Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Rapides 
Red River 
Richland 
Sabine 
St. Bernard 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
348 
118 
351 
171 
26 
2007 
293 
98 
307 
148 
21 
Any 
2012 
505 
134 
411 
221 
30 
2007 
684 
153 
559 
218 
24 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
46 
27 
57 
13 
3 
2007 
73 
24 
90 
31 
1 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
48 
8 
10 
15 
3 
2007 
72 
18 
48 
17 
2 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
78 
17 
67 
27 
5 
2007 
106 
24 
92 
64 
9 
200 days or more 
2012 
333 
82 
277 
166 
19 
Years on present farm: 
2007 
433 
87 
329 
106 
12 
2 years or less 
2012 
11 
4 
14 
12 
5 
2007 
44 
7 
50 
7 
1 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
67 
14 
95 
34 
3 
2007 
92 
17 
69 
40 
1 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
131 
27 
151 
48 
2 
2007 
196 
47 
190 
63 
5 
10 years or more 
2012 
644 
207 
502 
298 
46 
2007 
645 
180 
557 
256 
38 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
20.9 
23.5 
19.5 
22.9 
21.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2007 
18.8 
22.4 
19.5 
21.8 
24.2 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
4 
14 
11 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
56 
12 
39 
33 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
113 
28 
130 
45 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
678 
208 
579 
303 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.8 
25.7 
23.2 
25.0 
24.8 
Age group: 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2007 
3 
- 
6 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
41 
8 
36 
20 
- 
2007 
53 
9 
38 
5 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
113 
21 
93 
52 
13 
2007 
157 
24 
116 
69 
15 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
205 
71 
136 
86 
22 
2007 
266 
75 
183 
78 
4 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
107 
29 
87 
44 
11 
2007 
131 
25 
95 
40 
2 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
104 
30 
82 
74 
2 
2007 
139 
27 
112 
47 
7 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
100 
28 
85 
32 
1 
2007 
83 
30 
115 
51 
8 
70 years and over 
2012 
181 
65 
238 
84 
7 
2007 
145 
61 
201 
76 
9 
Average age 
2012 
58.0 
59.8 
60.6 
57.4 
53.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
2007 
55.0 
59.2 
58.5 
57.6 
57.2 
Internet access 
2012 
622 
170 
452 
245 
41 
2007 
538 
140 
372 
190 
19 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
58 
16 
13 
18 
2 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
305 
70 
146 
118 
25 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
120 
11 
52 
13 
16 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
.farms, 2012 
4 
" 
8 
9 
" 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
94 
40 
114 
30 
14 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
98 
45 
150 
78 
12 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
15 
9 
18 
- 
- 
Other Internet service farms, 2012 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
7 
13 
8 
6 
blood/marriage/adoption 
.farms, 2012 
830 
249 
738 
376 
52 
acres, 2012 
174,835 
134,826 
263,424 
50,472 
31,839 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
64 
28 
47 
24 
6 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
acres, 2012 
55,649 
25,735 
41,606 
2,258 
7,087 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
736 
216 
659 
356 
37 
2007 
816 
221 
689 
333 
28 
acres, 2012 
114,245 
87,399 
(D) 
49,168 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
78,250 
169,006 
44,302 
(D) 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
50 
23 
56 
13 
3 
2007 
87 
10 
104 
16 
7 
acres, 2012 
76,295 
18,239 
80,533 
1,279 
4,295 
Corporation: 
2007 
53,359 
14,216 
89,796 
4,561 
3,772 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
52 
13 
42 
19 
8 
2007 
61 
16 
63 
16 
9 
acres, 2012 
12,925 
29,708 
15,675 
1,110 
18,697 
2007 
9,239 
9,610 
30,654 
(D) 
13,673 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
8 
- 
3 
2 
5 
2007 
5 
- 
3 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
538 
- 
66 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
2007 
2,636 
- 
316 
(D) 
(D) 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
7 
- 
2 
2 
3 
2007 
8 
4 
7 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
6,993 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
45 
2007 
(D) 
1,260 
1,444 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data Louisiana 597 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
