,50023,00012,40028,00058,00016,00028,000

22010,20018,00051,000

151,0007,0002,700

26,00013,00013,00038,000

5,900

1,013,570

4,100

25,000120

2,70030,00017,00013,000

1,000420

18,90022,000

80010,60020,00019,00032,00033,00045,00014,500

1,7004,0001,100

14,50027,00020,00063,00012,70024,000

1,600800

1,5007,700

15,30022,00011,80027,00056,00015,50028,000

22010,00017,50049,000

150,0007,0002,500

25,00012,70012,50037,000

5,800

989,460

4,100 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of cattle on hand at any time during the year.


Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by Size Group,Selected States, and United States, 2003-2004 1

State

Operations Having

1-49 Head 50-99 Head 100-499 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004


ALAZARCACOFLGAIDILINIAKSKYLAMDMIMNMSMOMTNENMNYNCNDOHOKORPASDTNTXUTVTVAWAWIWY

Oth Sts 2

US

17,0001,600

19,50011,400

7,90014,10014,500

6,30012,40014,20015,40015,20031,00011,000

2,80010,00014,50014,20040,000

5,7009,1004,8008,200

18,5003,500

22,00035,00011,80016,900

4,40038,000

106,0003,9001,200

16,60010,30015,700

2,400

26,200

633,200

16,6001,550

19,50010,800

7,80014,00014,300

6,10012,90014,40014,80015,20030,00010,500

2,70010,20014,30013,60039,000

5,5009,0004,6008,100

17,6003,400

21,00032,00011,70017,200

4,70036,000

105,0003,9001,100

16,10010,10015,800

2,300

25,400

618,750

5,400370

5,7001,6001,9002,2004,3001,5003,9002,8006,7006,7008,5001,800

5402,0506,0003,800

13,0001,9005,000

9803,0002,7002,8003,100

10,5001,5006,6003,0007,700

22,0001,100

6105,0001,0209,600

500

3,000

170,370

4,900350

5,7001,4001,7002,2004,2001,4003,6002,9006,5006,3508,5001,800

5501,7005,6003,600

12,2001,8504,7001,0002,9002,5002,5503,000

10,5001,4006,3002,6007,700

22,0001,100

5504,500

9209,000

600

2,930

163,750

3,300580

4,5002,8003,0002,1002,9002,4003,4801,8909,8009,4006,2002,000

7202,2007,0002,820

11,1004,3008,6001,6503,9001,6905,5002,690

11,0002,0004,3209,0005,100

19,2001,600

8004,1501,300

11,9002,300

3,050

182,240

3,200550

4,5002,5002,6002,1003,2002,3003,2801,6009,6009,7006,1002,000

7102,3006,6002,600

11,0004,2008,0001,5003,9001,7805,2002,790

11,8001,7504,3008,5005,100

19,2001,600

7604,1001,300

11,4002,000

2,910

178,530

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued


Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 (continued)

State

Operations Having

500-999 Head 1,000+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Number Number


Oth Sts 2

US

240120230

1,00060030024044017080

7901,070

24016030

170360130750730

1,35034027080

500170950450140

1,150165

2,40028065

200230630400

350

17,970

240110230

1,000550300240420170

70780

1,100340160

30210360150650820

1,400310260

90550170

1,100390155

1,200165

2,400270

65240230620550

350

18,445

6013070

1,20040030060

3605030

31063060401080

14050

15037095033013030

10040

55025040

45035

1,4001202550

150170300

170

9,790

60140

701,300

350300

60380

5030

320650

60401090

14050

150330900290140

30100

40600260

45500

351,400

1302560

150180350

170

9,985 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of cattle on hand at any time during the year. 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, 2003-2004 1

State

Inventory on Operations Having

1-49 Head 50-99 Head 100-499 Head 500-999 Head 1,000+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent


