Table 50. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wisconsin: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
4,029 
1,233 
942 
386 
364 
132 
16 
180 
70 years and over 
10,920 
7,011 
1,306 
1,324 
378 
380 
159 
19 
343 
Average age 
56.5 
68.7 
52.0 
53.8 
52.4 
53.7 
54.2 
55.4 
57.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
283 
43 
145 
52 
9 
15 
5 
- 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
15 
30 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
9 
Asian 
177 
25 
82 
59 
- 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
42 
15 
15 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
69,374 
15,673 
26,873 
12,311 
5,735 
4,737 
1,826 
172 
2,047 
More than one race reported 
89 
20 
44 
17 
1 
5 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
2,937 
3,278 
1,815 
540 
361 
147 
10 
305 
2 people 
33,054 
10,823 
10,875 
5,285 
2,261 
1,983 
755 
84 
988 
3 people 
10,155 
1,338 
4,529 
1,895 
966 
791 
304 
19 
313 
4 people 
8,862 
382 
4,761 
1,516 
845 
769 
309 
33 
247 
5 or more people 
8,290 
273 
3,605 
1,890 
1,124 
850 
312 
26 
210 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
11,814 
23,080 
5,741 
678 
521 
170 
20 
1,175 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
1,552 
2,155 
1,420 
322 
235 
103 
16 
161 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
1,449 
1,258 
1,935 
973 
859 
340 
36 
276 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
716 
397 
1,508 
1,461 
1,232 
439 
39 
189 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
222 
158 
1,797 
2,302 
1,907 
775 
61 
262 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
2,097 
232 
386 
362 
281 
309 
228 
51 
248 
acres 
1,143,889 
41,581 
48,897 
56,732 
89,917 
192,357 
341,804 
171,434 
201,167 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
9,507 
20,779 
7,775 
3,715 
3,757 
1,661 
164 
1,335 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
1,391 
2,064 
996 
418 
402 
121 
9 
126 
DSL service 
21,771 
4,180 
9,292 
3,514 
1,674 
1,658 
774 
88 
591 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
1,172 
2,699 
843 
297 
344 
150 
12 
213 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
415 
893 
348 
168 
179 
102 
13 
74 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
1,262 
3,921 
1,363 
656 
709 
346 
42 
222 
Satellite service 
8,035 
1,550 
3,069 
1,206 
706 
815 
415 
36 
238 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
960 
214 
380 
146 
52 
67 
50 
9 
42 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
226 
481 
199 
116 
75 
33 
5 
36 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
13,420 
23,947 
10,575 
4,518 
3,093 
865 
39 
1,085 
2 households 
9,385 
2,009 
2,396 
1,496 
991 
1,236 
542 
45 
670 
3 households 
1,671 
202 
360 
173 
148 
307 
264 
42 
175 
4 households 
618 
62 
181 
77 
46 
87 
87 
21 
57 
5 or more households 
538 
60 
164 
80 
33 
31 
69 
25 
76 
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 
67,691 
15,753 
27,048 
12,401 
5,736 
4,754 
1,827 
172 
- 
acres 
13,677,304 
1,766,555 
2,436,173 
1,704,388 
1,794,427 
2,849,341 
2,609,791 
516,629 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
4,700 
596 
1,453 
798 
342 
591 
463 
66 
391 
acres 
1,807,826 
82,694 
169,238 
97,631 
109,244 
366,919 
595,525 
169,975 
216,600 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
60,617 
14,484 
25,170 
11,453 
5,048 
3,528 
895 
39 
- 
acres 
10,225,659 
1,569,507 
2,180,328 
1,556,750 
1,528,484 
2,045,818 
1,240,210 
104,562 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
4,667 
575 
873 
505 
387 
629 
437 
57 
1,204 
acres 
2,188,013 
97,701 
126,707 
88,449 
149,800 
404,375 
621,089 
162,540 
537,352 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
3,411 
377 
601 
357 
280 
518 
397 
56 
825 
acres 
1,813,273 
68,454 
93,416 
64,263 
112,453 
333,827 
552,268 
160,752 
427,840 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,334 
354 
684 
380 
274 
561 
479 
71 
531 
acres 
1,935,687 
55,925 
95,668 
49,086 
106,681 
379,307 
731,212 
237,966 
279,842 
Family held 
.farms 
3,065 
334 
625 
357 
258 
545 
459 
66 
421 
acres 
1,825,330 
52,479 
90,030 
47,195 
103,235 
369,271 
699,927 
228,183 
235,010 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
35 
2 
4 
3 
- 
4 
7 
2 
13 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
3,030 
332 
621 
354 
258 
541 
452 
64 
408 
Other than family held 
.farms 
269 
20 
59 
23 
16 
16 
20 
5 
110 
acres 
110,357 
3,446 
5,638 
1,891 
3,446 
10,036 
31,285 
9,783 
44,832 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
14 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
255 
20 
55 
23 
16 
16 
18 
5 
102 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,136 
340 
321 
63 
27 
36 
16 
5 
328 
acres 
219,567 
43,422 
33,470 
10,103 
9,462 
19,841 
17,280 
11,561 
74,428 
692 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
