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 
445 
409 
Land in farms acres 
26,101 
(D) 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
116 
162 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
60 
48 
1 0 to 49 acres 
224 
168 
50 to 1 79 acres 
80 
59 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
16 
22 
1 80 to 499 acres 
18 
12 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
7 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
99 
116 
Owned land in farms farms 
418 
375 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
13 
42 
acres 
18,316 
(D) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
51 
64 
production (1125, 1129) 
202 
83 
acres 
7,785 
5,810 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
394 
345 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
16,591 
(D) 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
24 
30 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
7,528 
12,074 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
430 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
27 
34 
acres 
1,982 
1,100 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
49 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
371 
330 
Total farms 
445 
409 
Partnerships 
16 
33 
$1,000 
100,295 
101,386 
Corporations 
37 
35 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
21 
11 
sold farms 
445 
409 
$1,000 
99,770 
100,917 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
226 
198 
and greenhouse crops farms 
124 
155 
2 operators 
194 
174 
$1,000 
9,157 
7,869 
3 operators 
21 
27 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
2 
7 
their products farms 
249 
224 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
$1,000 
90,613 
93,048 
Government payments farms 
72 
75 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
525 
469 
1 operator 
398 
365 
2 operators 
42 
39 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
3 
3 
4 operators 
2 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
125 
105 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
32 
60 
$2,500 to $4,999 
45 
42 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
15 
26 
Internet access 
359 
250 
$10,000 to $24,999 
51 
45 
Dial-up service 
32 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
49 
12 
DSL service 
52 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
128 
119 
Cable modem service 
89 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
80 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
88 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
66 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
18 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
Other Internet service 
1 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
26 
20 
Programs payments farms 
25 
31 
acres 
1,846 
(D) 
$1,000 
123 
164 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
54 
51 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
402 
305 
1 household 
389 
337 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
44 
65 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
9 
2 
4 households 
2 
4 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
39 
34 
5 or more households 
1 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
6 
25 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
7 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
9 
31 
Less than 25 percent 
301 
266 
25 to 49 percent 
22 
25 
Other crop farming (1119) 
60 
48 
50 to 74 percent 
36 
41 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
33 
47 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
53 
30 
40 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