Oth Sts 2

US

24.02.5

21.02.74.9

11.517.05.0

19.029.08.05.2

24.524.014.015.013.021.018.04.23.25.0

11.032.04.7

27.013.010.017.02.7

31.014.08.07.0

19.012.08.53.2

21.0

11.8

23.02.4

21.02.55.0

11.515.5

4.520.028.0

8.04.9

23.021.016.014.013.023.018.0

4.13.25.0

10.031.0

4.525.012.0

9.516.0

2.531.013.0

7.06.0

19.011.0

8.52.4

20.0

11.3

24.02.5

21.02.34.98.5

21.55.0

19.522.013.07.3

23.014.015.014.017.023.020.05.85.84.5

15.020.69.6

18.013.07.0

27.05.8

23.011.09.0

16.020.56.0

17.02.6

12.0

12.0

22.02.4

21.02.05.08.5

21.04.5

19.024.013.06.6

22.014.015.011.017.024.020.05.95.34.5

15.020.09.5

17.013.06.5

26.05.0

23.011.09.0

14.018.05.5

17.02.6

12.0

11.6

37.013.043.013.023.025.042.024.047.037.051.030.043.043.053.044.051.041.046.040.029.021.046.036.060.040.039.028.046.051.039.026.038.051.047.024.055.039.0

32.0

35.9

39.012.043.011.523.025.045.023.046.035.050.030.044.046.052.045.051.037.046.039.027.020.545.037.057.043.040.025.047.051.039.027.039.050.046.024.554.029.0

32.0

35.4

9.510.0

8.514.015.212.012.015.0

8.06.0

14.011.5

6.011.5

8.512.0

9.57.5

10.820.015.014.512.0

6.417.0

9.311.020.0

5.820.5

4.811.022.014.0

8.214.012.020.0

13.0

12.3

9.59.28.5

14.015.012.011.014.08.56.0

14.011.58.0

11.58.0

13.010.08.5

10.023.015.514.012.07.0

19.09.2

12.017.06.4

21.54.8

11.020.016.010.514.012.025.0

13.0

12.7

5.572.0

6.568.052.043.0

7.551.0

6.56.0

14.046.0

3.57.59.5

15.09.57.55.2

30.047.055.016.0

5.08.75.7

24.035.0

4.220.0

2.238.023.012.0

5.344.0

7.535.2

22.0

28.0

6.574.0

6.570.052.043.0

7.554.0

6.57.0

15.047.0

3.07.59.0

17.09.07.56.0

28.049.056.018.0

5.010.0

5.823.042.0

4.620.0

2.238.025.014.0

6.545.0

8.541.0

23.0


year and mid-year surveys. 2 Individual State estimates not available for the 12 other States.


Beef Cows: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 1

StateOperations With Beef Cows 2

2003 2004

Number Number


US

PR

24,00090

2,00027,00012,00010,400

750230

15,80020,000

6507,500

14,50012,00025,00028,00039,00012,800

1,1002,700

7507,500

15,30019,00056,00011,80021,000

1,300520700

6,4006,400

20,00011,00016,00050,00012,30011,800

1609,200

15,50045,000

132,0005,2001,100

23,0009,200

11,00012,500

4,900

792,050

2,700

23,00090

1,90027,00011,500

9,800700230

15,60020,000

6507,300

15,00012,00025,00028,00038,00012,400

1,0002,600

7007,300

15,20018,20054,00011,50020,000

1,300500700

6,2006,600

19,00010,50015,40048,00011,80011,600

1609,000

15,50043,000

131,0005,2001,000

22,0009,100

10,90012,700

4,800

774,630

2,700 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of beef cows on hand at any time during the year. 2 Included in operations with cattle.


Beef Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 2

State

Operations Having

1-49 Head 50-99 Head 100-499 Head 500+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number

