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 
6,783 
7,943 
Land in farms acres 
2,171,286 
2,398,113 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
382 
387 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,916 
3,820 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,603 
1,696 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,467 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,372 
1,608 
180 to 499 acres 
1,355 
1,758 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
43 
500 acres or more 
976 
1,066 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
41 
39 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
18 
51 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
80 
111 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,485 
7,605 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
213 
114 
acres 
1,583,910 
1,793,075 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,194 
1,255 
production (1125, 1129) 
735 
752 
acres 
587,376 
605,038 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,589 
6,688 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,154,946 
1,410,276 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
896 
917 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
866,416 
800,773 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,546 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
298 
338 
acres 
149,924 
187,064 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
285 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,791 
6,643 
Total farms 
6,783 
7,943 
Partnerships 
345 
642 
$1,000 
308,278 
267,279 
Corporations 
221 
238 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
426 
420 
sold farms 
6,783 
7,943 
$1,000 
276,438 
233,536 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,979 
5,179 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,492 
2,471 
2 operators 
2,301 
2,204 
$1,000 
170,615 
131,522 
3 operators 
413 
458 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
54 
73 
their products farms 
2,195 
2,362 
5 or more operators 
36 
29 
$1,000 
105,824 
102,014 
Government payments farms 
4,309 
5,249 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
31,840 
33,742 
1 operator 
6,227 
7,360 
2 operators 
450 
492 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
78 
75 
4 operators 
19 
13 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,171 
1,581 
5 or more operators 
9 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
935 
1,148 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,037 
1,297 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,049 
1,377 
Internet access 
4,552 
3,601 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,040 
1,170 
Dial-up service 
370 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
597 
552 
DSL service 
1,461 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
954 
818 
Cable modem service 
926 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
386 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
827 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
843 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
16 
63 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
127 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,008 
470 
Other Internet service 
168 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
136 
158 
Programs payments farms 
2,847 
3,771 
acres 
99,369 
123,769 
$1,000 
16,591 
21,739 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,451 
3,425 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
15,249 
12,004 
1 household 
5,518 
6,210 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
810 
1,171 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
266 
279 
4 households 
97 
196 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,231 
1,249 
5 or more households 
92 
87 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
54 
40 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
45 
41 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
70 
75 
Less than 25 percent 
4,993 
5,909 
25 to 49 percent 
663 
824 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,916 
3,820 
50 to 74 percent 
595 
680 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
374 
384 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
158 
146 
44 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
