Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
250 
168 
Land in farms acres 
(D) 
(D) 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
113 
71 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
33 
21 
1 0 to 49 acres 
83 
52 
50 to 1 79 acres 
32 
27 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12 
7 
1 80 to 499 acres 
13 
9 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
9 
9 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
4 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
15 
11 
Owned land in farms farms 
223 
157 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15 
4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
47 
26 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
51 
49 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
203 
142 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
20 
15 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
(D) 
2,051 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
239 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
27 
11 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
23 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
210 
138 
Total farms 
250 
168 
Partnerships 
12 
13 
$1,000 
8,006 
5,130 
Corporations 
19 
14 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
9 
3 
sold farms 
250 
168 
$1,000 
7,523 
(D) 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
131 
84 
and greenhouse crops farms 
151 
90 
2 operators 
101 
73 
$1,000 
6,697 
4,251 
3 operators 
10 
6 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
6 
3 
their products farms 
108 
76 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
$1,000 
827 
(D) 
Government payments farms 
62 
12 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
483 
(D) 
1 operator 
222 
151 
2 operators 
24 
12 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
4 
4 
4 operators 
- 
1 
Less than $1 ,000 
44 
31 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
41 
27 
$2,500 to $4,999 
35 
22 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
25 
22 
Internet access 
225 
139 
$10,000 to $24,999 
62 
27 
Dial-up service 
15 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
20 
14 
DSL service 
131 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
23 
25 
Cable modem service 
20 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
17 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
36 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
4 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
8 
5 
Programs payments farms 
4 
5 
acres 
954 
794 
$1,000 
51 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
61 
9 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
431 
(D) 
1 household 
220 
144 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
26 
20 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
3 
4 
4 households 
- 
- 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
1 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
36 
16 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
3 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
78 
54 
Less than 25 percent 
181 
113 
25 to 49 percent 
24 
13 
Other crop farming (1119) 
33 
21 
50 to 74 percent 
18 
16 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
12 
17 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
15 
9 
38 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
