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 
3,457 
3,858 
Land in farms acres 
421,901 
460,500 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
531 
465 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,071 
1,314 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,373 
1,393 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,019 
1,396 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,015 
1,139 
180 to 499 acres 
369 
441 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
165 
163 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
5 
35 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21 
26 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
136 
126 
Owned land in farms farms 
3,271 
3,677 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
111 
60 
acres 
309,013 
369,798 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
552 
653 
production (1125, 1129) 
747 
713 
acres 
112,888 
90,702 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,905 
3,205 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
269,098 
325,915 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
366 
472 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
93,111 
113,460 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
3,346 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
186 
181 
acres 
59,692 
21,125 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
243 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,044 
3,258 
Total farms 
3,457 
3,858 
Partnerships 
189 
292 
$1,000 
136,671 
154,237 
Corporations 
170 
271 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
54 
37 
sold farms 
3,457 
3,858 
$1,000 
127,296 
143,318 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,890 
2,359 
and greenhouse crops farms 
698 
842 
2 operators 
1,307 
1,163 
$1,000 
72,976 
44,803 
3 operators 
171 
258 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
60 
56 
their products farms 
1,409 
1,722 
5 or more operators 
29 
22 
$1,000 
54,321 
98,515 
Government payments farms 
1,205 
1,551 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
9,375 
10,919 
1 operator 
3,091 
3,491 
2 operators 
302 
291 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
55 
59 
4 operators 
7 
15 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,108 
737 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
597 
555 
$2,500 to $4,999 
493 
842 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
425 
773 
Internet access 
2,328 
1,697 
$10,000 to $24,999 
429 
471 
Dial-up service 
214 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
182 
182 
DSL service 
842 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
223 
298 
Cable modem service 
508 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
59 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
397 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
511 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
5 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
52 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,029 
Other Internet service 
31 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
85 
105 
Programs payments farms 
616 
991 
acres 
21,054 
25,245 
$1,000 
3,247 
4,181 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
957 
1,071 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,128 
6,738 
1 household 
2,925 
3,095 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
344 
510 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
96 
147 
4 households 
53 
52 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
84 
147 
5 or more households 
39 
54 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
36 
54 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
94 
97 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
131 
134 
Less than 25 percent 
2,926 
3,228 
25 to 49 percent 
189 
250 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,077 
1,327 
50 to 74 percent 
168 
195 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
99 
107 
Cotton farming (11192) 
6 
13 
1 00 percent 
75 
78 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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