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 
5,414 
6,444 
Land in farms acres 
792,850 
818,315 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
596 
634 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,686 
2,070 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,904 
2,437 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,879 
2,209 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,450 
1,790 
1 80 to 499 acres 
765 
866 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
270 
298 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
17 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
8 
27 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
538 
563 
Owned land in farms farms 
5,230 
6,191 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
271 
238 
acres 
720,829 
726,875 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
743 
1,008 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
906 
1,251 
acres 
72,021 
91,440 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
4,671 
5,436 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
648,995 
652,768 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
559 
755 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
118,230 
138,998 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
5,290 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
184 
253 
acres 
25,625 
26,549 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
230 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,891 
5,908 
Total farms 
5,414 
6,444 
Partnerships 
264 
312 
$1,000 
428,057 
414,820 
Corporations 
161 
138 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
98 
86 
sold farms 
5,414 
6,444 
$1,000 
419,631 
405,220 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,938 
3,899 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,190 
1,252 
2 operators 
2,062 
2,123 
$1,000 
46,505 
29,880 
3 operators 
360 
329 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
38 
66 
their products farms 
2,450 
2,860 
5 or more operators 
16 
27 
$1,000 
373,126 
375,340 
Government payments farms 
1,892 
2,197 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
8,425 
9,601 
1 operator 
4,958 
6,009 
2 operators 
412 
379 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
40 
46 
4 operators 
1 
8 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,542 
1,979 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,049 
1,258 
$2,500 to $4,999 
767 
944 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
659 
712 
Internet access 
3,529 
2,888 
$10,000 to $24,999 
637 
669 
Dial-up service 
350 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
197 
279 
DSL service 
1,581 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
563 
603 
Cable modem service 
726 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
72 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
631 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
539 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
4 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
63 
(NA) 
$1,000 
94 
1,082 
Other Internet service 
52 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
118 
126 
Programs payments farms 
1,182 
1,519 
acres 
33,986 
26,464 
$1,000 
3,670 
4,385 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,287 
1,279 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,756 
5,216 
1 household 
4,545 
5,244 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
718 
950 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
77 
145 
4 households 
49 
67 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
90 
39 
5 or more households 
25 
38 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
126 
137 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
177 
191 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
135 
103 
Less than 25 percent 
4,426 
5,327 
25 to 49 percent 
327 
383 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,707 
2,088 
50 to 74 percent 
339 
335 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
167 
216 
Cotton farming (11192) 
21 
18 
1 00 percent 
155 
183 
42 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
