Table 24. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Minnesota: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems 
Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
1 
14 
5 
1 
1 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
875 
117 
187 
100 
87 
233 
129 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
44,400 
12,159 
19,485 
7,580 
1,928 
1,265 
506 
81 
Part owners 
farms 
24,620 
1,892 
5,116 
3,252 
3,495 
6,653 
3,443 
142 
Tenants 
farms 
5,522 
302 
1,853 
1,251 
647 
789 
331 
25 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
69,369 
14,121 
24,687 
10,912 
5,485 
7,954 
3,957 
223 
acres 
17,078,128 
2,621,940 
3,212,281 
1,779,466 
1,582,395 
3,306,784 
3,421,141 
396,000 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,020 
14,051 
24,601 
10,832 
5,423 
7,918 
3,949 
223 
acres 
14,457,275 
1,793,403 
2,457,337 
1,445,785 
1,394,218 
3,036,359 
3,305,700 
384,679 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
30,314 
2,235 
7,029 
4,539 
4,151 
7,449 
3,780 
167 
acres 
11,648,028 
212,827 
705,332 
479,589 
906,455 
3,515,149 
4,644,722 
533,181 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
30,142 
2,194 
6,969 
4,503 
4,142 
7,442 
3,774 
167 
acres 
11,578,563 
200,195 
695,850 
472,972 
902,425 
3,503,186 
4,632,546 
527,842 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
17,211 
5,066 
6,556 
2,628 
826 
1,033 
479 
31 
acres 
2,690,318 
841,169 
764,426 
340,298 
192,207 
282,388 
127,617 
16,660 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
111,311 
20,061 
39,490 
17,250 
8,637 
13,228 
7,629 
609 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
44,502 
9,393 
15,164 
7,773 
3,970 
5,098 
1,996 
80 
2 operators 
25,273 
4,375 
10,049 
3,706 
1,756 
2,862 
1,599 
70 
3 operators 
3,605 
477 
893 
477 
281 
630 
486 
49 
4 operators 
803 
82 
259 
85 
41 
82 
123 
31 
5 or more operators 
359 
26 
89 
42 
22 
35 
76 
18 
Total women operators 
...number 
28,540 
5,880 
11,843 
4,404 
1,781 
2,481 
1,300 
95 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
25,795 
5,362 
10,814 
3,945 
1,632 
2,329 
1,119 
58 
2 operators 
1,036 
202 
407 
155 
55 
70 
66 
12 
3 operators 
138 
31 
50 
20 
13 
4 
7 
- 
4 operators 
28 
2 
10 
6 
- 
- 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
18 
2 
4 
7 
- 
" 
2 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,172 
12,375 
23,953 
10,763 
5,927 
8,568 
4,226 
242 
Female 
6,370 
1,978 
2,501 
1,320 
143 
139 
54 
6 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
39,423 
7,598 
- 
12,083 
6,070 
8,063 
4,116 
235 
Other 
35,119 
6,755 
26,454 
- 
- 
644 
164 
13 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
11,096 
19,868 
9,805 
5,341 
7,594 
3,587 
154 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
3,257 
6,586 
2,278 
729 
1,113 
693 
94 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
9,957 
1,060 
5,789 
3,936 
5,723 
3,214 
186 
Any 
43,635 
4,396 
25,394 
6,294 
2,134 
2,984 
1,066 
62 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
1,530 
1,274 
1,172 
542 
780 
351 
20 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
755 
689 
784 
327 
332 
105 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,976 
728 
2,578 
1,410 
489 
516 
116 
4 
200 days or more 
28,689 
1,383 
20,853 
2,928 
776 
1,356 
494 
34 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
159 
1,033 
418 
89 
58 
37 
2 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
230 
1,460 
614 
137 
130 
34 
3 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
915 
4,081 
1,318 
414 
534 
172 
16 
1 0 years or more 
62,232 
13,049 
19,880 
9,733 
5,430 
7,985 
4,037 
227 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
32.6 
19.5 
25.0 
30.0 
29.7 
30.1 
28.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
116 
799 
251 
52 
24 
11 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
158 
1,243 
485 
109 
89 
15 
1 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
741 
3,677 
1,125 
346 
398 
123 
10 
1 0 years or more 
64,405 
13,338 
20,735 
10,222 
5,563 
8,196 
4,131 
237 
Average years operating any farm .. 
27.6 
34.9 
21.0 
27.3 
31.6 
31.2 
31.6 
30.0 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
419 
9 
171 
128 
53 
31 
14 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
83 
2,082 
994 
451 
575 
192 
11 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
175 
4,315 
1,456 
641 
1,131 
595 
26 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
206 
3,458 
1,235 
636 
1,133 
621 
30 
50 to 54 years 
11,468 
413 
5,295 
1,952 
964 
1,590 
840 
49 
55 to 59 years 
11,474 
870 
4,754 
1,889 
1,053 
1,609 
863 
48 
60 to 64 years 
10,257 
2,132 
3,429 
1,601 
949 
1,214 
580 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
21 
1,396 
627 
324 
2,030 
758,121 
2,023 
639,794 
964 
650,773 
951 
643,547 
592 
125,553 
4,407 
1,028 
856 
312 
100 
51 
756 
536 
69 
13 
6 
2 
2,118 
229 
1,258 
1,089 
1,323 
1,024 
1,042 
1,305 
232 
73 
135 
865 
86 
113 
257 
1,891 
24.0 
62 
93 
209 
1,983 
26.3 
13 
97 
308 
218 
365 
388 
318 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 329 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
