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 
288,264 
306,209 
Land in farms acres 
62,672,816 
64,264,566 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
53,520 
56,526 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
74,320 
82,868 
1 0 to 49 acres 
102,944 
107,352 
50 to 1 79 acres 
80,997 
86,991 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
66,714 
69,327 
1 80 to 499 acres 
32,319 
36,354 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
623 
2,126 
500 acres or more 
18,484 
18,986 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2,314 
3,363 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2,163 
2,723 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
9,896 
12,363 
Owned land in farms farms 
275,337 
292,529 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
19,677 
17,551 
acres 
48,536,664 
50,101,842 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
42,673 
45,757 
production (1125, 1129) 
63,390 
67,618 
acres 
14,136,152 
14,162,724 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
238,768 
260,452 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
35,297,121 
39,349,544 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
30,713 
32,077 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
20,797,563 
20,659,890 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
279,529 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
18,783 
13,680 
acres 
6,578,132 
4,255,132 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
17,441 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
249,549 
265,157 
Total farms 
288,264 
306,209 
Partnerships 
16,873 
21,729 
$1,000 
13,411,438 
1 1 ,669,972 
Corporations 
13,786 
12,785 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
8,056 
6,538 
sold farms 
288,264 
306,209 
$1,000 
12,897,534 
11,158,210 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
152,204 
175,407 
and greenhouse crops farms 
92,837 
88,242 
2 operators 
112,155 
107,965 
$1,000 
6,036,166 
4,547,958 
3 operators 
18,634 
17,957 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
3,482 
3,215 
their products farms 
124,619 
131,276 
5 or more operators 
1,789 
1,665 
$1,000 
6,861,368 
6,610,252 
Government payments farms 
81,198 
87,083 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
513,904 
511,763 
1 operator 
260,358 
279,996 
2 operators 
24,181 
22,783 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
3,104 
2,761 
4 operators 
373 
431 
Less than $1 ,000 
91,010 
104,739 
5 or more operators 
248 
238 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
42,741 
47,480 
$2,500 to $4,999 
38,247 
39,662 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
37,183 
37,970 
Internet access 
201,783 
168,280 
$10,000 to $24,999 
34,982 
34,466 
Dial-up service 
19,156 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16,862 
16,292 
DSL service 
78,714 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
27,239 
25,600 
Cable modem service 
36,145 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
8,397 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
37,696 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
36,551 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
312 
1,485 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5,938 
(NA) 
$1,000 
37,396 
71,967 
Other Internet service 
5,521 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
7,482 
6,394 
Programs payments farms 
43,263 
54,082 
acres 
6,698,383 
6,474,953 
$1,000 
229,277 
283,779 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
60,588 
55,783 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
284,627 
227,984 
1 household 
244,741 
254,800 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
31,654 
38,080 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
7,156 
7,747 
4 households 
2,715 
3,416 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
16,609 
16,345 
5 or more households 
1,998 
2,166 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
8,456 
6,758 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
13,316 
13,876 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (11 14) 
10,117 
10,332 
Less than 25 percent 
231,822 
246,586 
25 to 49 percent 
18,920 
20,981 
Other crop farming (1119) 
74,989 
83,827 
50 to 74 percent 
17,978 
19,298 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
238 
498 
75 to 99 percent 
10,579 
11,162 
Cotton farming (11192) 
431 
461 
1 00 percent 
8,965 
8,182 
54 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
