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 
6,404 
7,532 
Land in farms acres 
812,730 
868,281 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
720 
823 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,854 
2,048 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,161 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,390 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,299 
1,742 
180 to 499 acres 
749 
878 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
19 
500 acres or more 
296 
280 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10 
49 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
16 
49 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
570 
536 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,185 
7,314 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
437 
311 
acres 
727,266 
798,801 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
677 
848 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,299 
1,876 
acres 
85,464 
69,480 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,727 
6,684 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
676,032 
739,170 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
458 
630 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
(D) 
111,788 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,224 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
219 
218 
acres 
(D) 
17,323 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
463 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,596 
6,526 
Total farms 
6,404 
7,532 
Partnerships 
361 
571 
$1,000 
544,765 
461,042 
Corporations 
330 
331 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
117 
104 
sold farms 
6,404 
7,532 
$1,000 
535,864 
452,526 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,545 
4,322 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,533 
1,518 
2 operators 
2,295 
2,652 
$1,000 
91,207 
62,030 
3 operators 
426 
439 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
89 
76 
their products farms 
2,461 
2,942 
5 or more operators 
49 
43 
$1,000 
444,657 
390,496 
Government payments farms 
2,096 
1,924 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
8,901 
8,516 
1 operator 
5,881 
6,988 
2 operators 
419 
459 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
90 
70 
4 operators 
8 
12 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,336 
3,123 
5 or more operators 
6 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,127 
1,299 
$2,500 to $4,999 
800 
895 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
662 
715 
Internet access 
4,524 
3,861 
$10,000 to $24,999 
607 
653 
Dial-up service 
261 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
219 
230 
DSL service 
2,734 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
653 
617 
Cable modem service 
564 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
136 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
752 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
527 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
5 
34 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
114 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,363 
1,798 
Other Internet service 
59 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
167 
152 
Programs payments farms 
1,153 
1,019 
acres 
35,747 
25,351 
$1,000 
2,950 
2,335 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,548 
1,383 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
5,951 
6,181 
1 household 
5,439 
6,298 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
710 
922 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
158 
184 
4 households 
57 
76 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
89 
86 
5 or more households 
40 
52 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
132 
95 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
426 
451 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
224 
225 
Less than 25 percent 
5,384 
6,398 
25 to 49 percent 
327 
342 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,902 
2,093 
50 to 74 percent 
291 
343 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
207 
251 
Cotton farming (11192) 
48 
43 
1 00 percent 
195 
198 
44 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