ALAZARCACOFLGAIDILINIAKSKYLAMNMSMOMTNENMNCNDOHOKORPASDTNTXUTVAWAWY

Oth Sts 3

US

19,0001,350

21,5009,3006,700

12,70016,300

5,10012,30011,00018,00018,50032,90010,40012,90015,30044,000

5,40011,800

4,40018,000

4,60014,90038,500

9,90011,200

6,30039,500

104,0003,400

19,0008,1002,000

51,800

620,050

18,0001,250

21,5009,0006,600

12,50016,100

5,00012,70011,00018,30018,10031,200

9,90012,70014,70041,000

5,20010,900

4,20017,100

4,30014,40036,000

9,50011,000

6,00037,500

103,0003,400

18,0008,0002,300

51,300

601,650

3,240200

3,630810

1,6701,4002,200

9301,600

8004,6005,3004,1701,3001,6502,7008,2002,0503,900

8201,3852,920

8007,200

950470

3,4904,100

15,600750

2,800520900

3,200

96,255

3,230210

3,630700

1,4001,4002,400

9101,620

8004,3005,4004,5001,4001,7002,5608,3002,0003,800

8301,2502,810

7507,200

850470

3,5604,100

15,800750

2,700520700

3,100

95,650

1,700380

1,8201,6001,8001,4201,4601,300

590200

2,3604,0201,9001,050

730960

3,7003,9004,8001,000

6003,400

2904,1001,200

1305,3001,375

11,500950

1,170530

1,700

1,490

70,425

1,700380

1,8201,5001,6001,4201,4601,200

670200

2,3504,3402,2601,050

780900

4,6003,8004,8001,000

6353,300

2404,6001,200

1305,5001,375

11,400950

1,260530

1,500

1,570

72,020

607050

29023028040

17010

4018030502040

100450500180158010

200250

41025

9001003050

300

160

5,320

706050

30020028040

19010

5016040502040

100500500170159010

200250

44025

8001004050

300

160

5,310 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of beef cows on hand at any time during the year. 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, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 2

State


1-49 Head 50-99 Head 100-499 Head 500+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

ALAZARCACOFLGAIDILINIAKSKYLAMNMSMOMTNENMNCNDOHOKORPASDTNTXUTVAWAWY

Oth Sts 3

US

39.010.040.012.213.017.539.013.053.065.033.023.549.035.046.040.041.0

7.013.011.055.012.062.033.018.067.0

8.554.030.015.042.030.0

5.0

47.0

29.1

39.012.040.012.015.017.036.013.051.066.032.021.542.032.543.540.037.0

6.512.012.055.511.064.030.016.069.0

8.054.030.015.040.030.0

4.5

47.0

28.1

25.58.0

25.06.8

17.09.5

21.012.025.022.031.523.024.318.026.027.026.0

9.014.013.021.521.019.023.010.020.014.025.018.014.026.013.0

9.0

17.0

19.0

25.08.0

25.06.0

16.09.0

23.012.024.022.030.024.025.719.027.027.026.0

9.514.013.020.020.018.022.0

9.019.014.025.020.014.025.013.0

6.5

16.0

19.1

30.038.031.046.046.027.036.047.020.013.033.045.025.038.524.528.029.056.049.045.021.061.016.536.039.013.060.019.436.049.028.539.050.0

21.0

37.5

30.040.031.045.047.028.037.046.023.012.035.047.030.041.026.028.033.054.050.044.022.062.015.539.039.012.060.019.436.047.030.039.047.0

22.0

38.3

5.544.04.0

35.024.046.04.0

28.02.0

2.58.51.78.53.55.04.0

28.024.031.02.56.02.58.0

33.0

17.51.6

16.022.03.5

18.036.0

15.0

14.4

6.040.04.0

37.022.046.04.0

29.02.0

3.07.52.37.53.55.04.0

30.024.031.02.57.02.59.0

36.0

18.01.6

14.024.05.0

18.042.0

15.0


year and mid-year surveys. 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, Percent of Inventory and Percentof Milk Production by Size Group, United States, 2003-2004 1

HeadOperations Percent of

InventoryPercent ofProduction

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Percent Percent Percent Percent

1-2930-4950-99100-199200-499500-9991,000-1,9992,000+

Total

25,04516,80525,80010,9804,7651,700

815450

86,360

23,72015,52524,05510,445

4,6851,700

815495

81,440

2.36.9

18.815.715.412.612.016.3

100.0

2.16.6

17.815.115.312.812.018.3

100.0

1.55.7

16.514.816.213.813.418.1

100.0

1.45.4

15.514.316.014.113.320.0

100.0 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of milk cows, excluding cows used to nurse calves, on hand at any time during the

year. Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year but are based primarily onbeginning-of-year and mid-year surveys.


