Penny Composition Change to Steel Pennies. 1  Steel Pennies Penny Legislation Change Say, Goodbye! to the Zinc Penny. 2  Copper Nickels Nickels. 3  Coin Modernization Act 2010 Reports 2012 A friendly reminder that the Coin Modernization Act 2010 is to report its findings mid-December 2012.
Kentucky has 38,000 cattle farms (2009) with the average herd size of 27 head and the majority being family-owned. The state is home to over 2.15 million cattle (2012) making it the fourteenth largest cattle state.
You are absolutely right; the data has many problems, which is why I suggested there is no definitive answer. Mainly, the data includes a very large number of small operations. So when you average a large number of small herds with a relatively small number of large herds, you get an average number (32) that doesn't mean much. The drought definitely had an impact on cattle inventory, but the same number from the 2007 Census data is still only about 40 head per operation.