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 
1,806 
Land in farms acres 
64,135 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
71 
54 
1 0 to 49 acres 
410 
50 to 1 79 acres 
90 
66 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
167 
153 
180 to 499 acres 
33 
16 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
18 
14 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
5 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
14 
17 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
35 
29 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,261 
1,516 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
63 
40 
acres 
99,133 
36,146 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
409 
432 
production (1125, 1129) 
82 
114 
acres 
31,821 
27,989 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,165 
1,374 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
26,992 
28,530 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
96 
142 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
84,295 
22,604 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,489 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
313 
290 
acres 
19,667 
13,001 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
187 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,296 
1,564 
Total farms 
1,574 
1,806 
Partnerships 
99 
113 
$1,000 
45,008 
43,274 
Corporations 
104 
113 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
75 
16 
sold farms 
1,574 
1,806 
$1,000 
44,012 
(D) 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
798 
1,018 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,135 
1,322 
2 operators 
645 
667 
$1,000 
39,301 
31,966 
3 operators 
93 
102 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
28 
12 
their products farms 
352 
317 
5 or more operators 
10 
7 
$1,000 
4,712 
(D) 
Government payments farms 
129 
56 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
996 
(D) 
1 operator 
1,411 
1,652 
2 operators 
147 
140 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
15 
13 
4 operators 
- 
1 
Less than $1 ,000 
290 
426 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
214 
351 
$2,500 to $4,999 
237 
272 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
228 
292 
Internet access 
1,138 
1,054 
$10,000 to $24,999 
340 
263 
Dial-up service 
70 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
150 
88 
DSL service 
322 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
115 
114 
Cable modem service 
514 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
17 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
188 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
96 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
43 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
40 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
93 
74 
Programs payments farms 
2 
- 
acres 
26,332 
9,174 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
127 
56 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1 household 
1,291 
1,484 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
209 
224 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
37 
46 
4 households 
23 
32 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1 
2 
5 or more households 
14 
20 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
140 
118 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
679 
870 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
317 
401 
Less than 25 percent 
1,195 
1,447 
25 to 49 percent 
143 
124 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
71 
54 
50 to 74 percent 
108 
112 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
57 
76 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
100 percent 
71 
47 
38 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
