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 
2,995 
3,151 
Land in farms acres 
694,379 
666,357 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
780 
813 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
904 
986 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,009 
1,045 
50 to 1 79 acres 
652 
688 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
756 
803 
1 80 to 499 acres 
283 
360 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
13 
29 
500 acres or more 
271 
245 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
28 
34 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
45 
26 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
67 
51 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,882 
3,025 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
221 
229 
acres 
546,066 
565,760 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
487 
461 
production (1125, 1129) 
591 
673 
acres 
148,313 
100,597 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,508 
2,690 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
413,366 
468,768 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
374 
335 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
229,267 
170,324 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,893 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
113 
126 
acres 
51,746 
27,265 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
250 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2,545 
2,690 
Total farms 
2,995 
3,151 
Partnerships 
202 
260 
$1,000 
147,728 
116,197 
Corporations 
142 
116 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
106 
85 
sold farms 
2,995 
3,151 
$1,000 
140,213 
109,928 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,382 
1,668 
and greenhouse crops farms 
975 
864 
2 operators 
1,338 
1,260 
$1,000 
64,268 
35,792 
3 operators 
183 
143 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
66 
42 
their products farms 
1,464 
1,441 
5 or more operators 
26 
38 
$1,000 
75,945 
74,136 
Government payments farms 
845 
898 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
7,514 
6,269 
1 operator 
2,678 
2,883 
2 operators 
274 
221 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
37 
27 
4 operators 
5 
16 
Less than $1 ,000 
802 
1,035 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
475 
497 
$2,500 to $4,999 
435 
413 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
414 
378 
Internet access 
2,310 
1,974 
$10,000 to $24,999 
356 
423 
Dial-up service 
174 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
191 
173 
DSL service 
884 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
322 
232 
Cable modem service 
239 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
46 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
429 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
674 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
9 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
42 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
27 
Other Internet service 
103 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
68 
50 
Programs payments farms 
442 
536 
acres 
55,688 
32,687 
$1,000 
4,318 
4,186 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
654 
568 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
3,197 
2,083 
1 household 
2,589 
2,707 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
284 
336 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
67 
48 
4 households 
41 
30 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
95 
84 
5 or more households 
14 
30 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
100 
53 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
56 
65 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
119 
118 
Less than 25 percent 
2,382 
2,539 
25 to 49 percent 
175 
221 
Other crop farming (1119) 
904 
986 
50 to 74 percent 
214 
206 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
121 
107 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
103 
78 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Idaho 43 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
