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 
9,995 
10,429 
Land in farms acres 
690,431 
769,801 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
2,961 
3,309 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
770 
835 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,923 
4,832 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,514 
1,529 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
2,875 
2,956 
180 to 499 acres 
391 
512 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
32 
500 acres or more 
206 
247 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
27 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
113 
117 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
327 
310 
Owned land in farms farms 
9,660 
10,118 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
561 
410 
acres 
528,372 
659,129 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,173 
1,172 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,027 
3,302 
acres 
162,059 
110,672 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
8,822 
9,257 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
464,425 
614,512 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
838 
861 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
184,577 
119,989 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
9,616 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
335 
311 
acres 
41,429 
35,300 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
666 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
8,036 
8,802 
Total farms 
9,995 
10,429 
Partnerships 
467 
483 
$1,000 
438,077 
621,063 
Corporations 
1,263 
1,005 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
229 
139 
sold farms 
9,995 
10,429 
$1,000 
433,338 
615,218 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
5,364 
6,027 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,619 
2,812 
2 operators 
3,820 
3,616 
$1,000 
331,958 
504,227 
3 operators 
664 
610 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
104 
118 
their products farms 
4,447 
4,437 
5 or more operators 
43 
58 
$1,000 
101,380 
110,992 
Government payments farms 
607 
855 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
4,740 
5,844 
1 operator 
9,006 
9,518 
2 operators 
871 
784 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
104 
103 
4 operators 
5 
16 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,124 
4,099 
5 or more operators 
9 
8 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,203 
1,552 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,106 
1,083 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,023 
904 
Internet access 
7,635 
6,134 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,074 
1,089 
Dial-up service 
621 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
543 
643 
DSL service 
3,813 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
922 
1,059 
Cable modem service 
1,356 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
344 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,334 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
856 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
267 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
111 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
352 
346 
Programs payments farms 
173 
588 
acres 
70,069 
63,361 
$1,000 
381 
1,836 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
482 
455 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,359 
4,008 
1 household 
8,668 
8,917 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,002 
1,157 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
198 
185 
4 households 
93 
98 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
26 
14 
5 or more households 
34 
72 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
136 
154 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,233 
1,439 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
894 
828 
Less than 25 percent 
8,403 
8,769 
25 to 49 percent 
482 
463 
Other crop farming (1119) 
776 
844 
50 to 74 percent 
506 
540 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
264 
340 
Cotton farming (11192) 
6 
8 
1 00 percent 
340 
317 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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