Milk Cows: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 1

StateOperations With Milk Cows 2

2003 2004

Number Number


US

PR

20030

240450

2,40070028010051064030

9001,6002,4003,0001,0002,500

450510850300

3,0006,600

4403,100

600900120230170450

7,100820650

4,7001,500

8009,600

30210

1,1001,3001,800

6401,4001,500

850500

16,900260

86,360

1,600

19030

230400

2,300670250

90500630

30900

1,5002,3002,600

9502,300

420500850270

2,9006,100

3902,800

600830120210160450

6,900800600

4,5001,400

7809,100

30200

1,0001,2001,700

6001,3001,400

820480

15,900260

81,440

1,600 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of milk cows, excluding cows used to nurse calves, on hand at any time during the

year. 2 Included in operations with cattle.


Milk Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 2

State

Operations Having

1-29 Head 30-49 Head 50-99 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004


AZCACOFLGAIDILINIAKSKYMDMIMNMONMNYNCOHOKORPASDTNTXUTVTVAWAWI

Oth Sts 3

US

120320530310290200400

1,100720520

1,100160

1,000750

1,400280

1,400450

2,1001,000

4002,000

400500900255180530230

2,500

3,000

25,045

120320500310290200400

1,100550500

1,000170950670

1,300270

1,400450

2,000900380

1,900350480880240160500230

2,300

2,900

23,720

7010101570

300450720105440130450

2,200475

1,30035

8606530

3,000190145

7025

270150

304,500

690

16,805

6010102070

265440600100420140440

2,000400

1,30030

8007030

2,8001701357025

23014030

4,100

620

15,525

1080251575

180550535980220640290700

2,700790

52,700

1201,100

21075

3,300300340170100540400100

7,100

1,450

25,800

80251580

180500480905180570280660

2,500700

52,600

1201,000

21580

3,10027030015090

51037090

6,700

1,300

24,055



Milk Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 2 (continued)

State

Operations Having

100-199 Head 200-499 Head 500+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 3

US

10210

3030

150130270240450110265210550660380

51,100

140470165150980150230250135250320160

1,900

880

10,980

10180

3025

130120250200410115250200540640330

51,000

130525150145980145200210120240290155

1,900

820

10,445

10620

505080

1406550

100255050

220230

5015

43065

14050

100280

4075

24080

13090

190700

350

4,765

10560455080

1407050

110355550

2252306515

43060

14050

1002704575

21080

12590

180700

340

4,685

901,100

559530

18015253020

5108060

514517010301045402010

170453010

140200

90

2,965

901,100

609030

19015302520

5108560

515517010351545502010

180453510

135200

80

3,010 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of milk cows, excluding cows used to nurse calves, on hand at any time during the

year. 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, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1

State


1-29 Head 30-49 Head 50-99 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent


Oth Sts 2

US

0.20.11.30.30.80.33.07.54.01.58.01.53.53.05.50.22.03.09.04.01.04.04.52.01.11.02.03.50.23.0

3.0

2.3

0.20.11.10.81.10.33.07.53.01.58.02.03.03.05.00.22.03.58.04.01.03.03.01.51.11.02.02.50.23.0

3.0

2.1

0.20.40.20.70.79.0

12.012.0

3.514.0

6.05.5

18.013.0

7.52.0

13.03.01.0

20.08.56.00.91.07.04.50.5

13.0

5.5

6.9

0.10.40.30.90.68.5

12.011.03.5

14.07.05.5

17.012.0

7.52.0

12.03.51.0

19.58.06.00.91.06.05.00.5

12.5

5.5

6.6

0.40.31.80.86.53.2

32.024.031.014.537.026.516.037.035.00.1

27.515.529.018.04.5

36.024.027.04.08.0

25.026.02.8

36.0

23.0

18.8

0.32.00.97.02.9

30.021.530.012.035.026.015.036.034.00.1

27.016.026.018.55.0

35.522.026.03.57.5

24.026.52.3

35.0

22.0

17.8



Milk Cows: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 (continued)

