Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
59,796 
53,387 
2,877 
2,045 
acres 
43,584,217 
32,757,894 
5,419,505 
4,217,532 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,177 
1,115 
979 
913 
acres 
2,598,879 
1,107,150 
1,329,036 
1,275,552 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
53,387 
53,387 
- 
- 
acres 
32,757,894 
32,757,894 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,860 
- 
3,860 
2,677 
acres 
6,853,518 
- 
6,853,518 
5,399,253 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,677 
- 
2,677 
2,677 
acres 
5,399,253 
- 
5,399,253 
5,399,253 
Corporation 
farms 
2,835 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5,422,059 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,584 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5,193,969 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,539 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
251 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
228,090 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,691 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,103,824 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
16,943 
13,156 
1,553 
1,191 
workers 
48,853 
29,693 
7,545 
6,422 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,698 
5,026 
1,038 
819 
workers 
18,972 
7,985 
4,320 
3,825 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,202 
9,912 
954 
733 
workers 
29,881 
21,708 
3,225 
2,597 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
58 
34 
9 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
13 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,555 
18,770 
1,400 
994 
workers 
46,808 
40,645 
3,288 
2,349 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,975 
1,808 
78 
52 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,776 
9,072 
297 
188 
50 to 69 acres 
2,865 
2,604 
131 
86 
70 to 99 acres 
5,844 
5,359 
238 
149 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,651 
3,260 
173 
104 
140 to 179 acres 
5,567 
4,894 
320 
207 
180 to 219 acres 
2,240 
2,021 
100 
65 
220 to 259 acres 
2,193 
1,922 
125 
83 
260 to 499 acres 
8,145 
7,115 
481 
306 
500 to 999 acres 
7,208 
6,120 
494 
339 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,098 
5,043 
435 
319 
2,000 acres or more 
6,211 
4,169 
988 
779 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
23,272 
19,426 
1,830 
1,311 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
232 
200 
7 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
265 
240 
8 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
349 
255 
26 
24 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,611 
13,347 
928 
629 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
18 
17 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,593 
13,330 
928 
629 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
15,991 
14,610 
758 
483 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
492 
279 
67 
53 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
398 
327 
42 
31 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
348 
271 
28 
24 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
385 
352 
11 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
946 
901 
15 
7 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,484 
3,179 
140 
95 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
27,568 
24,383 
1,663 
1,105 
number 
5,922,187 
2,675,524 
1,311,743 
1,198,343 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,385 
4,161 
109 
64 
1 0 to 49 
10,934 
10,206 
403 
200 
50 to 99 
4,511 
4,078 
237 
144 
100 to 199 
3,374 
2,906 
246 
168 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Kansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
