Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
56,778 
50,997 
2,400 
1,646 
acres 
13,765,625 
10,006,936 
1,685,843 
1,306,996 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,124 
1,241 
823 
766 
acres 
877,479 
397,313 
444,033 
417,434 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
50,997 
50,997 
_ 
_ 
acres 
10,006,936 
10,006,936 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,376 
- 
3,376 
2,257 
acres 
2,191,875 
- 
2,191,875 
1,705,060 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,257 
- 
2,257 
2,257 
acres 
1,705,060 
- 
1,705,060 
1,705,060 
Corporation 
farms 
3,266 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,312,284 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,030 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,215,043 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
56 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,974 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
236 
- 
_ 
_ 
acres 
97,241 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
220 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,056 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
209,301 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,350 
10,871 
1,251 
910 
workers 
46,590 
27,795 
5,292 
4,139 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,930 
3,666 
714 
559 
workers 
15,733 
6,645 
2,598 
2,192 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
10,918 
8,493 
894 
636 
workers 
30,857 
21,150 
2,694 
1,947 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
188 
119 
26 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
21 
17 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
23,247 
20,429 
1,336 
894 
workers 
57,799 
50,546 
3,622 
2,308 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,607 
6,033 
234 
164 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,770 
19,014 
814 
512 
50 to 69 acres 
4,617 
4,141 
218 
149 
70 to 99 acres 
5,118 
4,597 
248 
142 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,168 
3,684 
231 
140 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,493 
2,142 
158 
95 
180 to 219 acres 
1,767 
1,506 
126 
84 
220 to 259 acres 
1,378 
1,177 
101 
64 
260 to 499 acres 
4,275 
3,531 
304 
201 
500 to 999 acres 
3,562 
2,824 
282 
206 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,544 
1,644 
309 
213 
2,000 acres or more 
1,396 
704 
351 
287 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24,002 
20,149 
1,735 
1,157 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
688 
608 
30 
17 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
402 
338 
20 
17 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
794 
561 
53 
43 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,636 
10,224 
534 
353 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
86 
73 
5 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
11,550 
10,151 
529 
349 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,394 
7,811 
340 
222 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
319 
262 
35 
26 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,459 
1,235 
136 
92 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,301 
1,006 
104 
78 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,336 
1,150 
67 
44 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,719 
1,645 
41 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,645 
6,008 
281 
187 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
17,370 
15,501 
1,053 
676 
number 
821,265 
594,148 
106,842 
81,344 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,397 
5,982 
221 
145 
1 0 to 49 
7,628 
6,866 
475 
290 
50 to 99 
1,804 
1,573 
135 
80 
100 to 199 
892 
681 
107 
72 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Indiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
