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 
7,409 
8,275 
Land in farms acres 
518,091 
552,075 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,161 
1,228 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,946 
2,540 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,749 
4,287 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,948 
2,213 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
611 
513 
180 to 499 acres 
428 
425 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
108 
500 acres or more 
123 
122 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
71 
88 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
104 
106 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
277 
426 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,162 
8,027 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
519 
454 
acres 
420,112 
465,663 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,048 
1,171 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,279 
2,466 
acres 
97,979 
86,412 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,361 
7,104 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
344,091 
387,888 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
801 
923 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
161,362 
147,261 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,194 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
247 
248 
acres 
12,638 
16,926 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
751 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,386 
7,158 
Total farms 
7,409 
8,275 
Partnerships 
405 
559 
$1,000 
239,299 
183,750 
Corporations 
408 
413 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
210 
145 
sold farms 
7,409 
8,275 
$1,000 
232,237 
178,277 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,739 
4,622 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,689 
2,880 
2 operators 
3,151 
3,154 
$1,000 
182,505 
120,524 
3 operators 
411 
389 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
71 
74 
their products farms 
2,808 
3,078 
5 or more operators 
37 
36 
$1,000 
49,732 
57,752 
Government payments farms 
1,624 
2,033 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
7,062 
5,473 
1 operator 
6,695 
7,581 
2 operators 
642 
627 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
58 
52 
4 operators 
8 
9 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,874 
3,297 
5 or more operators 
6 
6 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,224 
1,456 
$2,500 to $4,999 
926 
1,126 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
698 
861 
Internet access 
5,392 
5,068 
$10,000 to $24,999 
770 
684 
Dial-up service 
762 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
354 
369 
DSL service 
1,361 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
563 
482 
Cable modem service 
1,182 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
82 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,330 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,003 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
4 
26 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
167 
(NA) 
$1,000 
529 
368 
Other Internet service 
183 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
224 
176 
Programs payments farms 
792 
1,147 
acres 
21,054 
17,354 
$1,000 
2,253 
2,988 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,177 
1,256 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,809 
2,486 
1 household 
6,487 
7,229 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
680 
789 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
180 
150 
4 households 
39 
79 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
593 
574 
5 or more households 
23 
28 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
303 
234 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
264 
314 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
434 
452 
Less than 25 percent 
6,059 
6,886 
25 to 49 percent 
447 
414 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,946 
2,540 
50 to 74 percent 
408 
465 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
219 
230 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
276 
280 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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