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 
5,485 
6,331 
Land in farms acres 
791,545 
930,658 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
384 
536 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,257 
1,503 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,823 
2,308 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,137 
2,203 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,257 
2,446 
1 80 to 499 acres 
861 
941 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
7 
500 acres or more 
280 
343 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
16 
37 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
46 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
490 
689 
Owned land in farms farms 
5,245 
6,055 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
230 
159 
acres 
593,470 
702,016 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,004 
1,105 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
882 
991 
acres 
198,075 
228,642 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
4,481 
5,226 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
483,275 
581,875 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
764 
829 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
211,417 
243,645 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
5,372 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
240 
276 
acres 
96,853 
105,138 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
146 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,944 
5,505 
Total farms 
5,485 
6,331 
Partnerships 
238 
553 
$1,000 
549,376 
533,034 
Corporations 
215 
202 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
88 
71 
sold farms 
5,485 
6,331 
$1,000 
538,083 
522,738 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,906 
3,756 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,292 
1,564 
2 operators 
2,184 
2,188 
$1,000 
102,820 
83,831 
3 operators 
312 
291 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
62 
65 
their products farms 
3,071 
3,505 
5 or more operators 
21 
31 
$1,000 
435,263 
438,907 
Government payments farms 
1,404 
1,213 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1 1 ,293 
10,296 
1 operator 
5,116 
5,911 
2 operators 
323 
366 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
44 
48 
4 operators 
2 
4 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,530 
1,833 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
646 
865 
$2,500 to $4,999 
631 
794 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
788 
802 
Internet access 
3,631 
3,017 
$10,000 to $24,999 
832 
822 
Dial-up service 
353 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
353 
314 
DSL service 
1,800 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
705 
901 
Cable modem service 
454 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
35 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
692 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
636 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
19 
27 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,740 
3,373 
Other Internet service 
66 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
98 
124 
Programs payments farms 
491 
517 
acres 
24,991 
38,996 
$1,000 
2,070 
2,381 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,246 
990 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
9,224 
7,915 
1 household 
4,584 
5,272 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
719 
811 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
110 
161 
4 households 
49 
62 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
163 
236 
5 or more households 
23 
25 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
54 
53 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
51 
61 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
57 
91 
Less than 25 percent 
4,232 
4,870 
25 to 49 percent 
438 
490 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,265 
1,515 
50 to 74 percent 
363 
458 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
236 
264 
Cotton farming (11192) 
8 
12 
1 00 percent 
216 
249 
42 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
