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 
2,296 
2,216 
Land in farms acres 
144,829 
134,998 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
469 
465 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
494 
417 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,128 
1,045 
50 to 1 79 acres 
546 
545 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
171 
149 
180 to 499 acres 
124 
135 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
4 
16 
500 acres or more 
29 
26 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
20 
19 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
22 
19 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
139 
181 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,179 
2,111 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
181 
178 
acres 
(D) 
113,547 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
342 
301 
production (1125, 1129) 
913 
864 
acres 
(D) 
21,451 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,954 
1,915 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
108,079 
97,931 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
225 
196 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
28,256 
29,508 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,220 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
117 
105 
acres 
8,494 
7,559 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
272 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,900 
1,818 
Total farms 
2,296 
2,216 
Partnerships 
155 
144 
$1,000 
132,535 
124,358 
Corporations 
183 
201 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
58 
53 
sold farms 
2,296 
2,216 
$1,000 
130,267 
122,484 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,107 
1,074 
and greenhouse crops farms 
662 
651 
2 operators 
978 
965 
$1,000 
37,195 
26,567 
3 operators 
153 
129 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
27 
34 
their products farms 
922 
1,011 
5 or more operators 
31 
14 
$1,000 
93,072 
95,917 
Government payments farms 
542 
467 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
2,268 
1,874 
1 operator 
2,039 
2,004 
2 operators 
214 
182 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
34 
26 
4 operators 
5 
2 
Less than $1 ,000 
887 
820 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
326 
323 
$2,500 to $4,999 
259 
278 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
286 
212 
Internet access 
1,839 
1,605 
$10,000 to $24,999 
207 
232 
Dial-up service 
137 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
110 
112 
DSL service 
399 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
221 
239 
Cable modem service 
501 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
190 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
427 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
303 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
11 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
73 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
12 
Other Internet service 
47 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
71 
85 
Programs payments farms 
371 
332 
acres 
13,010 
8,730 
$1,000 
1,124 
1,137 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
313 
242 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,144 
737 
1 household 
2,020 
1,932 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
205 
224 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
44 
49 
4 households 
18 
8 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
151 
122 
5 or more households 
9 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
61 
79 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
65 
58 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
71 
111 
Less than 25 percent 
1,860 
1,748 
25 to 49 percent 
121 
172 
Other crop farming (1119) 
498 
420 
50 to 74 percent 
122 
109 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
4 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
71 
84 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
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1 00 percent 
122 
103 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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