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 
1,505 
1,161 
Land in farms acres 
74,273 
57,929 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
593 
391 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
158 
175 
1 0 to 49 acres 
603 
505 
50 to 1 79 acres 
247 
207 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
77 
73 
180 to 499 acres 
52 
49 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
3 
500 acres or more 
10 
9 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
12 
26 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
25 
26 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
59 
76 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,374 
1,080 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
113 
109 
acres 
58,630 
45,896 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
268 
212 
production (1125, 1129) 
684 
385 
acres 
15,643 
12,033 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,237 
949 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
44,425 
41,808 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
137 
131 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
21,450 
7,822 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,442 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
131 
81 
acres 
8,398 
8,299 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
355 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,160 
968 
Total farms 
1,505 
1,161 
Partnerships 
167 
95 
$1,000 
43,654 
36,922 
Corporations 
124 
79 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
54 
19 
sold farms 
1,505 
1,161 
$1,000 
43,026 
36,658 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
681 
548 
and greenhouse crops farms 
548 
453 
2 operators 
655 
510 
$1,000 
28,740 
28,988 
3 operators 
91 
79 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
38 
13 
their products farms 
676 
507 
5 or more operators 
40 
11 
$1,000 
14,287 
7,670 
Government payments farms 
85 
30 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
627 
264 
1 operator 
1,242 
1,002 
2 operators 
213 
129 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
38 
22 
4 operators 
6 
7 
Less than $1 ,000 
566 
491 
5 or more operators 
6 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
186 
163 
$2,500 to $4,999 
214 
143 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
179 
109 
Internet access 
1,340 
802 
$10,000 to $24,999 
192 
110 
Dial-up service 
65 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
80 
50 
DSL service 
564 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
88 
95 
Cable modem service 
673 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
17 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
149 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
56 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
16 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
91 
54 
Programs payments farms 
3 
7 
acres 
7,211 
4,738 
$1,000 
5 
7 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
84 
25 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
622 
257 
1 household 
1,348 
1,048 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
124 
87 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
22 
21 
4 households 
4 
4 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5 
10 
5 or more households 
7 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
160 
84 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
52 
58 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
155 
134 
Less than 25 percent 
1,191 
926 
25 to 49 percent 
114 
66 
Other crop farming (1119) 
162 
177 
50 to 74 percent 
55 
87 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
4 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
40 
33 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
" 
1 00 percent 
105 
49 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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