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Table 16. Profile of potential CAFOs, derived from the 1997 Census of Agriculture *
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1,000 EPA animal units |
750 EPA animal units |
500 EPA animal units |
300 EPA animal units |
| Amount |
Percent of total for farms with confined livestock types |
Amount |
Percent of total for farms with confined livestock types |
Amount |
Percent of total for farms with confined livestock types |
Amount |
Percent of total for farms with confined livestock types |
| Number of farms |
11,398 |
4.8% |
16,897 |
7.1% |
27,012 |
11.4% |
44,366 |
18.7% |
|---|
|
| Percent that primarily produce crops |
0.2% |
|
0.2% |
|
0.3% |
|
0.6% |
|
| Percent that primarily produce livestock |
94.0% |
|
92.8% |
|
90.4% |
|
85.8% |
|
|---|
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| Number of farms by dominant livestock type: |
|
| Fattened cattle |
1,766 |
9.9% |
2,181 |
12.3% |
2,982 |
16.8% |
4,448 |
25.0% |
| Milk cows |
1,450 |
1.5% |
2,053 |
2.2% |
3,425 |
3.6% |
7,230 |
7.6% |
| Swine |
3,924 |
7.6% |
5,431 |
10.5% |
8,271 |
16.0% |
13,825 |
26.7% |
| Farrow-finish** |
1,791 |
|
2,547 |
|
4,123 |
|
7,513 |
|
| Grow-finish** |
1,985 |
|
2,672 |
|
3,829 |
|
5,774 |
|
| Farrow** |
148 |
|
212 |
|
319 |
|
538 |
|
| Turkeys |
388 |
11.7% |
650 |
19.6% |
1,128 |
34.1% |
2,003 |
60.5% |
| Broilers |
2,945 |
16.6% |
5,325 |
30.0% |
9,268 |
52.1% |
13,694 |
77.0% |
| Layers |
546 |
11.1% |
713 |
14.5% |
987 |
20.1% |
1,420 |
28.9% |
| Pullets |
125 |
8.2% |
196 |
12.8% |
368 |
24.0% |
711 |
46.4% |
| Veal |
12 |
7.1% |
17 |
10.1% |
34 |
20.2% |
69 |
41.1% |
| Confined heifers |
242 |
6.3% |
331 |
8.6% |
549 |
14.3% |
966 |
25.1% |
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| Total agricultural sales ($) |
41,612,719,837 |
46.1% |
46,803,407,925 |
51.9% |
53,990,058,155 |
59.8% |
62,247,146,870 |
69.0% |
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| Sales per farm |
3,650,879 |
|
2,769,924 |
|
1,998,743 |
|
1,403,037 |
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| Livestock sales ($) |
40,421,733,048 |
51.0% |
45,253,604,870 |
57.1% |
51,772,600,059 |
65.3% |
58,823,823,880 |
74.2% |
|---|
| Sales per farm: |
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| Mean |
3,546,388 |
|
2,678,204 |
|
1,916,652 |
|
1,325,876 |
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| 25th percentile |
1,059,606 |
|
828,000 |
|
586,300 |
|
373,287 |
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| 50th percentile (median) |
1,510,469 |
|
1,174,898 |
|
875,000 |
|
607,611 |
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| 75th percentile |
2,614,725 |
|
1,992,600 |
|
1,436,984 |
|
1,031,801 |
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| 90th percentile |
5,500,000 |
|
3,980,800 |
|
2,769,867 |
|
1,946,800 |
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| 95th percentile |
10,983,000 |
|
7,247,832 |
|
4,821,400 |
|
3,240,000 |
|
| Dollar value for sale of: |
|
|---|
| Cattle other than fattened cattle |
1,023,604,897 |
24.9% |
1,174,737,740 |
28.6% |
1,474,731,105 |
35.9% |
1,877,369,257 |
45.8% |
| Fattened cattle |
17,122,605,326 |
84.7% |
17,444,953,032 |
86.3% |
17,887,949,434 |
88.5% |
18,427,802,297 |
91.1% |
| Dairy products |
4,817,922,724 |
25.4% |
5,642,639,401 |
29.7% |
6,976,059,340 |
36.7% |
9,040,243,783 |
47.6% |
| Hogs and pigs |
7,676,788,204 |
55.8% |
8,532,027,550 |
62.0% |
9,654,521,867 |
70.2% |
11,007,852,819 |
80.0% |
| Chicken and turkey products |
9,752,180,693 |
44.3% |
12,428,137,586 |
56.5% |
15,734,928,147 |
71.5% |
18,410,985,099 |
83.7% |
| Specialty livestock products |
6,003,016 |
21.4% |
6,380,368 |
22.8% |
14,524,533 |
51.9% |
16,734,000 |
59.8% |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros, donkeys |
1,282,479 |
4.3% |
2,513,185 |
8.4% |
3,580,675 |
12.0% |
5,257,772 |
17.6% |
| Sheep and goat products |
21,345,709 |
24.2% |
22,216,008 |
25.1% |
26,304,958 |
29.8% |
37,578,853 |
42.5% |
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| Animal units: |
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| Fattened cattle |
8,054,276 |
84.6% |
8,201,598 |
86.2% |
8,406,448 |
88.3% |
8,657,463 |
91.0% |
| Beef cows |
580,686 |
12.7% |
729,383 |
16.0% |
1,004,344 |
22.0% |
1,394,393 |
30.5% |
| Other beef cattle |
3,238,360 |
54.0% |
3,401,121 |
56.7% |
3,681,519 |
61.4% |
4,053,264 |
67.6% |
| Milk cows |
2,798,343 |
22.8% |
3,286,626 |
26.8% |
4,074,118 |
33.2% |
5,359,939 |
43.7% |
| Other dairy cattle |
562,326 |
20.1% |
659,076 |
23.5% |
826,967 |
29.5% |
1,109,515 |
39.6% |
| Hogs and pigs |
4,559,021 |
53.7% |
5,062,908 |
59.6% |
5,747,293 |
67.7% |
6,610,933 |
77.9% |
| Chickens |
2,032,327 |
50.7% |
2,531,669 |
63.1% |
3,128,935 |
78.0% |
3,595,434 |
89.6% |
| Turkeys |
962,703 |
45.7% |
1,194,667 |
56.8% |
1,502,895 |
71.4% |
1,864,350 |
88.6% |
| All types |
22,788,043 |
45.8% |
25,067,048 |
50.4% |
28,372,518 |
57.0% |
32,645,291 |
65.6% |
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| End-of-year inventory: |
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| Sheep and goats |
69,723 |
8.9% |
79,542 |
10.2% |
116,138 |
14.9% |
175,755 |
22.5% |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros, donkeys |
10,866 |
5.6% |
14,244 |
7.3% |
20,889 |
10.7% |
31,604 |
16.2% |
* Information in the Census of Agriculture is not adequate to precisely identify a farm as a CAFO. Potential CAFOs were estimated based on the livestock type and the estimated number of animals on the farm.
** Farrowing farms were swine farms with hogs for breeding comprising more than 75 percent of the swine animal units. Grow-finish farms were swine farms with hogs for slaughter comprising more than 75 percent of the swine animal units. Remaining swine farms were classified as farrow-finish farms.
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