State


100-199 Head 200-499 Head 500+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 2

US

0.71.94.02.7

25.04.3

31.021.527.013.028.035.025.017.031.0

0.222.032.023.026.017.021.522.535.011.520.022.038.010.019.0

26.0

15.7

0.71.54.02.5

23.03.7

30.018.527.013.528.034.024.517.029.0

0.220.533.026.025.017.022.022.534.0

9.518.522.037.010.019.5

26.0

15.1

2.212.517.012.027.011.016.0

9.013.0

6.510.517.021.014.5

9.51.5

18.530.016.018.025.513.014.023.022.525.025.022.025.016.0

21.5

15.4

2.111.015.512.526.010.517.59.5

15.08.5

12.517.021.015.013.51.5

19.029.016.017.025.013.016.525.020.026.025.023.024.016.5

22.5

15.3

96.585.075.584.040.080.59.0

26.013.061.02.5

14.029.010.56.0

98.022.517.510.031.051.05.5

26.57.0

60.045.019.06.0

61.513.0

21.0

40.9

97.087.077.083.042.082.011.031.014.061.02.5

14.031.012.06.5

98.024.016.512.032.051.07.0

28.07.5

65.046.021.06.0

63.013.5

21.0


year and mid-year surveys. Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2 Individual State estimates not available for the 20 other States.


Milk Production: Percent of Production by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 1 2

State

Production on Operations Having

1-29 Head 30-49 Head 50-99 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 3

US

0.10.10.50.20.50.22.56.03.01.07.01.02.52.53.00.11.50.56.02.00.52.53.51.50.30.51.02.00.12.5

1.5

1.5

0.10.10.50.20.50.22.56.02.01.06.01.52.02.53.00.11.50.55.02.00.52.53.01.00.40.51.02.00.12.5

2.0

1.4

0.10.50.20.50.48.0

10.010.0

2.512.0

5.04.5

16.012.0

5.51.5

11.02.00.5

18.57.05.00.71.06.03.50.4

12.0

4.5

5.7

0.10.50.20.50.47.5

10.010.02.5

14.05.54.5

15.011.0

5.51.5

10.02.50.5

16.07.05.00.61.05.03.50.4

11.5

5.0

5.4

0.20.31.50.66.02.3

28.021.029.013.036.025.013.036.034.00.1

25.014.027.016.04.0

36.022.026.04.06.5

22.024.02.5

34.0

21.0

16.5

0.31.50.66.02.2

28.019.028.010.534.025.013.035.033.00.1

24.014.024.016.04.0

34.020.025.03.06.5

21.024.52.0

33.0

19.0

15.5



Milk Production: Percent of Production by Size Group, SelectedStates, and United States, 2003-2004 (continued) 1 2

State

Production on Operations Having

100-199 Head 200-499 Head 500+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 3

US

0.42.03.52.5

25.03.6

32.521.027.012.030.035.024.018.033.0

0.421.531.024.022.015.522.022.036.011.018.022.040.0

9.019.0

25.0

14.8

0.41.53.52.5

22.03.2

30.018.027.012.029.035.023.018.030.0

0.420.033.027.023.016.024.022.035.0

8.016.022.038.0

8.519.5

24.0

14.3

2.313.516.011.527.010.018.010.014.0

6.512.018.522.016.010.0

1.420.031.019.018.026.014.015.524.021.025.027.023.524.017.5

24.0

16.2

2.012.014.011.526.010.019.010.016.09.0

14.017.522.516.515.01.4

20.030.018.016.025.014.518.026.020.026.027.025.024.018.0

26.0

16.0

97.084.078.085.041.083.511.032.017.065.03.0

15.534.011.58.0

98.026.522.013.040.053.57.0

30.07.5

63.049.022.07.0

64.015.0

24.0

45.3

97.586.080.085.045.084.013.037.017.065.03.0

15.535.013.08.0

98.029.021.016.040.554.09.0

30.08.0

68.050.024.07.0

65.015.5

24.0

47.4 1 Percents reflect average distributions of various surveys conduted during the year. 2 Missing data combined with other size groups to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3 Individual State estimates not available for the 20 other States.


Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations with Hogs,by State and United States, 2003-2004 1

StateOperation With Hogs

2003 2004

Number Number


US

PR

50050

18080090080015070

1,4001,100

210650

3,6003,3009,9001,6001,000

650350370250

2,2005,7001,1002,700

5003,000

110220300350

1,3002,800

4504,2002,5001,1003,500

60900

1,5001,5004,000

500250800900900

2,400150

73,720

1,300

50050

180800900750150

701,4001,000

250650

3,4003,2009,2001,5001,000

650350360230

2,1005,0001,0002,200

5002,600

110220300350

1,1002,600

4204,0002,5001,2003,400

60900

1,4001,4003,900

500220700900800

2,300150

69,420

1,300 1 An operation is any place having one or more hog or pig on hand at any time during the year. Totals may not add due to rounding.


Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations by Size Group, SelectedStates, Region, and United States, 2003-2004 1

State

Operations Having

1-99 Head 100-499 Head 500-999 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004


ARCOILINIAKSMIMNMONENCOHOKPASDTXWI

Oth Sts 2

US

630730

1,1001,5001,5001,0001,5001,8001,600

9501,1902,8002,2002,600

5503,8001,610

17,430

44,490

630685

1,1001,4501,300

9401,5001,3001,100

8001,0002,7002,2002,500

5503,7201,570

16,970

42,015

4030

900690

2,800270380

1,400450

1,05095

700110400450155510

1,100

11,530

4028

780680

2,600250270

1,30048085090

600120380410140450

900

10,368

5510

550400

1,80011080

90025040075

25050

19022012

150

185

5,687

5510

470400

1,60010090

78020038070

26050

17017010

150

190

5,155

State

Operations Having

1,000-1,999 Head 2,000-4,999 Head 5,000+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 2

US

418

500300

1,800100100620

95320180250

50130125

880

170

4,877

384

450250

1,6009090

60085

290170240

50140115

780

160

4,459

288

400300

1,50075

100710210190650170

50145

905

40

200

4,871

3111

470310

1,60075

11073023019065017050

17090

540

200

5,132

614

1501105004540

2709590

610304035652010

135

2,265

612

1301105004540

29010590

620303040651810

150

2,291 1 An operation is any place having one or more hog or pig on hand at any time during the year. 2 Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.


Hogs and Pigs: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, SelectedStates, Region, and United States, 2003-2004 1

State


1-99 Head 100-499 Head 500-999 Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 2

US

3.20.81.01.50.31.51.51.01.51.00.24.01.03.01.53.68.0

5.0

1.0

2.80.71.01.50.31.02.00.51.10.70.14.01.02.51.03.77.0

5.0

1.0

2.80.86.06.05.02.56.54.03.5

10.00.2

11.01.07.58.53.0

20.0

6.0

4.5

2.70.76.05.54.52.55.04.53.97.50.2

11.01.07.57.52.3

19.0

5.0

4.0

13.00.89.08.58.04.06.09.06.09.00.6

12.01.5

11.011.00.7

18.0

3.5

6.5

13.00.88.09.07.03.57.08.05.08.80.6

12.01.5

10.09.00.6

19.0

3.5

6.0

State


1,000-1,999 Head 2,000-4,999 Head 5,000+ Head

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004



Oth Sts 2

US

16.51.4

17.013.014.7

9.013.011.0

4.514.0

2.722.0

2.515.510.0

0.919.0

5.5

11.0

15.50.7

16.012.013.7

8.013.010.0

4.013.0

2.624.0

2.515.010.0

0.819.0

5.5

10.0

25.04.2

31.030.029.014.036.030.022.519.020.130.0

5.038.020.0

1.821.0

16.0

24.0

26.54.1

36.032.031.513.037.031.023.519.021.532.05.0

38.021.01.6

21.0

17.0

26.0

39.592.036.041.043.069.037.045.062.047.076.221.089.025.049.090.014.0

64.0

53.0

39.593.033.040.043.072.036.046.062.551.075.017.089.027.051.591.015.0

64.0

53.0 1 Percents reflect average distributions based primarily on mid-year surveys. 2 Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.


Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Group,Based on Ownership, United States, 2003-2004 1

HeadOperations Percent of Inventory

2003 2004 2003 2004

Number Number Percent Percent

1-99100-499500-9991,000-1,9992,000-4,9995,000-9,99910,000-19,99920,000-49,99950,000+

Total

44,30510,9504,3202,6001,900

645290130110

65,250

41,9009,8003,8302,3001,850

620290130110

60,830

1.04.55.57.5

10.07.57.07.0

50.0

1.04.04.56.09.57.07.07.0

54.0

1 Own one or more hog or pig at any time during the year.


Sheep and Lambs: Number of Operations by Stateand United States, 2003-2004 1

StateOperations with Sheep

2003 2004

Number Number

AZCACOIDILINIAKSKYMDMIMNMOMTNENVN ENG 2

NMNYNCNDOHOKORPASDTNTXUTVAWAWVWIWY

Oth Sts 3

US

PR

2702,7001,7001,3002,0001,9004,4001,4001,200

7002,1002,7001,8001,9001,500

3002,000

8001,700

800850

3,3001,9003,0003,2002,1001,3007,0001,4001,6001,4001,1002,400

900

3,100

67,720

700

2602,6001,6001,3001,9002,0004,2001,4001,100

7502,0002,6001,9001,8001,500

3002,000

8001,800

800750

3,1001,9003,1003,1002,1001,2007,2001,4001,5001,5001,1002,400

900

3,300

67,160

700 1 An operation is any place having one or more head of sheep or lambs at any time during the year. 2 N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3 Other States include AL, AK, AR, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NJ, and SC.

Breeding Sheep: Survey Percent by Size Group, United States, 2004-2005 1

Item1-99 Head 100-499 Head 500-4,999 Head 5,000+ Head

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Operations

Inventory

92.2

31.7

92.0

30.3

6.3

22.0

6.5

22.0

1.4

33.0

1.4

33.5

0.1

13.3

0.1

14.2 1 Percents reflect distributions from annual survey.


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 hasa chance of being selected. NASS uses a multiple frame approach to measuring farms and land infarms. An area sampling frame is built for every state that divides all land into segments. A sampleof segments, designed for the state, is selected and enumerated in early June. Highly trainedinterviewers locate each sampled segment and identify every farm and ranch operating land in thesegment and the number of acres in each operation. These data are used to compute estimates offarm numbers and land in farms. Additionally, all farms found in the segments are checked againsta list of farms and ranches maintained by NASS to determine if the farm is on the list. Operationsnot on the list provide a measure of incompleteness of the list. These data are combined with datacollected from a sample selected from the list to calculate estimates of farms and land in farms.

Estimation Procedures: Data are checked for reasonableness and consistency and summarized foreach state. State estimates are aggregated to regional and national totals for Headquarters review. State Statistical Offices perform a thorough review of their survey results and historical datarelationships and recommend official estimates. Headquarters establishes regional and nationalestimates 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 thefive-year Census of Agriculture. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data whichdirectly affects the level of the estimate. Historical publication statistical bulletin, NASS-SB991(04), with revisions for 1998-2002 was published February 27, 2004.

Reliability: Two types of errors, sampling and nonsampling, are possible in an estimate based on asample survey. Both types affect the "precision" of the estimates.

Sampling error occurs because a complete census is not taken. The sampling error measures thevariation in estimates from the average of all possible samples. An estimate of 100 with a samplingerror of 1 would mean that chances are 19 out of 20 that the estimates from all possible samplesaveraged together would be between 98 and 102; which is the survey estimate, plus or minus twotimes the sampling error. The sampling error expressed as a percent of the estimate is called therelative sampling error. The relative sampling error for the U.S. number of farms and land in farmsis just above 1.5 percent. The sampling error for total number of farms and total land in farms isless than the sampling error for each component of the total, such as number of farms by economicsales class. Relative sampling errors by economic sales class generally ranged from 1.9 to 3.0percent for number of farms and 2.9 to 13.2 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 bythe inability to obtain correct information from each person surveyed, differences in interpretingquestions or definitions, and mistakes in coding or processing the data. Special efforts are taken ateach 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 includedas 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 currentdefinition was first used for the 1974 census.

Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture, or grazing. Also included iswoodland and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, provided itwas part of the farm operator’s total operation. Land in farms includes acres in the ConservationReserve, Wetlands Reserve Programs, or other government programs.

Land in farms includes land owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land used rentfree is included as land rented from others. All grazing land, except land used under governmentpermits 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 andincluded as land in farms. All land in American Indian reservations used for growing crops orgrazing livestock is included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported by individualAmerican Indians or non-Native Americans is reported in the name of the cooperative group thatused 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. Governmentprogram payments are also included.

Point Farms are places that did not have $1000 of reported sales for the year, but had sufficientcrops and livestock to normally have sales of $1000 or more.


Farm Definition History: The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activitiesincluded 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 horsefarms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified as afarm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in1997 as a result of the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Thesechanges were made to achieve comparability with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. Allthe changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back to 1993 and included in the1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture dataand the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, theofficial estimates show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in somestates. To further align the counting of farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acresor more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and land in farm numbers. The handling ofIndian 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

Year Acres inPlace

Value ofAgricultural

Products(Produced)

Value of Sales ofAgricultural

Products

Requiredsome

AgriculturalOperations

Apiaries andFur Farms

Enumerated

1974 - Present - - - - $1,000 or more - - - -

1959 Less than 1010 or more

- - - -

$250 or more$50 or more

- -- -

- -- -


- -$150 or more

$150 or more- -

- -- -

- -- -


- -$150 or more

$150 or more- -

- -- -

ApiariesFur Farms

1935 - 1945 Less than 33 or more

$250 or more- -

- -- -

- -X

ApiariesFur Farms


$250 or more- -

- -- -

- -X

Apiaries- -


$250 or more- -

- -- -

- -X

- -- -


$250 or more- -

- -- -

- -X

Apiaries- -


- -- -

- -- -

- -X

Apiaries- -


- -- -

$500 or more- -

- -X

Apiaries- -

1860 - - - - - - - - - -

1850 - - $100 or more - - - - Apiaries

1840 - - - - - - - - - -


IndexPage

Average Farm Size, By State, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Beef Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . 20Beef Cows: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Beef Cows: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . 21Breeding Sheep: Survey Percent by Size Group, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States,

United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Cattle and Calves: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States,

United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory

by Size Group, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Change in Number of Farms from 2003, By State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Farm Definition History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations and Percent of Inventory by Size Group,

Based on Ownership, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States, Region,

and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations with Hogs, by State and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . 30Hogs and Pigs: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States, Region,

and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Land in Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and U.S., 2003 -2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13Livestock Operations 2004 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Milk Cows: Number of Operations by Size Group, Selected States,

United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25Milk Cows: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Milk Cows: Number of Operations, Percent of Inventory and Percent of Milk Production

by Size Group, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Milk Cows: Percent of Inventory by Size Group, Selected States, United States, 2003-2004 . . 26-27Milk Production: Percent of Production by Size Group, Selected States,

and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29Number of Farms: Economic Sales Class by State, Region, and U.S., 2003 -2004 . . . . . . . . . . 10-11Number of Farms and Average Farm Size: U.S., 1980 - 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Number of Farms and Land in Farms: Percent of Total by Region, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Number of Farms and Land in Farms 2004 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: By State and U.S., 2003 - 2004 . . . . . . . 9Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: U.S., 1994 - 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Percent of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size: By Economic Sales Class, U.S.,

2003 -2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Point Farms; U.S., 1999 - 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Reliability of Farm Numbers and Land in Farms Data in This Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sheep and Lambs: Number of Operations by State and United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36U.S. Average Farm Size by Sales Class, 2003 - 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5U.S. Number of Farms and Land in Farms: Percent of Total, by Sales Class, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6U.S. Number of Farms by Sales Class, 2003 - 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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