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 
6,891 
7,664 
Land in farms acres 
843,244 
824,094 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
950 
1,591 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,863 
3,190 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,679 
3,032 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,212 
1,949 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
515 
529 
1 80 to 499 acres 
737 
772 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
15 
51 
500 acres or more 
313 
320 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
27 
58 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
30 
48 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
113 
206 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,579 
7,278 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
195 
227 
acres 
623,444 
599,030 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
981 
1,059 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,011 
1,107 
acres 
219,800 
225,064 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,910 
6,605 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
509,086 
484,323 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
669 
673 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
275,042 
278,274 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,614 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
312 
386 
acres 
59,116 
61,497 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
235 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,816 
6,497 
Total farms 
6,891 
7,664 
Partnerships 
380 
567 
$1,000 
399,177 
306,122 
Corporations 
368 
362 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
327 
238 
sold farms 
6,891 
7,664 
$1,000 
373,673 
285,745 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
4,005 
4,741 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,690 
2,925 
2 operators 
2,307 
2,355 
$1,000 
316,702 
242,291 
3 operators 
440 
454 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
95 
60 
their products farms 
1,569 
1,777 
5 or more operators 
44 
54 
$1,000 
56,971 
43,454 
Government payments farms 
4,622 
4,739 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
25,504 
20,377 
1 operator 
6,258 
7,122 
2 operators 
546 
444 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
76 
63 
4 operators 
8 
14 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,147 
2,034 
5 or more operators 
3 
21 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,192 
1,515 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,130 
1,050 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,080 
875 
Internet access 
4,447 
3,883 
$10,000 to $24,999 
822 
761 
Dial-up service 
380 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
443 
469 
DSL service 
1,536 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
1,077 
960 
Cable modem service 
709 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
104 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,046 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
927 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
13 
99 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
122 
(NA) 
$1,000 
661 
3,586 
Other Internet service 
165 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
216 
162 
Programs payments farms 
3,228 
3,229 
acres 
44,525 
41,576 
$1,000 
12,065 
9,958 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,187 
3,075 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
13,439 
10,419 
1 household 
5,437 
6,094 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,009 
1,139 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
260 
244 
4 households 
98 
118 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,754 
1,873 
5 or more households 
87 
69 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
115 
94 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
120 
76 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
132 
205 
Less than 25 percent 
5,001 
5,611 
25 to 49 percent 
632 
717 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,864 
3,190 
50 to 74 percent 
665 
664 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
411 
459 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
182 
213 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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